Current Job Openings
Position: Substation Commissioning Manager 1 – Toledo, OH
Start: Remote until mobilizing to site (Oct–Feb). Will support other projects until April before final project phase.
Start: Remote until mobilizing to site (Oct–Feb). Will support other projects until April before final project phase.
Project Overview:
- Steel mill facility with a substation upgrade, including installation of a new 34 kV GIS system
- Providing commissioning oversight for a third-party firm performing the testing
Compensation & Benefits:
- Per Diem while onsite: $155/day (non-taxed)
- Mobilization/Demobilization: $500 each
Role Summary:
- Oversee all testing and commissioning activities from kickoff to closeout
- Combine project management, technical leadership, and team supervision
- Ensure schedules, budgets, safety, and quality standards are met
- Act as the primary liaison between clients, contractors, and internal teams
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead all testing and commissioning activities for assigned projects
- Manage turnover from construction to commissioning, and from commissioning to operations
- Develop or review commissioning execution plans, documentation, and checklists
- Track progress, budgets, schedules, and deliverables
- Lead pre-job checklists, kickoff meetings, and post-job reviews
- Oversee SCADA checkout, EMS database updates, protection scheme testing, and energization
- Review and approve testing documentation, daily reports, and schedules
- Troubleshoot issues and provide technical guidance to crews and leads
- Coordinate with subcontractors and review test plans/results
- Be onsite during critical milestones (relays, apparatus, SCADA, end-to-end testing, energization)
- Support remote jobs as needed, visiting based on risk and task type
- Supervise commissioning engineers, technicians, and support staff
- Provide coaching, feedback, and training
- Monitor performance and recommend raises or promotions
- Participate in proposal development (scope, schedule, pricing, execution plans)
- Serve as the main point of contact for all commissioning-related work
- Attend client and internal meetings, site visits, and punchlist walkthroughs
Qualifications:
- Minimum 7 years of commissioning, testing, or related substation/transmission experience (HV/MV testing required)
- Previous commissioning management experience on one or more transmission projects preferred
- Strong knowledge of relay and apparatus testing procedures
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering preferred
- Ability to pass pre-employment requirements (background check, drug screen, MVR)
