Senior Supervisor

Role overview

Primary duties

• Ensure commissioning is performed safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively; support the Commissioning Engineer or Coordinator.
• Set up technical teams, monitor progress and resources against schedule, and report changes needed to management.
• Ensure PPE, PTW, and toolbox talks are in place before work; maintain field presence to monitor quality and progress.
• Coordinate work fronts with other disciplines and ensure transport, tools, spares, and procedures are available.
• Prepare testing dossiers and supporting documents, maintain records, and ensure commissioning procedures are followed.
• Investigate defective system or equipment operation and recommend modifications or operating-condition changes.
• Identify and mitigate HSSE risks; control energized systems, barricades, access, and SIMOPS in commissioning areas.
• Assist with process pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up activities, including cleaning, leak testing, catalyst loading, steam blowing, inerting, and package-unit start-up.
• Inspect systems for readiness, implement LOTO as required, participate in start-up, and guide operators.
• Monitor plant parameters to maintain stable operation and support DCS activities involving alarms, trips, logic, interlocks, permissives, and overrides.

Role capabilities

• Lead technicians, operators, and subcontractors in safely executing commissioning work.
• Accurately interpret P&IDs, process flow diagrams, circuit diagrams, and control narratives.
• Assist with commissioning plans, method statements, P&ID mark-ups, and work documentation.

Relevant expertise

• Process commissioning and start-up; process systems; commissioning procedures and testing dossiers.
• PTW, LOTO, HSE/HSSE risk control, and DCS operations.
• Plant operations, team leadership, and schedule and resource monitoring.