Senior Supervisor - Commissioning-Mechanical
Role Overview
Project position overseeing mechanical pre-commissioning and commissioning preparation and execution.
The role is field-based and accountable for safe, efficient, cost-effective work execution.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Project position overseeing mechanical pre-commissioning and commissioning preparation and execution.
The role is field-based and accountable for safe, efficient, cost-effective work execution.
Core responsibilities
- Set up technical teams, monitor schedule progress, and lead technicians, operators, and subcontractors.
- Support the Commissioning Engineer or Coordinator and coordinate work fronts, personnel availability, and site transport.
- Ensure PPE, permits to work, and toolbox talks are in place before work begins.
- Monitor work quality and progress in the field, report schedule risks, and recommend corrective changes.
- Prepare testing dossiers and supporting drawings and procedures, maintain records, and ensure procedures are followed.
- Review spares usage and identify improvements to commissioning work.
- Control commissioning areas, energized systems, barricades, access, and SIMOPS; identify and mitigate HSSE risks.
- Ensure compliance with company fire, safety, and environmental procedures and standards.
Mechanical commissioning expertise
- Execute mechanical commissioning activities and guide technicians.
- Monitor and maintain rotating equipment, including vibration, lubrication, seals, gland packing, and bearings.
- Prepare rotating equipment for first start-up and confirm readiness, including alignment, lubrication, packing, greasing, and strainer installation.
- Guide preservation and maintenance of rotating equipment after commissioning and start-up.
- Assist with lube oil flushing, alignment, lubrication, vibration checks, and start-up.
- Assist with installation of static equipment internals to drawings and specifications.
- Assist with mechanical interlocks, pipeline pigging, spring support settings, and overhead crane testing.
- Assist with air blowing, flushing, leak testing, flange management, drying, and inerting of piping.
- Apply API, ASME, NBBI, ISO, BS, and ANSI codes and standards for valve testing and repairs.
- Interpret P&IDs, process flow diagrams, circuit diagrams, and control narratives accurately.
Work arrangement
- The role requires field presence and site-team coordination.
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