COMMISSIONING AND STARTUP COORDINATOR

Roles and Responsibilities

The commissioning and startup coordinator will be the single point contact representing the overall project team.  The coordinator will provide the overall leadership to take all the facilities from mechanical completion to being fully integrated and operational.  The coordinator will provide the leadership to the commissioning and startup teams.  The leadership will based on knowledge, skills, experience and understanding of the upstream and downstream facilities and how to integrate team.

The area managers will maintain their responsibilities to execute their commissioning and startup activities but respond to the overall leadership of the commissioning and startup coordinator.

The following is a list of requirements the commissioning and startup coordinator should have:

        1.0     Supervisory Experience

        2.0     Operating Experience

        3.0     Commissioning and Startup Experience

        4.0     Technical Competence

        5.0     Respect of Management

        6.0     Personnel Relations Skills

        7.0     Coordination Skills

        8.0     Sense of Priority

        9.0     Decisiveness

        10      Good Judgment

The fact that the commissioning and startup time is the most exciting, it can also be the most challenging.  The coordinator should possess mental and physical stamina, function under pressure yet maintain a positive attitude.