Chief Manager - Project Commissioning (Project Commissioning Manager)

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Date: 16 Dec 2025

Location: Mumbai, India

Company: John Cockerill

John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities

 

Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of its time: facilitating access to low carbon energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures. 

 

Its offer to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defence, industry, the environment, transports, and infrastructures. With more than 8,000 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1.417 billion in 2024 in 28 countries, on 5 continents. 

 

Location – Kakinada/NRL, India

 

Job Purpose

 

The John Cockerill Group, a world leader in Green Hydrogen technologies has established itself as a reliable partner for all the stakeholders aiming to achieve Net zero emission targets. We are present across geographies and in all key energy markets. Our mission is to accelerate the transition to green hydrogen for a carbon-neutral world. We are a recognized leader globally for large-scale decarbonized hydrogen production solutions.

 

Key Result Areas

  1. Manage the site commissioning activities for a specific project of John Cockerill Hydrogen
  2. Determine the number of resources required for commissioning activities in relation with the overall planning, including internal or external resources (instrumentation engineers, automation engineers, suppliers, …)
  3. Plan the collaborators commissioning activities
  4. Organize with the site manager the commissioning team including all external / internal stake holders:
    1. Keep, anticipate site conditions, commodities to receive the amount of people on site
    2. Availability of all required utilities
    3. Organization of required LOTO
    4. Reporting, progress of commissioning
  5. Support to produce template documents related to commissioning activities (Commissioning execution plan, commissioning manual, check forms, )
  6. Organize adaptation of the documents per project scope with support from engineering team
  7. Support the commissioning engineers during taking over from Erection phase (Mechanical completion for each sub system including all utilities)
  8. Liaise with suppliers of main equipment to organize the specific equipment commissioning
  9. Support uniform tests process with appropriate template forms
  10. Manage set of tools and spare parts for commissioning activities
  11. Support design reviews to anticipate specific requirements for commissioning
  12. Presence mainly on site:
    1. Safety inspections,
    2. Evaluate onsite difficulties
    3. Organize support for the site team
  13. Join kick off meeting and early preparation of the commissioning works
  14. Organization of the commissioning works from taking over till Provisional acceptance.
  15. Follow-up of commissioning works on site performed with required quality level, according to design documentation
  16. Respect commissioning planning
  17. Respect HSE plan, with objective of no accident, no injuries.
  18. Monitor progress of the commissioning works, people presence, site expenses: advise for necessary actions / solutions to keep planning and budget on track
  19. Support the QC team for quality inspections: FAT, SAT, Nobo inspections
  20. Support the performances tests
  21. Support the third parties’ certifications for all activities in accordance with the ITP; during commissioning (for instance safety tests)
  22. Follow-up reporting of possible NCRs (with possible application available on site)
  23. Follow-up reporting of REX propositions
  24. Support to Keep updated documentation on site (at least with as-built hand red marked)
  25. Follow-up reporting of Punch lists per zone, disciplines, sub-contractors. (with possible application available on site) related to commissioning
  26. Ensure daily logbook are updated and signed by all involved parties related to commissioning
  27. Put in place KPI’s monitoring
  28. Organize the hand over from commissioning to operation (customers)
  29. Provide support during warranty period

 

 

Education & Experience:

  • At least 20 years of experience with BE degree as commissioning manager for industrial EPC projects in Oil & Gas
  • Willing to locate close to the site (Kakinada or NRL) till end of the project (return maximum every 3 months)
  • Experience with European companies is a plus
  • Experience with Chinese companies is a plus
  • MS project
  • Able to use program (at least for viewer): Dwg, Navisworks, …
  • Safety training – certification
  • Process knowledge – able to read P&ID
  • Automation – PLC knowledge
  • ATEX certification / training
  • Instrumentation knowledge – Hart Protocol
  • Management skills
  • Experience in hiring process for commissioning team
  • Initiative, resilience,
  • Languages:
    • fluent English,
    • if possible: French, Dutch and / or German

 

Who We Are

    

About John Cockerill

 

  • John Cockerill is a global player in energy transition. With more than 200 years of experience in energy, industry and mobility, the company designs and integrates innovative technology to facilitate access to low-carbon energy. These technologies and associated expertise are dedicated to the production, storage, and distribution of electricity from renewable energy sources and to optimizing the efficiency of power plants.
  • The technologies apply to steam-gas, hydraulic, hydrogen, solar, nuclear, wind and biomass energy.

 

  • To complement its commitment to the fight against climate change, John Cockerill is also deploying solutions to contribute to greener mobility, to produce responsibly, to preserve natural resources and to fight against insecurity.
  • In 2020 John Cockerill achieved a turnover of Euro 1.01 bn in 19 countries. John Cockerill, which is privately owned, employs 5,200 people worldwide, including more than 400 in India.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer                  

 

John Cockerill and all John Cockerill Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law.

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment. 
Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?
We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!
 

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