Testing & Commissioning Manager

Overview

In this role you lead a high‑performing CSU team to support proposals and live projects, ensuring successful startup and operations. You provide leadership, mentoring and technical oversight to deliver CSU objectives across home office and site activities. You’ll coordinate with project management and other disciplines to integrate CSU processes, manage risk, and safeguard plant operability and personnel safety. Travel to global projects may be required to provide CSU guidance on site. This position supports Bechtel’s renewables and power projects at scale, driving on‑time, within‑scope project delivery.

Pay / Benefits

• robust Total Rewards program
• career development and culture initiatives
• time to recharge
• support for global assignments
• inclusive, diverse workplace
• employee wellbeing programs

Responsibilities

• Lead CSU home office activities for projects or proposals requiring high technical skill
• Determine appropriate resource levels for optimal delivery
• Participate in project reviews to ensure CSU coverage across cost, time, and risk
• Develop and maintain the CSU schedule and risk registers
• Lead creation of operations manuals
• Coordinate startup-related engineering, construction, and client activities at office or site
• Incorporate startup requirements into project activities, ensuring operability and safety
• Identify and implement innovative CSU solutions
• Review contract drafts for CSU cost and scope adequacy
• Provide training, mentoring, and capability development for CSU personnel
• Integrate CSU with Engineering, Construction, Change Management, Forecasting, Cost, Trends, and Claims processes

Key requirements

• Bachelor degree (or international equivalent) with relevant experience
• Bechtel EPC CSU experience preferred
• Experience delivering utility-scale solar and/or CCGT projects preferred
• Deep knowledge of commissioning and leading commissioning teams
• Ability to work effectively in a team, motivate others
• Strong CSU process understanding and practical engineering, procurement, and construction insight
• Awareness of commercial terms and conditions
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to present CSU information to management and clients
• Experience leading diverse teams toward a common project outcome

• team leadership
• communication
• mentoring
• CSU processes and procedures
• integration of CSU with other EPC functions
• risk management and risk registers

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