Pre-Commissioning Manager

Worley•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Pre-Commissioning Manager plans, coordinates, and executes multidisciplinary pre-commissioning activities to prepare facilities and systems for safe commissioning, startup, and operation. The role coordinates electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, and operational readiness scopes and works with vendors to test rotating, fired, static, packaged, and other equipment. It oversees energized functional testing under approved procedures and directs pre-commissioning personnel and subcontractors, with a focus on health, safety, environmental performance, quality, and operational readiness. Working at the interface of engineering, construction, commissioning, vendors, contractors, and operations, the manager reviews project designs and execution plans to identify improvements to safety, operability, maintainability, commissioning readiness, and long-term facility performance. The role also supports system completion, turnover, schedule performance, startup readiness, and delivery of complex industrial projects.

Requirements

Demonstrated expertise in functional testing, loop checks, and operational readiness practices.
University degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent trade qualification supported by relevant training and extensive industry experience.
Significant experience delivering pre-commissioning, commissioning, startup, and systems completion activities on large, complex industrial projects.
Strong technical understanding of electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, and operational pre-commissioning requirements.
Experience coordinating testing of rotating equipment, fired equipment, static equipment, packaged systems, and associated facility systems.
Experience with energized functional testing, system verification, equipment readiness, and safe transition between construction and commissioning.
Strong understanding of systems completion, turnover, punch management, commissioning sequencing, and operational readiness.
Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary personnel, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and technical specialists in complex project environments.
Experience reviewing engineering deliverables and identifying issues affecting constructability, commissioning, operability, maintainability, and startup.
Strong knowledge of industrial HSE requirements associated with testing, energization, stored energy, equipment operation, and commissioning activities.
Advanced understanding of pre-commissioning systems, processes, reporting tools, and digital platforms, with the ability to troubleshoot issues and improve execution practices.
Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder engagement, influencing, and conflict-resolution skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, balancing safety, quality, schedule, technical, and operational requirements.
Experience supporting major projects within energy, chemicals, resources, power, LNG, petrochemical, refining, or other industrial sectors.
Commitment to safety leadership, environmental stewardship, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and sustainable project delivery.

Responsibilities

Lead pre-commissioning activities and coordinate interfaces with commissioning, startup, construction, engineering, and operations.
Develop and implement pre-commissioning execution strategies, system priorities, procedures, schedules, and readiness plans.
Coordinate electrical, instrumentation, mechanical, and operations pre-commissioning scopes across project systems.
Oversee functional testing, loop checks, equipment testing, system verification, and operational readiness activities.
Coordinate energized functional testing in accordance with approved procedures and HSE controls.
Coordinate vendors during testing and verification of rotating, fired, static, packaged, and other equipment.
Direct pre-commissioning personnel, contractors, and subcontractors on execution priorities, system requirements, and required actions.
Review engineering designs, specifications, vendor documentation, and construction deliverables for issues affecting commissioning, operability, maintainability, or startup readiness.
Coordinate system completion, punch-list resolution, turnover documentation, and handover requirements with construction and commissioning stakeholders.
Collaborate with engineering, construction, procurement, quality, commissioning, project controls, and operations teams to identify constraints and resolve execution challenges.
Monitor progress, system readiness, outstanding work, and schedule priorities; implement recovery or mitigation actions where required.
Support commissioning readiness reviews and verify prerequisite construction and pre-commissioning activities are complete before systems advance.
Promote proactive HSE in testing, energization, equipment preparation, and system turnover.
Prepare and present progress reports, readiness assessments, execution updates, risks, and recommendations to project leadership and customer stakeholders.
Improve pre-commissioning systems, processes, tools, and work practices to increase execution efficiency and operational excellence.
Promote collaboration, accountability, technical excellence, and continuous improvement across the pre-commissioning organization.