Pre-commissioning Lead📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Intech Automation & Intelligence, a company with nearly 30 years of experience in industrial automation and digitalization, is seeking a Pre-commissioning Lead. This role is based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and offers a career path focused on transformative technologies within the Industry era.

Role Overview

The Pre-commissioning Lead will manage the day-to-day coordination and execution of pre-commissioning activities for assigned systems. The primary objective is to drive completion progress, manage punch lists, and ensure systems are ready for commissioning. Experience with pre-commissioning of systems that include Schneider Foxboro DCS and Triconex ESD Systems is highly valued.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate pre-commissioning activities for designated systems, including instrument calibration, loop checking, continuity checks, megger testing, and mechanical completion verification.
• Coordinate loop check activities between field instruments and DCS/ESD systems, specifically Schneider Foxboro DCS and Triconex ESD Systems.
• Track completion progress for subsystems within the project completion database, ensuring all checksheets and certificates are finalized and signed off.
• Identify, record, and manage the resolution of all A and B punch list items within assigned systems.
• Coordinate pre-commissioning technicians, instrumentation and electrical site supervisors, and construction teams to align completion activities.
• Ensure all pre-commissioning activities adhere to permit-to-work and isolation management systems, in full compliance with project HSE requirements.
• Prepare daily and weekly pre-commissioning progress reports and participate in project completion review meetings.
• Ensure all pre-commissioning documentation is complete and dossiers are prepared for formal system handover to commissioning.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or HND/Diploma in Instrumentation, Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering.
• 13 to 15 years of pre-commissioning experience on oil and gas or petrochemical EPC projects.
• Proven lead-level experience coordinating multi-discipline pre-commissioning activities on large systems.
• Experience with pre-commissioning of Schneider Foxboro DCS and Triconex ESD Systems.
• Proficiency in completion management databases such as Completions Cloud, MCIS, or equivalent.
• 13 to 15 years of hands-on pre-commissioning experience with demonstrated leadership in coordinating multi-discipline completion activities on EPC oil and gas projects.
• Proven experience leading loop checking and pre-commissioning of Schneider Foxboro DCS and Triconex ESD Systems.
• Track record of managing completion databases and delivering pre-commissioning dossiers within project schedules.
• Experience working on Saudi Aramco or ADNOC pre-commissioning projects with knowledge of their completion standards.

Required Skills

• Expertise in executing and overseeing pre-commissioning procedures across instrumentation, electrical, and mechanical disciplines.
• Capability in leading loop check campaigns for DCS and ESD systems, including Schneider Foxboro DCS and Triconex ESD Systems.
• Proficiency in managing completion progress in systems such as Completions Cloud, MCIS, or Comets.
• Strong knowledge of field instrument calibration procedures and documentation requirements for pre-commissioning dossiers.
• Experience categorizing and tracking punch list items and coordinating close-out across multiple disciplines.
• Strong coordination and organizational skills to manage multiple completion activities across large, complex systems simultaneously.
• Rigorous adherence to safety procedures and commitment to building a safe pre-commissioning work environment.
• Clear reporting and communication with project management, commissioning teams, and client representatives.
• Results-orientation in tracking and closing out completion items to meet system handover milestones.
• Practical approach to resolving pre-commissioning issues, drawing conflicts, and outstanding completion items.

Work Location and Type

This full-time position is located in Al Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.