Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Preferably possess a degree / diploma in mechanical engineering or similar.
  
• Must have a minimal of 5 years’ experience within a contractor organisation as a commissioning mechanical supervisor / specialist.
  
• Have pre-commissioning, commissioning and start-up experience on at least 3 major EPC projects in the refinery, oil and gas industry.
  
• Experience with rotating machinery equipment packages such as turbines, pumps and compressors.
  
• Experience with development of test packs for hydrotesting, cleaning, flushing and reinstatement.
  
• Demonstrate a broad technical knowledge of construction and completion activities.
  
• Knowledge of Completions Management System is preferred.
  
• Knowledge of OPERCOM and ICAPS on a large oil & gas project is a plus.
  
• Competent user of 3D Model software is desirable.
  

• Work collaboratively within the Project team and with Client to maintain positive relationships
  
• Supervises pre-commissioning activities for mechanical equipment oil flushing, final alignments of rotating equipment, loading & final closure of stationary equipment within his area of responsibility, and repair and refurbishment of mechanical equipment during commissioning and operations as required.
  
• Supervises commissioning activities for rotating machinery packages test runs and performance tests within his area of responsibility.
  
• Development of piping test packs, flushing / cleaning test packs, leak testing test packs.
  
• Participate in walk down inspections, punch listing, cleaning and reinstatement activities of mechanical / piping systems.
  
• Record the completion of the mechanical / piping activities and ensure all records are passed to the Systems Completion team for entry into the database.
  
• Review commissioning, start-up and two-year operating spares. Supervise change out of spares.
  
• Review lubrication fluid and grease requirements on the project. Supervise first fill lubricants.
  
• Supervises mechanical preparation of motors for solo run.
  
• Supervises shaft alignment, flange parallelism and soft foot and coupling installation in machinery packages.