Lead Mechanical Commissioning Engineer

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Overview


Our client is recruiting for an experienced Lead Mechanical Commissioning Engineer to work on a contract basis at their site in Cumbria.



Responsibilities


The Lead Commissioning Engineer is responsible for:



  • Ensuring safety is the highest priority on the project with a continued strive towards Zero Harm. They ensure that they are a role model for all aspects of safety, ensuring a proactive approach to nuclear, radiological, conventional and environmental safety

  • Leading a team of Commissioning Engineers and Technicians

  • Leading all testing activities throughout all stages of commissioning

  • Supervising the production of commissioning test documentation

  • Supervising and organising of Commissioning Technicians and support resources

  • Supervising the initiation and implementation of FOBs and TQs

  • Liaising with the regulatory compliance representatives to ensure witnessing of commissioning activities is expedited

  • Recording and management of Temporary Commissioning Aids

  • Recording of supporting data in accordance with test requirements

  • Ability to utilise completions management systems to manage commissioning activities, and handovers from construction to commissioning and commissioning to client

  • Ability to schedule work and to manage work against a project schedule

  • Ability to take part in multi discipline design reviews and work with the engineering team

  • Actively drives continuous improvement within the commissioning process

  • Actively drives progress to meet schedule deadlines



Essential Experience & Qualifications



  • Time served or equivalent in an engineering discipline e.g. mechanical discipline

  • Preference for HNC or equivalent or route to achieve the qualification

  • Project commissioning experience

  • Experience with process commissioning, vessels & pumps

  • Ideally you will have nuclear industry experience

  • Design Tools/Software:

    • Go Completions

    • Microsoft suite




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Overview


Our client is recruiting for an experienced Lead Mechanical Commissioning Engineer to work on a contract basis at their site in Cumbria.



Responsibilities


The Lead Commissioning Engineer is responsible for:



  • Ensuring safety is the highest priority on the project with a continued strive towards Zero Harm. They ensure that they are a role model for all aspects of safety, ensuring a proactive approach to nuclear, radiological, conventional and environmental safety

  • Leading a team of Commissioning Engineers and Technicians

  • Leading all testing activities throughout all stages of commissioning

  • Supervising the production of commissioning test documentation

  • Supervising and organising of Commissioning Technicians and support resources

  • Supervising the initiation and implementation of FOBs and TQs

  • Liaising with the regulatory compliance representatives to ensure witnessing of commissioning activities is expedited

  • Recording and management of Temporary Commissioning Aids

  • Recording of supporting data in accordance with test requirements

  • Ability to utilise completions management systems to manage commissioning activities, and handovers from construction to commissioning and commissioning to client

  • Ability to schedule work and to manage work against a project schedule

  • Ability to take part in multi discipline design reviews and work with the engineering team

  • Actively drives continuous improvement within the commissioning process

  • Actively drives progress to meet schedule deadlines



Essential Experience & Qualifications



  • Time served or equivalent in an engineering discipline e.g. mechanical discipline

  • Preference for HNC or equivalent or route to achieve the qualification

  • Project commissioning experience

  • Experience with process commissioning, vessels & pumps

  • Ideally you will have nuclear industry experience

  • Design Tools/Software:

    • Go Completions

    • Microsoft suite




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Posted: April 11th, 2026