About The Role

The Commissioning Manager will be responsible for leading, planning, coordinating, and executing the pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, performance testing, and handover activities for major offshore upstream Oil & Gas projects. The role requires extensive experience in delivering large EPC/EPCI/PMC projects for major Middle Eastern operators.

The successful candidate will ensure safe, efficient, and timely commissioning and start-up of facilities while maintaining compliance with project specifications, international standards, client requirements, and HSE regulations.

Commissioning Leadership

Develop and implement overall commissioning philosophy, strategy, and execution plans.
Lead multidisciplinary commissioning teams across offshore and onshore facilities.
Manage pre-commissioning, commissioning, start-up, operational readiness, and handover activities.
Ensure commissioning activities are aligned with project schedules and milestones.
Provide leadership and technical guidance to commissioning engineers and specialists.

Project Planning & Execution

Review and approve commissioning procedures, dossiers, systems completion plans, and start-up sequences.
Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Operations, HSE, and Quality teams to ensure seamless project execution.
Monitor commissioning progress and implement corrective actions to maintain schedule commitments.
Participate in constructability, operability, and maintainability reviews throughout project phases.
Ensure proper integration between offshore platforms, subsea systems, pipelines, utilities, and onshore facilities.

Stakeholder Management

Interface with Client, PMC, EPC Contractors, Vendors, and Operations teams.
Lead commissioning meetings and progress reviews with senior project stakeholders.
Manage vendor representatives and specialist support during commissioning and start-up.
Coordinate final handover of systems and facilities to Operations.

HSE & Quality Assurance

Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with project HSE requirements.
Lead risk assessments, SIMOPS reviews, HAZOP follow-up actions, and commissioning risk mitigation plans.
Ensure all commissioning activities comply with international standards and client specifications.
Ensure completeness and accuracy of commissioning documentation and turnover packages.

Operational Readiness & Start-Up

Develop and execute operational readiness plans.
Manage integrated system testing and performance testing activities.
Support initial start-up and stabilization of facilities.
Ensure successful achievement of production and performance guarantees.
Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Chemical, Process, or equivalent).
Master's degree is an advantage.
Professional Engineering certification is preferred.
Minimum 20+ years of experience in Oil & Gas projects.
Predominant experience in Upstream Offshore Oil & Gas facilities.
Significant experience in Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, Start-up, and Operations Readiness.
Proven experience in PMC (Project Management Consultancy) organizations is highly preferred.
Demonstrated experience delivering large-scale mega projects (Brownfield and Greenfield) with project values exceeding USD 500 Million.
Extensive offshore commissioning experience including:
Offshore platforms
Wellhead platforms
CPPs (Central Processing Platforms)
Gas processing facilities
Subsea systems
Pipelines and associated infrastructure
Strong leadership and team management skills.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Ability to manage multicultural project teams.
Strong decision-making and problem-solving capabilities.
Proven ability to work effectively under project schedule pressures.