Commissioning Engineer

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Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement commissioning strategies, plans, and procedures for Balance of Plant projects.
• Review design documentation, technical specifications, and construction deliverables to ensure commissioning readiness.
• Coordinate commissioning activities across multiple workstreams, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Manage pre-commissioning, commissioning, and energisation phases in line with project programmes.
• Execute testing and commissioning of HV and LV electrical systems.
• Commission protection and control systems, including relay testing and functional verification.
• Commission SCADA, RTU, and communication systems and verify integration with operational networks.
• Perform point-to-point testing, interface testing, and end-to-end system validation.
• Coordinate factory acceptance tests (FAT), site acceptance tests (SAT), and integrated system testing.
• Witness testing activities carried out by subcontractors and equipment manufacturers.
• Verify compliance with Scottish Power technical standards, specifications, and operating procedures.
• Prepare commissioning risk assessments, method statements, and safe systems of work.
• Ensure compliance with Scottish Power Safety Rules, CDM Regulations, and Electricity at Work Regulations.
• Support permit-to-work, isolation, and switching activities where authorised.
• Identify, record, and close commissioning defects and non-conformances.
• Troubleshoot system faults and coordinate corrective actions to achieve successful energisation.
• Produce commissioning reports, test records, certificates, and handover documentation.
• Maintain commissioning dossiers and quality records throughout the project lifecycle.
• Liaise with Scottish Power engineers, project managers, construction teams, and operational stakeholders.
• Attend project progress, technical, and commissioning coordination meetings.
• Support outage planning and network access requirements.
• Monitor progress against programme milestones and report commissioning status.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to commissioning technicians and junior engineers.
• Support asset handover to operations and maintenance teams.
• Drive continuous improvement, lessons learned, and best practice across the framework.
• Ensure all assets are commissioned safely, efficiently, and accepted by the client at first submission.