About the Role
We are currently recruiting for a Senior Testing & Commissioning Engineer in Tabuk, KSA. This role is pivotal in ensuring that testing, commissioning, and handover processes meet contractual and technical requirements, driving operational readiness and compliance across major infrastructure, utilities, and industrial projects.
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What You'll Be Doing
- Review testing, commissioning and handover deliverables, including T&C plans, method statements, procedures, Inspection and Test Plans, test records, and O&M documentation, against contractual and technical requirements.
- Support the resolution of review comments by tracking outstanding items and following up with Contractors to secure timely and compliant close-out.
- Identify gaps in Contractor submissions and assess their impact on testing, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness.
- Assess potential constraints and risks to achieving full contract-compliant testing and commissioning, and provide practical, well-justified recommendations to address gaps.
- Review commissioning programmes and sequencing, including pre-commissioning, functional testing, performance testing, integrated systems testing, and trial operations.
- Witness or support the verification of key tests and commissioning activities where required, ensuring results are properly recorded and accepted.
- Support the preparation and review of punch lists, defect close-out, completion certificates, and acceptance documentation.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Construction, Operations & Maintenance, and Asset Management teams to ensure handover requirements and operational readiness needs are met.
- Support the transfer of as-built documentation, O&M manuals, spares, training records, and asset data to the receiving Operator.
- Provide technical input to engineering-related change requests, variations, non-conformances, and queries relating to testing and commissioning.
- Report on T&C and handover progress, outstanding issues, and risks to project leadership.
- Promote health, safety, quality, and safe systems of work, including permit-to-work and energisation controls during testing and commissioning.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (or related field). Professional Engineer registration may be required.
- Minimum 15 years’ experience in testing, commissioning, and handover of major infrastructure, utilities, building, or industrial projects.
- Strong technical knowledge of commissioning processes across mechanical, electrical, ICT, and Instrumentation & Control systems, including integrated systems testing.
- Proven experience reviewing Contractor T&C and handover deliverables against contract and technical requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to identify gaps, assess risks and constraints, and recommend practical solutions where full contract compliance may be challenging.
- Sound understanding of operational readiness, asset handover, completion, and acceptance processes.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring
- Knowledge of relevant international codes, standards, and commissioning guidelines (e.g., IEC, NFPA, ASHRAE, CIBSE).
- Experience on major programmes or giga-projects in the GCC is preferred.
- Good stakeholder management and coordination skills, working effectively with Contractors, Engineering, Construction, and Operations teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparing clear review comments, technical assessments, and reports.
- Proficiency in document management platforms (e.g., Aconex), commissioning management tools and MS Office.
Benefits
- We truly invest and care about our employees’ wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities.
- Our culture encourages you to pursue your passion and aims for an innovative work environment.
The company equally employs representation at all job levels regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information.