Commissioning Electrical Lead

Immediate need for a talented Commissioning Electrical Lead. This is a 12+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Houston, TX (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID:26-14761

Pay Range: $55 - $60/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• HSE Leadership (Safety-First Culture)

• Support electrical commissioning activities in compliance with OSHA, NFPA 70 (NEC), NFPA 70E, site safety requirements, and company standards.
• Act as a proactive Safety Ambassador, participating in safety drills, toolbox talks, and field safety inspections.
• Ensure incidents/near-misses are promptly reported, investigated, and closed out with corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Implement and communicate risk assessment processes including Job Safety Analysis (JSA), hazard reviews, energized work planning, and permit-to-work requirements.
• Support safe work practices for commissioning and startup activities including LOTO, energization, pressurization, confined space entry, fall protection, gas testing, and system cleaning.
• Support Process Safety Management (PSM) and PreStartup Safety Review (PSSR) readiness by ensuring electrical scope requirements are met.
• Commissioning & Startup Execution
• Execute the Electrical Commissioning Strategy and Execution Plan, ensuring alignment with overall project commissioning and startup strategy.
• Collaborate across disciplines to plan, manage, and prepare systems for first-time startup, including system scoping, readiness reviews, and work packaging.
• Support commissioning/testing and energization activities in accordance with approved plans and procedures.
• Support electrical testing and validation including (as applicable):
• Switchgear/MCCs, transformers, protective relays, VFDs, substations, interlocks, loop checks, and control system interfaces
• Cause & Effect validation, control narrative redlines, vendor parameter verification, and equipment programming/validation
• Support electrical CSU documentation quality: test records, turnover packages, punch lists, redlines, and final record retention per project standards in preparation for document handover.
• Field-based role with approximately 80% field presence during commissioning/startup phases.
• Frequent walking, driving, and use of computers for planning/documentation.
• Flexible schedule and on-call support during critical commissioning/startup windows.
• Some climbing/fall protection and confined space work may be required depending on scope and site conditions.
• A proactive, safety-first mindset with strong knowledge of energized work controls and LOTO.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to resolve issues under schedule pressure.
• Organized, detail-oriented execution style with ownership of documentation quality.
• Collaborative leadership approach able to mentor others, build alignment, and drive results.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Must have skills: Electrician, electrical equipment, control systems, high-voltage, Safety standards.

• Journeyman Electrician or equivalent industrial electrical qualification; additional technical training preferred.
• 10+ years industrial electrical experience with 5+ years leading electrical commissioning and startup activities.
• Demonstrated experience commissioning electrical equipment and integrated control systems in industrial environments (power generation, chemical, industrial gas, manufacturing, or similar).
• Protection relay testing and interlock verification
• VFDs and motor control systems
• Transformer testing and high-voltage energization practices
• Commissioning of automated equipment and control interfaces
• Strong interpersonal skills with a consistent track record of safe execution, team coordination, and vendor management.
• Proficient with commissioning documentation practices, system scoping, walkdowns, punch list management, and turnover workflows.
• Effective communicator able to coordinate across engineering, construction, operations, and contractor teams.
• Experience in cryogenic, client, syngas, carbon capture, or similarly complex process facilities.
• Familiarity with structured completions/commissioning management systems (CMS) and turnover documentation methodologies.
• Prior experience in projects with high corporate safety and environmental compliance expectations.

Our client is a leading Chemical Manufacturing Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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