Electrical Commissioning Lead

px Americas is a leading provider of commissioning, start-up and operations-readiness services for LNG assets and energy sectors across North America and beyond.

Reporting to the Commissioning Manager, the Electrical Commissioning Lead provides technical and execution leadership for all electrical system commissioning activities. The role bridges engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations teams to ensure safe and efficient system turnover, readiness for start-up, and operational acceptance.

The Electrical Commissioning Lead is directly responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing commissioning activities (static and dynamic), validating system performance, and ensuring alignment with project design, specifications, and operational requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Provides all discipline specific technical, planning and execution management support to the Commissioning Manager.
• Managing all activities within the Division of Responsibility matrix jointly and in collaboration with other Discipline Leads and the Commissioning Manager.
• Provide Discipline technical leadership and expertise to the core commissioning team and at Engineering and Construction interfaces.
• Support the team at the interface and Turnover from Construction at Mechanical Completion and at Handover of Commissioned Systems to Operations.
• Ensuring that equipment and systems are fully commissioned at Handover, and ready to operate in compliance with the Project design, standards and specifications, the Systems Completion Plan and Control Procedures.
• Direct ownership and execution management of all specialist and discipline specific Static & Dynamic Commissioning resulting in Handover to Operations and aiding in Start-Up and Acceptance Testing efforts.
• Supports the team in working with Start Up as an integrated team from commissioning to initial plant operation, ensuring a smooth transition to Operations and acceptance of the facilities.
• Identifies and manages discipline commissioning resource needs, tools, test equipment, plant, spares etc.
• Ensure the right resource levels and technical skills are assigned to meet schedule and commissioning execution requirements.
• Managing and directing core discipline teams of commissioning technicians, vendors and specialist subcontractors/ third party personnel.
• Ensures appropriate Commissioning, and Handover documentation is completed correctly and comprehensively.
• Review and support the Commissioning Plans and Schedules, Level 3 and Level 5 for the assigned CSU activities.
• Manages execution discipline activity against these plans and schedules to ensure a safe and effective completion of commissioning phase and transition of systems to steady state operations.
• Support maintenance of the Systems Completion Database and Planning interface for MC and Commissioning progress tracking, reporting certification, and quality purposes.
• Progress and productivity reporting against the CSU schedule and performance metrics.
• Support the execution of Commissioning (Static & Dynamic) Management Procedures, Systems Acceptance Procedures/Progress Monitoring, Turnover

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Degree or technical diploma in Electrical, or equivalent operational/technical background.
• Strong experience in commissioning, including supervisory roles in large industrial projects (oil & gas, LNG, petrochemicals, power, or equivalent).
• Proven track record leading commissioning through Mechanical Completion, Start-Up, and initial operations.
• Strong understanding of electrical safety, control systems, and integrated commissioning practices.
• Ability to coordinate multi-discipline commissioning in a fast-paced, live-system environment.