Deputy Commissioning Manager

Title: Deputy Commissioning Manager

Position Type: Contract

Location: Texas

Key Project Requirements:

• 8+ years of commissioning, startup, or engineering experience supporting utility-scale power generation projects, including commissioning leadership or management responsibilities.
• Experience reviewing engineering packages for commissioning readiness, operability, maintainability, and startup execution.
• Strong understanding of combined cycle power plants, gas turbines, reciprocating engines, BESS, balance of plant systems, and high-voltage electrical infrastructure.
• Experience reviewing P&IDs, single-line diagrams, control narratives, logic diagrams, cause & effect matrices, and vendor documentation.
• Experience supporting commissioning strategy development, system turnover, startup planning, and coordination of multidisciplinary commissioning teams.

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Deputy Commissioning Manager to support the engineering, design review, commissioning planning, and execution efforts for a large-scale power generation project in Hubbard, TX. This position will work closely with the Commissioning Manager to coordinate commissioning activities across multiple disciplines while serving as a technical bridge between engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations. The Deputy Commissioning Manager will play a key role in reviewing engineering deliverables, developing commissioning strategies, coordinating system turnover, and supporting field execution through startup, performance testing, and final plant turnover.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the Commissioning Manager in planning, coordinating, and overseeing commissioning and startup activities across multiple disciplines.
• Assist with managing commissioning priorities, schedules, resources, and coordination between discipline leads, EPC contractors, OEMs, and plant operations.
• Review engineering deliverables from a commissioning, operability, maintainability, and startup readiness perspective.
• Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews, HAZOPs, model reviews, and operational readiness reviews.
• Evaluate engineering designs for commissioning accessibility, testing capability, temporary commissioning requirements, maintainability, operational flexibility, and future plant expansion.
• Review and provide technical comments on P&IDs, single-line diagrams, control narratives, cause & effect matrices, logic diagrams, equipment datasheets, and vendor documentation.
• Support development of commissioning strategies, system turnover boundaries, commissioning system definitions, and startup sequencing.
• Assist with development of testing, energization, and phased startup plans for gas turbines, reciprocating engines, BESS, electrical systems, and balance of plant equipment.
• Review plant control system architecture, DCS design, turbine controls, SCADA systems, protection schemes, and system interfaces to ensure safe commissioning and startup.
• Coordinate with discipline leads to identify and resolve technical issues, engineering queries, field changes, and commissioning constraints.
• Support development and review of commissioning procedures, test documentation, system completion records, and startup execution plans.
• Monitor commissioning progress, system readiness, punch list resolution, and turnover documentation to support project milestones.
• Participate in functional testing, loop checks, logic validation, first-fire activities, synchronization, reliability runs, performance testing, and final plant turnover activities.
• Act on behalf of the Commissioning Manager when required to maintain continuity of commissioning activities and project execution.

Job Requirements:

• Strong understanding of commissioning methodologies, startup planning, and multidisciplinary commissioning execution for utility-scale power generation facilities.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating commissioning teams, discipline leads, contractors, and OEM representatives.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, vendor documentation, and control system documentation.
• Working knowledge of DCS, SCADA, instrumentation, electrical systems, and control philosophies.
• Familiarity with commissioning standards, system turnover processes, engineering change management, and commissioning documentation.
• Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to interface effectively with EPC contractors, OEMs, engineering teams, construction personnel, and plant operations.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work onsite and support extended hours as required by project schedules.

Education / Experience:

• 8+ years of experience supporting commissioning, startup, engineering, or design reviews for utility-scale power generation projects, including experience in a commissioning leadership role.
• Experience with Siemens SGT-800, GE LM6000, reciprocating engine power plants, BESS, or combined cycle facilities is highly desirable.
• Previous experience supporting behind-the-meter generation, power system integration, or utility-scale commissioning projects is preferred.