Commissioning Coordinator

Commissioning Coordinator

Play an integral role in delivering sustainable infrastructure and industrial construction projects that support the world's evolving energy, chemicals, and resources needs. As a Commissioning Coordinator, you will provide technical coordination and project execution support for commissioning, startup, turnover, and operational readiness activities that transition projects safely and efficiently from construction completion to operational handover.

Working at the project site, you will collaborate closely with engineering, procurement, construction, quality, commissioning, startup, and operations personnel to help ensure systems are safely tested, verified, commissioned, and placed into service. Your expertise will directly influence project readiness, operational performance, safety outcomes, and successful project delivery.

Purpose of the role

At Worley, we are committed to delivering sustainable change by bridging today’s energy and resource demands with the transition to a more sustainable future. The Commissioning Coordinator plays a critical role in this journey by supporting the planning, coordination, and execution of commissioning and startup activities that ensure facilities operate safely and as designed.

This role is responsible for coordinating commissioning programs, supporting operations readiness, reviewing project designs, identifying potential operability concerns, and recommending improvements that enhance safety, maintainability, and operational performance. Through strong technical expertise and stakeholder engagement, you will facilitate the successful transition of project systems from construction through startup, commissioning, and final handover.

You will be responsible for

- Coordinating commissioning, startup, turnover, and operational readiness activities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Facilitating collaboration among engineering, procurement, construction, quality, commissioning, startup, operations, and customer stakeholders to support successful project delivery.
- Reviewing engineering designs, specifications, procedures, and construction deliverables to help ensure facilities can be safely commissioned and operated.
- Identifying potential operability, maintainability, safety, and startup risks and recommending effective solutions.
- Supporting the development and implementation of commissioning execution plans, schedules, procedures, and work processes.
- Coordinating system completions, punch list management, turnover documentation, and handover activities.
- Working closely with engineering, procurement, construction, quality, and project controls teams to support successful project execution.
- Supporting commissioning readiness reviews and ensuring systems are prepared for testing, startup, and operational acceptance.
- Coordinating pre-commissioning and commissioning activities including flushing, cleaning, testing, calibration, energization, and functional verification.
- Coordinating startup activities and supporting the safe transition of facilities to operations teams and customers.
- Monitoring commissioning progress, identifying constraints, and recommending corrective actions to maintain project objectives.
- Preparing commissioning reports, startup status updates, readiness assessments, performance metrics, and stakeholder communications.
- Supporting contractor coordination related to commissioning and operational readiness activities.
- Promoting a culture of safety, quality, collaboration, and operational excellence throughout all commissioning and startup phases.
- Supporting continuous improvement initiatives that enhance commissioning effectiveness, startup performance, and project delivery outcomes.

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

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What you’ll bring to the role

You are an experienced project execution professional with strong commissioning, startup, and operational readiness expertise. You possess the technical knowledge, coordination capabilities, and stakeholder management skills required to successfully transition complex industrial facilities from construction completion to operational excellence.

Key qualifications include:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Operations Management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent trade qualification supported by relevant technical training and experience.
- Typically 10+ years of relevant experience for degree-qualified candidates or 15+ years of relevant experience supported by trade qualifications.
- Demonstrated experience supporting commissioning, startup, completions, turnover, or operations readiness activities on industrial or major capital projects.
- Strong understanding of construction execution, commissioning methodologies, startup planning, and facility operations.
- Experience reviewing engineering designs and identifying opportunities to improve operability, maintainability, and project readiness.
- Knowledge of system completions management, turnover processes, commissioning documentation, and startup procedures.
- Strong understanding of industrial process systems, equipment testing, operational verification, and performance validation.
- Proven ability to support commissioning execution plans and startup strategies.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary stakeholders across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations functions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to resolve complex technical and operational challenges.
- Excellent communication, presentation, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.
- Advanced knowledge of commissioning systems, project execution processes, reporting tools, and industry best practices.
- Commitment to safety leadership, operational excellence, quality, continuous improvement, and sustainable project delivery.

Benefits

Feel the energy at Worley with access to a range of benefits including: paid-time off, holiday pay (usually 8 per year in the US), and eligibility to participate in the medical, life, dental, and vision insurance plans, as well as 401K plan.

Apply today

If you are ready to help bring major industrial facilities safely into operation and support successful project startup and turnover activities, we encourage you to apply. Join a global organization where your expertise, coordination skills, and commitment to operational excellence will help deliver successful project outcomes and lasting value for customers.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.

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