Overview
The Commissioning Manager will play a pivotal role in leading the commissioning efforts for high-voltage substation projects across the UK, primarily focusing on 132/33kV systems while also supporting the expansion into 275/400kV work. Working remotely with occasional site visits, the contractor will collaborate with Project Managers and various stakeholders to ensure successful project execution from design to energisation.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage project commissioning strategies and execution plans.
- Produce and review inspection and test plans (ITPs), commissioning plans, procedures, and test documentation.
- Develop commissioning programmes, sequencing, and energisation plans.
- Support Project Managers with commissioning readiness and technical decision-making.
- Review designs, specifications, drawings, and client requirements from a commissioning perspective.
- Coordinate commissioning activities with designers, planners, subcontractors, DNOs, and clients.
- Manage and technically assure commissioning subcontractors.
- Monitor commissioning progress against programme and identify risks, constraints, and outstanding actions.
Requirements
- 3+ years' experience in HV substation (132kV+) projects as a Commissioning Manager, Lead Commissioning Engineer, or Senior Commissioning Engineer.
- 5+ years' experience in DNO, TSO, or private-network substation commissioning.
- Good understanding of substation commissioning, energisation, and technical assurance.
- Experience reviewing commissioning documentation, drawings, and programmes to identify commissioning risks.
- Strong experience producing and reviewing ITPs, commissioning plans, procedures, and test documentation.
- Good understanding of primary plant, protection, control, SCADA, and auxiliary systems.
- Strong client-facing and stakeholder-management skills.
- Current or previous TP141 authorisation is beneficial but not mandatory.