Testing and Commissioning Manager - LRT

Overview

Manage testing & commissioning for LRT project from construction to handover.

Key Responsibilities

• commissioning
• testing
• safety
• scheduling
• interface
• handover

Tasks

-Remain up to date on the best practices to ensure that lessons learned across the industry are applied as required. -Responsible for site safety during testing and commissioning activities, in particular during energization and dynamic testing. -Monitor overall progress against the project work schedule. -Bring knowledge and understanding of depot readiness to accept new and interface with all systems and functions. -Ensure that all third-party contractors consistently adhere to the installation and commissioning requirements. -Review the testing and commissioning program, to be implemented for successful project delivery. -Understand testing and operational sequences on site, attend commissioning meetings to define and implement priorities to deliver project needs. -Monitor and control test hierarchy on site to support project test activities, commissioning milestones, and processes. -Ensure that Discipline Leads are applying the principles of validation as outlined in the Project Agreement. -Develop and implement new commissioning and handover sequences, operational readiness strategies, guidance documents, and templates. -Assist in developing readiness documentation and sequences understanding impact of systems, facilities and rollingstock construction and commissioning activities. -Give oversight of the testing & commissioning phase of the project and provide feedback and direction on path forward. This includes safe integration between the systems testing, construction activities and operations. -Contribute to constructability and technical reviews; provide input to resolve potential issues and propose constructable solutions. -Ensure project schedules are followed and implemented so that deliverables are provided in a timely and cost-effective manner to all external and internal stakeholders. -Interface with the Systems Lead and various Discipline Leads to determine potential obstacles to deliver all commissioning activities. -Ensure correct interface documentation is in place and followed during testing and operational activities. -Contribute to all commissioning and construction meetings identify potential testing or operation blocking points. -Develop the Project Systems Completion and Handover processes, ensuring the streamlined movement of assets and information from contractors to the end-user. -Participate in field verification of testing and commissioning activities. -Utilize previous project knowledge and experience to find solutions to challenges and setbacks as they occur. -Coordinate light maintenance and corrective maintenance and documentation during testing phase.

Requirements

• class 5
• primavera
• bluebeam
• electrical eng
• 3+ yrs
• commissioning

What You Bring

-Valid Class 5 license; clean abstract preferred -Excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills. -Experience working with teams and stakeholders in development and delivery of large infrastructure projects. -Ability to use Primavera P6, Bluebeam, MS project, Aconex, SharePoint or similar software. -Understand “readiness” and “priority” when driving commissioning activities. Communicate to all parties needed to guarantee testing activities success. -Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or relevant field and a minimum of 3+ years’ experience in one or more medium-sized rail projects. -Ability to communicate across technical disciplines (engineering, construction, testing & commissioning). -Demonstrated working knowledge of railway standards and practices. -Ability to negotiate the terrain of an in-process construction site, including climbing stairs and ladders, steep/ slippery terrain, walking, and working outdoors in all types of Edmonton weather and conditions -Advanced knowledge of engineering and construction procedures, principles, and concepts. -Understand and work with rail operational activities within depots and mainlines, understand and implement safe work practices in and around trains, depot equipment and railway systems. -Experience leading teams and providing functional support to discipline specialists deployed into other parts of a wider organization. -Experience/understanding of construction processes and supervision and the handover of large, public infrastructure projects. -Experience in team management. -Demonstrated commitment to Goal Zero safety program. -Technical knowledge and experience in the commissioning of Transit Rail Systems in at least one major system (Signaling, Communications, Track, SCADA, overhead catenary, tunnel ventilation, etc.).

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