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Commissioning Engineer - Major Water Treatment Project
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Contract Role | Inside IR35 | Leicestershire
Hays Civil Engineering are recruiting for a Commissioning Engineer to join a leading UK infrastructure contractor delivering a major wastewater treatment upgrade programme in Leicestershire.
This is an excellent opportunity to work on a high-profile water project involving significant improvements to treatment capacity, environmental performance and long-term operational resilience at a major wastewater treatment facility.
The Role
As Commissioning Engineer, you will be responsible for planning, coordinating and delivering commissioning activities across mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and process systems. You will play a key role in ensuring assets are safely and efficiently brought into service and handed over to operations.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary delivery team, you will support all aspects of commissioning from early planning and testing through to final system acceptance.
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Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage commissioning plans, procedures and programmes.
- Coordinate pre-commissioning and commissioning activities across multiple disciplines.
- Ensure commissioning activities are carried out safely and in accordance with project requirements.
- Liaise with design, construction and operational teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Manage system testing, fault-finding and performance validation activities.
- Support process optimisation and operational readiness activities.
- Produce commissioning documentation, reports and handover records.
- Contribute to programme delivery while maintaining compliance with quality, environmental and health & safety standards.
Requirements
- Previous experience working as a Commissioning Engineer within the UK water or wastewater sector.
- Strong understanding of water and wastewater treatment processes.
- Experience commissioning mechanical, electrical and ICA systems.
- Knowledge of relevant industry standards and commissioning procedures.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and interfaces.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- Relevant engineering qualification and valid CSCS card.
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