The Client 

Over the past 40 years our client has established itself as an industry leading M&E contractor operating within the UK. With a turnover in excess of £200M they undertake projects in a variety of fields including Pharmaceutical, Commercial Offices, Data centres, Residential, public and rail sector. Having earned a reputable name within the industry they benefit form a large amount of repeat business, with blue chip clients including Sir Robert McAlpine, Lend Lease, Brookfield, Mace and ISG. Projects range from £1M to £40M, consisting of fit out, new build, major project and infrastructure works. As a result of increased work winning, they are looking to expand their operations team.

Project: New Build Residential Scheme in West London - 2 Tower Blocks with 345 new apartments. £40million value.

Roles & Responsibilities

As a Mechanical Commissioning Manager, you will manage and drive the commissioning process and lead the on-site functional testing. To succeed in this role, it is important that you have experience in technical buildings, good communication, and people skills and resourceful.

• Manage the commissioning process with the contractors and professional teams ensuring that effective communication takes place within the wider project management team. Manage the proper compliance of the project process at each stage.
• Perform commissionability and design reviews.
• Implement and manage quality assurance (QA) and quality controls (QC) procedures with respect to all aspects of the commissioning process.
• Issue weekly commissioning report.
• Write, compile and provide technical input to the formal change control processes.
• Ensure that regular reviews of construction against the approved design take place and any mitigation/recovery plans are implemented.
• Manage, coordinate, review and input to the commissioning procedures and review commissioning RAMS prior to commissioning activities.
• Attend and report on commissioning and testing as appropriate.
• Ensure that all plant/systems have been fully commissioned / inspected in line with the contract specifications.
• Monitor and advise when all the commissioning documentation has been reviewed and signed off by the appointed consultants for the project.
• Review commissioning data against design parameters.
• Ensure all parties are co-ordinated for attending witnessing.
• Provide input to project risk register.
• Co-ordinate, plan and schedule training with the project team and ensure all documentation is created and approved in ample time.
• Organise, chair and minute commissioning meetings, ensuring actions are issued, managed and closed out.
• Review and assist sub-contractors in the development of all  project related QA/QC documentation.
• Write test script and integrated systems test (IST) scripts and co-ordinate, ensuring input from all parties throughout the project.
• Witness on site functional testing of plant, equipment and systems.
• Ensure that all appropriate commissioning handover documentation has been reviewed and approved prior to handover.
• Ensure that commissioning defects are communicated properly and dealt with.
• Compile ‘Close out’ documentation.
• Create and manage handover commissioning checklists and close-out report.
• Pass comment on contractors SOO (sequence of operations) schedules.Pass comment on O&M manuals produced by the contractor.

Key Skills include, but are not limited to

• Technical engineering excellence in Mechanical, Electrical or BMS engineering
• Will to learn more
• Excellent IT, planning, and reporting skills are essential
• Proactive and problem-solving nature
• Good communication skills
• Excellent IT skills
• Team Player
• Works well under pressure
• Good planning and reporting skills
• Dynamic approach to project build and client requirements
• Excellent management skills to foresee risk
• Adaptable to change requirements for the projects