Senior Commissioning Engineer - Mechanical

Role purpose

Education and experience

• Accepted education includes MEP/building services or mechanical engineering degrees, college diplomas, HNC/HND or equivalent, college certificates, ONC/OND or equivalent, or relevant trade time served with City & Guilds certification.
• Minimum experience is 8 years with an engineering degree, 10 years with a college diploma, or 12 years with a college or trade certificate.
• Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer, CSA Grade 5, and BCA, ACG, or NEBB Certified Commissioning Authority credentials are desirable, not essential.
• Expected to bring extensive specialized experience and high-level competencies.

Commissioning delivery

• Independently conduct discipline-specific site inspections and review design information, tolerances, and agreed work methods.
• Assess test procedures and results against project specifications and industry codes; assist with compliance reviews of project documents.
• Report issues to senior team members and liaise professionally with contractors' commissioning teams.
• Observe installation quality and produce high-standard documentation, including site observation reports.
• Monitor installation, submittals, and engineering-tool use against project and commissioning guidelines.
• Participate in meetings and workshops as required.

Team and project leadership

• Serve as technical authority and leader within the project team and division; support, mentor, and train colleagues.
• Track task completion and prepare lookaheads and milestone trackers.
• Keep a daily diary of activities under the role's control, including inspections, document reviews, and site-authority decisions.
• Assist with commissionability design reviews and prepare detailed documentation with recommendations.

Competencies and professional skills

• Leadership, management, delegation, planning, collaboration, and developing coaching ability.
• Clear communication, effective feedback, technical expertise, creativity, and client relationship building.
• Strategic planning, time management, project delivery, and guidance of junior team members.
• Client focus, commercial awareness, business development, problem solving, decision making, and process compliance.
• Uphold AESG values including honesty, flexibility, adaptability, client-centricity, and collaboration.