Title:
Lead Process Commissioning & Start Up Engineer

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Lead Process, Commissioning & Start-Up Engineer

Role Overview

Responsible for leading all process pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up activities. Ensures safe, efficient, and compliant transition from construction to operational status, focusing on process systems performance, control systems validation, operability, and plant optimization in accordance with the Client and international standards.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Develop Process Commissioning Execution Plan and systemization strategy.
• Define system and subsystem boundaries (MC to RFC to RFSU).
• Review and approve commissioning procedures and work packs.
• Develop Commissioning and Start-up procedures
• Develop/Review Method statements, JSA's as required
• Interface with procurement to purchase spares, consumables, tools and equipment.
• Coordinate with Construction, Mechanical, and E&I teams for readiness.
• Prepare start-up philosophy and sequence documentation.

Interface & Leadership

• Provide overall leadership and coordination of multidisciplinary interfaces (Construction, Mechanical, E&I, Operations, Vendors, HSE, and Client) to ensure systematic handover, commissioning readiness, and safe startup execution.
• Develop and implement commissioning and start-up strategies, including systemization, sequencing, and risk mitigation plans, to achieve contractual milestones such as First Oil and First Gas.
• Ensure technical verification and validation of process systems, control logic, safeguarding systems, and mechanical integrity prior to hydrocarbon introduction in compliance with applicable standards and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the primary technical focal point for the Client and PMC, providing progress reporting, technical resolution of field issues, and support during performance and guarantee testing.
• Lead and manage commissioning personnel to ensure safe execution, operational stability, regulatory compliance, and timely ramp-up to design capacity within approved project schedules.

Process Systems Commissioning

• Lead commissioning of oil separation and stabilization trains.
• Commission gas processing systems including dehydration and compression interfaces.
• Oversee produced water treatment and disposal systems.
• Commission flare, fuel gas, and relief systems.
• Validate chemical injection and metering systems.
• Verify control valves, shutdown valves, and interlocks functionality.
• Review and validate P&IDs, PFDs, Cause & Effect diagrams, and control narratives.

Functional Testing & Control Systems

• Lead loop checks and functional testing of instrumentation and control systems.
• Validate ESD, F&G, and safeguarding systems.
• Witness FAT/SAT activities and ensure compliance with design intent.
• Confirm alarm settings, trip points, and permissive logic.
• Participate in Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR).

Startup & Operational Readiness

• Lead hydrocarbon introduction and first oil/first gas activities.
• Monitor process parameters during ramp-up phase.
• Troubleshoot process upsets and optimize operating conditions.
• Support performance guarantee testing and plant stabilization.
• Minimize flaring and ensure environmental compliance during startup.

Key HSE Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with Iraqi regulatory requirements, API 520/521, API 14C, and project process safety standards.
• Lead and close out HAZOP, HAZID, and action items prior to hydrocarbon introduction.
• Participate in and approve Pre-Startup Safety Review (PSSR) ensuring all process safety critical elements are verified.
• Validate Emergency Shutdown (ESD), Fire & Gas (F&G), safeguarding interlocks, and relief systems prior to startup.
• Ensure safe hydrocarbon introduction procedures during First Oil and First Gas operations.
• Minimize flaring duration and ensure emissions remain within environmental compliance limits.
• Conduct and review Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and SIMOPS risk assessments during live plant activities.
• Investigate process-related incidents and near misses, ensuring corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
• Promote strong process safety culture and operational discipline during startup and stabilization phases.
• Apply ASME B31.3 and pressure relief system requirements.