Commissioning Manager

Commissioning Manager

Job title Commissioning Manager
Req ID 19303BR
Job category Projects
Sub-category Project Management
Countries (State/Region) United Kingdom - South East
United States - Texas
Location Sunbury
Houston
Role synopsis The Commissioning Manager has overall responsibility for plant commissioning, testing, and hand over of systems and equipment to the Operations team. The Commissioning Manager will work in a leadership role on the Project Management Team, owning the planning and implementation of site commissioning activities, following BP's Guidance On Certification (GOC), a commissioning turnover system. The Commissioning Manager will join the project at the define stage and follow through to completion of commissioning and start-up.
Key accountabilities This position has accountability for safe delivery of commissioning and startup of the plant, to high performance standards for the BP project.
.Safety behaviours and management performance to the highest standards, as member of Project Leadership Team.
.Participate in design reviews, HAZOPS, and similar processes to assure that consideration for a safe and successful Commissioning and Startup is imbedded in the design.
.Develop a Commissioning and Startup Philosophy and assure later that the EPC contractor turns that into detailed procedures
.Develop a system and subsystem breakdown and the procedures for turnover from Construction to Commissioning.
.Recruit and Contract an owners commissioning team and support contractors for the Commissioning and Startup effort.
.Interface with upstream projects to coordinate completion, commissioning and startup within the value chain
.Provision of the final Commissioning and hand over strategy
.Provision of the necessary administrative systems and control procedures for commissioning execution and hand over, inclusive of Start up manual.
.Commissioning and equipment testing (FAT) being executed according to programs and specifications.
.Act as engineering discipline representative in all matters regarding the implementation of commissioning requirements into the design.
.Evaluation of commissioning spares and maintenance requirements.
.Ensure that the Commissioning Department is adequately staffed at all times.
.Liaise and support Operations with respect to preparations for hand over and start up.
.Ensure that Operations personnel are adequately involved in the various equipment Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) as part of their training scheme
Essential Education A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent UK Degree.
Essential experience and job requirements The successful applicant should have extensive industry experience with lead commissioning roles in oil and gas facilities.
Advanced relevant work experience, preferable in the oil and gas industry.
Experience with diverse work forces in the developing world would be desirable
Desirable criteria & qualifications Competencies:
Taking the lead - Willingly takes the lead when challenges occur - Mastery - Essential
Taking the lead - Uses a range of styles to influence and gain enrolment - Mastery - Desirable
Partnership and Teamworking - Actively promotes a positive team environment - Skillful - Essential
Partnership and Teamworking - Demonstrates shared commitment to the success of the team and the wider organisation - Mastery - Essential
Partnership and Teamworking - Demonstrates respect for other people's cultures and perspectives - Mastery - Desirable

Technical Competencies:
Operations/Manufacturing Management - Turnaround (TAR) and Start-up Management - Mastery - Essential
Specialist - Design & Operation - Operations , Start-up & Commissioning - Mastery - Essential
Define & Execution Skills - Construction Management - Skillful - Desirable
Safety - Working with Contractors - Mastery - Essential
Relocation available Negotiable
Travel required Yes - up to 25%
Is this a part time position? No
About BP Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. With a workforce of 80,000 employees, BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 80 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

The Global Projects Organisation (GPO) is accountable for the line delivery of E&P's global portfolio of over 45 major projects. GPO has 4 key roles: .
- Integration, with overall accountability for FM delivery from the beginning of project appraisal to first production, .
- Optimisation, with a focus on selecting the right development concepts, leveraging standardization, segment scale and learning, .
- Execution, continuously improving efficiency with rigorous performance management, .
- Advice, to inform segment portfolio decisions.
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Significant value is created in the front end of projects where we optimize the development concept with multi-disciplinary input, and a standardized model will ensure that we performance manage the developments to ensure that we continuously improve. .
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The goal of the GPO is to deliver sustainable efficiency improvement, close the learning loop with Operations, and to deliver functional performance into GPO Projects.
Disclaimer If you are selected for a position in the United States, your employment will be contingent upon submission to and successful completion of a post-offer/pre-placement drug and alcohol screening as well as pre-placement verification of the information and qualifications provided during the selection process.BP is an equal opportunity employer
Removal Time 23:59 (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Removal Date 30-Apr-2011