About you:
Join us. Unleash your energy within.
If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.
We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.
We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.
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Our purpose and beliefs:
As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.
It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:
We PLAY BIG
We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
We are built on INFINITE THINKING
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Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.
Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.
About the job:
Kent is looking for a Commissioning Manager to be based in Anchorage, Alaska. You will lead, execute, and coordinate commissioning planning and execution activities to ensure project success and operational readiness.
This role requires collaboration with multiple disciplines and contractors to meet quality and safety standards. You are responsible to ensure that all commissioning activities of the project are completed on time and in compliance with the project requirements, procedures and plan.
| Skills and Responsibilities: |
Responsibilities: - Demonstrate personal HSSE leadership and excellent HSSE behaviours at all times, and ensure that safety expectations are managed, communicated and maintained.
- Participate in design reviews, HAZOPS, and similar processes to assure that consideration for a safe and successful Commissioning and Start-up is imbedded in the design.
- Identify resource needs at key project phases and to develop Integrated Commissioning Team organization.
- Apply Commissioning Lesson Learned from previous projects.
- Management and development of the commissioning strategy, system completions plan, all commissioning procedures, check sheets, dynamic testing procedures and system completions database.
- Apply strong commissioning expertise to plan and deliver commissioning activities across detailed design phases, including the development and review of system boundaries, completion strategies, key commissioning documentation, and multidisciplinary commissioning inputs in line with Kent and client project requirements.
- Provide discipline technical support, oversight and advice on the Commissioning and Start-up of plant systems.
- Support population and maintenance of the Systems Completion Database and Planning interface for Mechanical Completion and Commissioning progress tracking, reporting certification, and quality purposes.
- Lead Commissioning discipline input during planning and execution phases acting as the interface point between project stakeholders such as vendors, engineering, operations, package management, and construction.
- Development system completions budget inclusive of all commissioning planning, execution, support services, vendors, spares, temporary equipment etc.
- Development of commissioning schedule risk analysis exercises and have ownership of the commissioning risk & mitigation register.
- Manage creation and own the commissioning reporting structure inclusive of all aspects.
- Develop a system and subsystem breakdown and the procedures for turnover from Construction to Commissioning.
- Define commissioning systems in enough detail to support a Level 4 schedule, and coordinate with the client, project management, and project services to establish the reporting procedures and formats needed for both client and Kent management.
- Provision of the necessary administrative systems and control procedures for commissioning execution and hand over.
- Assure commissioning and equipment testing (FAT) being executed according to programs and specifications.
- Act as commissioning representative in all matters regarding the implementation of commissioning requirements into the design.
- Evaluate commissioning spares and maintenance requirements.
- Ensure that the Commissioning Department is adequately staffed at all times.
- Liaise and support Operations with respect to preparations for hand over and start up.
- Create and own the commissioning milestones for the planning, fabrication, construction and commissioning & start-up phases.
- Responsible for the safe execution of pre-commissioning and dynamic commissioning activities, assists in resolution of commissioning related issues to ensure satisfactory quality is attained.
- Supervise the commissioning ensuring work is conducted in a safe and proper manner in accordance with the commissioning schedule.
- Assist in the seamless transition of the facilities from Project to Operations.
- Monitor job-site safety and compliance.
- Subject matter expert and resource to the Project pertinent to Systems Completion activities.
In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development. |
| Your knowledge/skills, education, and experience: | |
Knowledge/ Qualification/ Training/ Certification: - Engineering degree or equivalent qualification, with at least 15 years of commissioning management experience.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in oil & gas industry.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to lead a team and work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
- Experience commissioning projects in extremely cold-weather conditions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; experience with Visio or similar tools to communicate commissioning sequences, organizational charts, and workflow processes is an asset.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to interface effectively with client, people inside and outside of the company.
- Excellent problem solving skills.
- Excellent negotiation and persuasion skills.
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
- Sound judgment and decision making skills.
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Communication: - Excellent command of the English language in both oral and written communication and skills.
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Behavior/ Core Competencies: - Ability to develop and maintain strong and good relationship with company and client personnel.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong work ethic with a pragmatic approach.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills.
- Ability to think strategically and tactically, balancing these as workload changes.
- Ability to identify and manage risks.
HSSEQ: The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it’s clients and the governing authorities of the host country. | |
| Details about the role: | |
| Location: Anchorage, AK, USA | |
| Relocation required: Yes | |
| Travel required: Yes – During planning phase travels to fabrication yard and during execution phase rotations to North Slope Alaska (Site) | |
| Contract type: Direct, Full-Time | |
| Experience level: 10 years | |