Commissioning Manager

Commissioning Manager

The client are a leading enterprise level life safety and security integrator working on large scale project throughout the UK andamp; Europe

The Role

This role will oversee the commissioning of Life Safety, Fire Detection, Fire Suppression, Sprinkler, Security, and Data Infrastructure systems specifically within large-scale Industrial, Commercial, Residential and Data Centre environments.

The Commissioning Manager will provide technical leadership, challenge design information, manage multidiscipline commissioning teams, and ensure all systems are integrated, validated, and handed over in accordance with all standards, legislation, project specific standards and client timescales.

Duties and Responsibilities

Planning andamp; Coordination

Develop detailed commissioning plans, programmes, procedures, and schedules for ELV systems (Life Safety, CCTV, Access Control, Intercom, etc).

Review design drawings, specifications, and scope documents to identify commissioning requirements.

Coordinate with design teams, project managers, subcontractors, and vendors to ensure readiness for commissioning.

Conduct commissioning meetings and prepare progress reports for management and clients.

Review resource requirements and skill set for each project/system and ensure they are in place as per the commissioning plan/programme

Plan across multiple projects to ensure commissioning plans/programme/resources are in place and that one project doesn''t fail due to another project over-running.

Coordinate and manage integration workshops between life safety systems, security systems, sprinklers, fire suppression and data systems

Commissioning Execution

Ensure the project commissioning plan is in place and lead and supervise commissioning engineers on site in conjunction with the project site team

Carry out weekly checks with commissioning engineers to ensure programme being adhered to and monitor progress/resource issues

Oversee programming, system configuration, and integration between multiple ELV systems (e.g., linking fire alarm with access control or BMS)

Ensure all issues identified during testing are logged, rectified, and reverified before system handover

Implement and manage commissioning gateways, punch list management, and closure

Quality Assurance andamp; Compliance

Verify compliance with Specifications, BAFE, BS, EN, and GBEC Policies and procedures

Support standardization of commissioning processes across multiple sites

Coordinate third-party testing, inspections, and approvals with relevant agencies or consultants

Maintain QA/QC documentation, including checklists, test reports, and witness sheets

Ensure commissioning activities follow safety and quality management procedures

Review and validate commissioning scripts, method statements, and integrated test plans

Working Conditions

Primarily site-based role with travel between multiple project locations

• May involve extended working hours to meet project deadlines
• Must comply with all site safety and company policies

Person Specification

Skills andamp; Competencies

Minimum 5+ years senior commissioning experience on large commercial or Data Centre projects

Deep understanding of ELV and life safety systems architecture and integration

Presenting andamp; demonstrating commission delivery position to senior management teams

Essential

Hold CSCS Card and SMSTS S