Process Commissioning Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead the development of the company’s process commissioning strategy and systems from the ground up, acting as the technical authority across projects. You will shape commissioning standards, safety systems, and lifecycle readiness from concept to operation. The position combines strategic leadership with hands-on technical oversight to ensure commissioning excellence and regulatory readiness. The opportunity offers autonomy, impact on long‑term capability growth, and close collaboration with clients, regulators and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a company-wide process commissioning strategy for non-infrastructure projects
• Define and own commissioning systems, standards, templates and safe systems of work
• Act as technical authority for process commissioning and provide escalation support for complex issues
• Lead commissioning planning from early design stages to improve buildability and whole-life performance
• Oversee water quality compliance, sampling strategies, performance testing and regulatory readiness
• Collaborate with design teams to ensure design intent is commissionable and compliant with water quality standards
• Serve as senior commissioning interface with clients, regulators and internal stakeholders
• Support bids and framework mobilisation with commissioning strategy and resourcing input
• Ensure commissioning documentation is robust, auditable and compliant with requirements

Key requirements

• Experience in process commissioning within the water or wastewater sector
• Strong understanding of full project lifecycle from concept to operational readiness
• Deep technical knowledge of treatment processes, water quality standards, sampling regimes, chemical dosing, hydraulics and performance optimization
• Proven ability to work autonomously and build systems where none existed
• Experience developing people, training frameworks or technical capability in an engineering/commissioning environment
• Relevant water and safety qualifications (desirable)

• autonomy
• leadership
• stakeholder communication
• process commissioning
• water quality standards
• sampling regimes

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