Senior Commissioning Coordinator

Location: Duluth, MN, 55802 (also hiring in Houston, TX, Boston, MA, Minneapolis, MN, Cushing, OK, Salisbury, MA)

Role Type: Onsite – Frequent Travel Required

Working Conditions

• Office environment with frequent scheduled travel to construction sites across the U.S. pipeline system (20–30 days per quarter).
• Project-driven disruptions to personal activities, including extended hours and occasional after-hours calls (5–10 occurrences quarterly).

High-Level Description

The Sr Commissioning Coordinator is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing project commissioning and start-up deliverables to ensure equipment is ready for safe and reliable operation. This role requires strong field coordination skills, hands-on technical expertise, and the ability to independently perform commissioning tasks.

Specific Accountabilities

• Provide technical input into commissioning procedures and support continual improvement.
• Participate in engineering design reviews across mechanical, process, electrical, and instrumentation disciplines.
• Coordinate field commissioning activities for projects, managing contractors or internal technicians.
• Develop comprehensive commissioning and start-up execution plans (resources, cost, schedules).
• Independently perform in-house commissioning activities including configuration, calibration, startup, and troubleshooting.
• Apply technical expertise to commission equipment, wire/configure/test PLCs, instrumentation, control panels, and communication systems.
• Ensure commissioning activities meet Enbridge processes, scope, schedule, cost, and quality standards.
• Manage issues identified during commissioning and resolve them using technical expertise.
• Oversee equipment handovers from Construction to Commissioning and Commissioning to Operations.
• Provide planning oversight for outage management in greenfield and brownfield projects.
• Schedule and coordinate work under tight deadlines while ensuring safe work conditions.

Scope & Dimensions

• Collaborate with project teams, construction, and operations to ensure safe, reliable equipment operation.
• Strong knowledge of industry safety practices (permitting, Lock-Out-Tag-Out, Electrical Safety).
• Provide direction and guidance to commissioning contractors and coordinators.

Contacts

• Work closely with project teams and construction contractors during commissioning handovers.
• Oversight of 3rd Party Commissioning Contractors when required.

Reporting Relationships

• Provide mentorship and guidance to Commissioning Coordinators and team members.
• Report to Project Managers.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Required:

• Technical College Degree/Diploma.
• 10+ years of technical experience.
• Working knowledge of design and construction codes (API, NEC, CEC, CSA Z662, NFPA 11, etc.).
• Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to lead and coordinate diverse teams.

Preferred:

• Previous commissioning experience in the oil & gas industry.
• Hands-on experience with rotating and static equipment.