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Commissioning manager

Reading (Berkshire)
Costain
Commissioning manager
€80,000 - €100,000 a year
Posted: 7 June
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Job Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Commissioning Manager (Electrical Bias) to join our Nuclear Defence project in Berkshire.

This is a great opportunity to be involved in one of the most complex and challenging projects in the UK today. Your skills and experience will help deliver the successful commissioning and demonstration of all the specialist equipment, the building services and control systems required to operate the facility.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities

Advise on safety requirement for commissioning activities.

Management, oversight and delivery of commissioning work packages within a complex infrastructure project.

Understand the requirements of AWE Commissioning procedures and ONR License Condition 21 Commissioning.

Support the management and deployment of the Overall Project Commissioning Strategy.

Manage the production, review and approval of test documentation by the Suppliers.

Plan and co-ordinate commissioning tests with the Suppliers.

Integrate test requirements and pre-requisites into the project programme.

To assist with the development of the detailed construction schedule to ensure a phased release of works to support the commissioning activities.

Report status of the pre-requisites to commissioning works and the commissioning works by the Suppliers.

Witness Factory Acceptance Testing, Site Acceptance Testing.

Manage test failure resolution.

Produce Learning from Experience reports and presentations.

Ensure Supplier commissioning works are co-ordinated with commissioning by others and remaining installation and completion works.

Management and implementation of commissioning stakeholder engagement plans.

Ensure safe procedures are applied consistently for all testing and commissioning across allocated work packages.

Prepare and present regular commissioning progress updates.

Management of changes to commissioning schedules, resources and forecasts.

Chair commissioning reviews with stakeholders including design reviews, change reviews and procedure reviews.

Qualifications

About you

Substantial experience of commissioning large facilities and managing commissioning teams to deliver successful outcomes.

Proven track record in complex project delivery, in defence (preferred) or similar technical sectors.

Strong client and stakeholder relationship building skills

Demonstrable knowledge and application of commissioning methodologies.

Ability to operate both autonomously and as part of a larger team

Excellent oral and written communication and organisation skills

Essential soft skills include, leadership, flexibility, self-motivation, effective listening, persuasion, creativity, collaborative style, insightfulness

Computer literacy in Microsoft applications

Full UK driving licence

Qualifications:

Educated to degree level or equivalent, particularly if Electrical bias

Security:

Current holder of Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance is beneficial.

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About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview.

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign

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