Lead Commissioning Engineer – Electrical & Instrumentation

About the role

Penspen is urgently seeking a Lead Commissioning Engineer (E&I) to oversee electrical and instrumentation commissioning for an offshore oil & gas PMC project in Abu Dhabi.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate Electrical and Instrumentation pre‑commissioning, commissioning, energisation, testing and functional checks for offshore oil & gas facilities.
• Develop and execute commissioning execution plans, strategies and work sequences, ensuring compliance with engineering documents, specifications and HSE standards.
• Coordinate with construction, operations, maintenance, engineering and HSE teams, and lead daily commissioning meetings.
• Provide technical direction to commissioning engineers, supervisors, technicians and specialist contractors, ensuring safe execution and handover to operations.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Instrumentation & Control, Electronics Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 15 years of experience, including 5‑8 years in offshore projects, with proven E&I commissioning and start‑up experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary commissioning teams and manage specialist contractors.
• Experience with brownfield modifications, shutdowns, tie‑ins and SIMOPS is highly advantageous.

Required skills

• Electrical commissioning
• Instrumentation & control commissioning
• System integration testing
• Functional and loop checking
• Performance verification
• Brownfield modifications
• Shutdown and tie‑in operations
• SIMOPS coordination