Electrical Lead Commissioning

Commissioning Planning and Readiness

• Ensure contractors follow approved electrical commissioning procedures, inspection and test plans, method statements, and test protocols.
• Review single-line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, load lists, and related technical documentation.
• Develop commissioning schedules, manpower plans, test-equipment requirements, switching procedures, and isolation plans.
• Lead system walkdowns and readiness reviews, verify mechanical completion, and ensure inspection test records and punch-list items are closed before energization.
• Manage the orderly handover of electrical systems from construction to commissioning and ultimately to operations.
• Lead commissioning of MV and LV switchgear, power and distribution transformers, motor control centers, UPS systems, battery banks, diesel generators, and backup power systems.
• Supervise installation verification, pre-energization inspections, controlled energization, load testing, and system stabilization.
• Verify correct phasing, grounding, interlocks, control circuits, protection settings, and equipment functionality.
• Oversee insulation-resistance, continuity, cable, VLF, Hi-Pot, relay-protection, and other required electrical testing.
• Lead switching and energization activities safely and in accordance with approved plans and permits.

Protection, Controls, and Startup

• Validate overcurrent, differential, distance, motor-protection, relay-logic, and trip-circuit schemes.
• Coordinate with the instrumentation and controls team on SCADA and DCS integration.
• Support plant startup, load testing, ramp-up, and early operations while maintaining system reliability.
• Troubleshoot electrical faults, equipment malfunctions, and commissioning issues to support timely resolution.
• Enforce client HSE requirements, permit-to-work controls, LOTOTO procedures, and safe execution of high-risk energization, high-voltage testing, and switching activities.
• Lead toolbox talks, risk assessments, and pre-task planning while promoting a strong field safety culture.
• Ensure accurate completion of test reports, commissioning records, energization permits, switching logs, and relay-settings documentation.
• Verify red-line drawings and as-built documentation and ensure work complies with applicable IEC, IEEE, NFPA, project, and site standards.
• Coordinate daily activities with mechanical, I&C, process commissioning, construction, QA/QC, vendors, OEM specialists, client representatives, and operations teams.
• Participate in progress meetings and provide clear reporting on system status, schedule, risks, constraints, and required actions.
• Lead, supervise, and provide technical direction to electrical commissioning technicians and contractors.
• Allocate work, monitor progress against the commissioning schedule, and address performance or resource constraints.
• Drive accountability, safe execution, quality, and timely completion across the electrical commissioning team.
• Make sound decisions during critical testing, switching, energization, and startup phases.