Commissioning Manager

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is seeking to work with a major Indian corporation to provide Project Management Consultant (PMC) Services and Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) Services for offsites and utilities (OSBL) for a multi-billion-dollar upgrade / expansion of their existing petrochemical facilities in India. The PMC Services will be led out of India with personnel deployed in Mumbai region, the project sites in India, as well as several key contractor locations across India. The EPCM Services for OSBL will be led out of Bechtel’s India offices.

You will bring your experience and expertise to the PMC role while working within the customer’s organization as part of an integrated team. As part of this team, you will commit to supporting the client’s goals while promoting our values of fairness, diversity, inclusion, trust, and collaboration guided by our Vision, Values and Commitments.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will be responsible for startup planning and activities on major projects. You will coordinate with project management, engineering, construction, and clients to leverage diverse technical team skills to integrate the startup plan. You will identify risks and trends, manage progress reporting, and proactively course correct to ensure goals, schedules, and requirements are met.  

Major Responsibilities:

• Develop a good working relationship with project client counterpart and their teams
• Develop review and approval program for contractor commissioning procedure development.
• Manage, coordinate, and administer the contractor commissioning activities through planning, engineering, procurement, construction, start up, initial operations and prime contract close out.
• Oversee the development of Level 3 & 4 commissioning schedules, manage performance, report progress and initiate action to assure program/project objectives and schedules are met and work is performed within budget and according to specifications.
• Organize PMC team attendance for contractor Mechanical completion walkdowns.
• Establish regular progress update meetings with contractor commissioning group.
• Encourage contractor for early development of mechanical cleaning program for system utility flushing and major steam blow program including preservation program.
• Oversee coordination of PMC support teams involved in completion process, resolve problems and coordinate the final turnover of project to the customer.
• Monitor and control all contractual commitments to ensure all work is performed in accordance with the specifications, drawings, and terms of the contract, that a trend program is in place, and that change orders and claims are processed in a timely manner.
• Responsible for project execution, ensure that the project is delivered within contract requirements, standards of quality and safety, and to the customer and Bechtel performance expectations.
• Lead/conduct project and customer meetings to promote and facilitate communication, review progress/performance, discuss issues and facilitate problem resolution.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's or master's degree (or international equivalent) and 13-15 years of relevant experience or 17-19 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of oil & gas, energy, chemical industry, technology, and EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) work processes, including knowledge of customs, culture, and business practices
• Previous project management experience on lump sum and reimbursable projects in international settings
• Knowledge and experience in project execution plan development and implementation
• Knowledge and experience in contracts/subcontracts formulation, risk analysis and negotiations
• Ability to effectively organize and staff a project team within a matrix organization
• Prior construction supervision and management experience on [PC projects like the projects described above.
• Strong "Zero Incident" ES&H experience; a demonstrated ability to implement and hold field contract supervision and contractors accountable for the successful implementation of the project.
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills.

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