Commissioning Manager (Offshore)

Penspen

The Role

Overview

Lead offshore commissioning team, manage procedures, ensure safety, and oversee start-up.

Key Responsibilities

  • documentation
  • safety compliance
  • troubleshooting
  • commissioning oversight
  • procedure development
  • coordination

Tasks

-Prepare and maintain documentation, reports, and handover packages. -Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards throughout all phases. -Lead and manage the commissioning team across offshore projects. -Troubleshoot issues and provide technical guidance to resolve commissioning challenges. -Oversee pre-commissioning, commissioning, and start-up activities. -Develop and implement commissioning procedures and schedules. -Coordinate with engineering, construction, and operations teams to ensure readiness.

Requirements

  • offshore
  • bosiet
  • huet
  • commissioning
  • engineering degree
  • leadership

What You Bring

-Strong offshore experience, including platforms, FPSOs, or subsea systems. -Offshore certifications (e.g., BOSIET, HUET) required or preferred. -Excellent understanding of commissioning processes, systems integration, and start-up. -Degree in Engineering or related field preferred. -Minimum 18 years of commissioning experience in the oil and gas industry. -Strong leadership and organizational skills.

The Company

About Penspen

-As an independent consultancy, it delivers front‑end to operations engineering, project and asset management across energy lifecycles. -Driven by innovation, it created THEIA, a digital pipeline integrity tool blending AI, inspections and digital twins. -Its work spans large‑scale pipelines, carbon‑capture engineering, repurposed gas networks for hydrogen, and integrity audits. -Unusual fact: in the early 2010s it studied using trained dogs to detect pipeline leaks—demonstrating creative problem-solving.

Sector Specialisms

Energy

Oil and Gas

Onshore Pipelines

Offshore Pipelines

Floating Production Systems

Process Topsides

Offshore Topsides

Onshore Process Facilities

Asset Management

Asset Integrity

Project Management

Engineering

Training and Education

Energy Transition Consultancy

Digital Solutions & Tools

Pipeline Design

FPSO Process Topsides

Floating Production

CO2 Transportation Pipelines