Head of Commissioning

Paris, France

Construction

Permanent

43624

Posted on:

November 4, 2024

The Highlights:

Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package
Comapny renowned for its exceptional culture
Leading Engineering contractor

The Role:

Elusav Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for a Head Of Commissioning in Paris to join a leading engineering contractor in Europe.

As Head of Commissioning, your primary responsibility will be to oversee and manage the delivery of Commissioning (Cx) services within your designated business unit. This includes ensuring that all projects adhere to Group Commissioning guidelines, regional requirements, and the specific needs of each employer.

Job Responsibilities:

Responsible for ensuring all Group Commissioning policies and procedures are understood, communicated, and executed at a site level within their respective Business Unit. These deliverables shall be audited on each project by the Business Unit Head of Commissioning via BIM360 and reported monthly.
Shall be responsible for ensuring that all Projects complete a Commissioning KPI Audit monthly. Note that these audits shall be scored and shall be presented within the month end reports per project within the Business unit.
Responsible to ensure that all projects adhere to group safety policies and procedures pertaining to the Control of Hazardous Energies. All plans, methodologies and programmes produced must consider the aforementioned procedure and any related standards.
Support Estimation at a business unit level in terms of Cx programme, resource strategy and pricing at tender stage. Shall prepare and deliver a standard presentation on Commissioning strategy.
Deliver and report out at month end meetings regarding BU Cx Performance.
Assist in the talent acquisition process to support project needs within each sub-business Unit. Shall develop the Roles & Responsibilities for each position required as standard, interview each candidate alongside the Business Unit Talent Acquisition Manager and Human Resource Business Partner [HRBP].
Work with the respective sub-business unit leads and Project Directors to resource each project in the most cost effective and effective way to deliver to the contract remit for QA/Cx and in line with the Client Group Commissioning Strategy.
Establish an “Onboarding” pack for the Business unit to ensure standardisation and support for new personnel joining the Business Unit.
Responsible for the onboarding of all projects within the Business Unit to the Group Commissioning Digital Environment. This is a clients bespoke platform designed to support our construction and commissioning teams to deliver their respective packages in a consistent way that improves predictability on key milestones.
Actively support each project Commissioning Manager to ensure that they are onboarded on time and comprehensively. It is the responsibility of the Business Unit Head of Commissioning to ensure that the following is set in place for each project within the Business Unit. These deliverables shall require coordination and support from other BU functions to develop.
- Onboarding Pack for Commissioning Managers and CxPM’ s [Commissioning Package managers] joining the project. This pack should detail the group expectations for each role as well as the project specific R&R.
- Work with the Project lead and Cx Managers to Coordinate and set up the Commissioning Digital Environment [CxDE] on BIM360 Next Gen.
- Ensure that the project Cx Managers have R&R set out clearly for all CxPM’s [Mech, Elect, BAS/EPMS on the project including the deliverables.
- Work with the project Cx Managers to ensure that all Commissioning personnel have appropriate access provided to the CxDE, BIM360 and any other relevant client platforms to access the project works information [design, construction, quality, safety etc.]
- Chair and minute a Kick Off Meeting with each project Commissioning team to review the Group Commissioning RACI Matrix and lessons learned. MOM’s to be saved to the CDE [BIM360].
- Align on the R&R within the Group Commissioning RACI Matrix with the client and client consultant.
Actively participate in Design Reviews, constructability reviews and Commissionability reviews per Project to ensure that all technical aspects are covered off in the Cx Plan, method statements/scripts and Commissioning schedule. The Project Cx Manager shall be responsible for writing the project specific Commissioning plan; however, the Business Unit Head of Commissioning shall review and sign off to ensure that BU and group lessons learned, and client requirements are incorporated fully.
Attend each project in an appropriate rotation in the month. It is understood that some projects may require more support over others, however, a standard attendance shall be set and agreed with Line Manager. Weekly travel is required to mainland Europe.
Set goals and deliverables annually within the clients People Platform [MPP] system for all repartees to ensure that each individual project Cx Manager is measured against expectation as set out in the group Commissioning Guidelines.
Responsible for establishing Client Specific benchmarking in terms of duration and sequencing for commissioning systems. These deliverables will aid the Business Unit commercial team in pricing future projects and increase the value of project programmes.

Job Requirements:

5+ years of experience directly related to mission critical facilities or datacenter infrastructure.
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical/electrical engineering or relevant discipline.
3+ years of commissioning experience.
Certification or training specific to NETA, ASHRAE, or Commissioning specific education courses.
European Travel required.

If you would like to learn more about the vacancy, apply now, or contact Brendan Mullins on +353 61 527 150 or Bmullins@elusav.com

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