Director, Commissioning & Startup

What You Will Do

• Develop and execute the enterprise commissioning and startup strategy aligned with business objectives and customer commitments.
• Provide strategic oversight of cold commissioning, hot commissioning, startup, energization, turnover, and handover activities.
• Ensure successful transition of projects from construction to operations with predictable outcomes in safety, quality, schedule, and performance.

Standardization & Operating System Development

• Develop, implement, and continually improve standard operating procedures (SOPs), commissioning plans, inspection and test plans (ITPs), test forms, startup protocols, and operational readiness requirements.
• Establish governance and quality assurance processes that ensure consistent execution across all projects.
• Capture and institutionalize lessons learned to continuously improve enterprise performance.

Capability Building & Organizational Development

• Recruit, coach, mentor, and develop high-performing leaders and technical professionals
• Establish succession plans and talent pipelines to ensure organizational sustainability
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner closely with Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, Logistics, Construction, Operations, Quality, HSE, OEMs, utilities, and customers.
• Align commissioning requirements early in project development to improve execution outcomes and reduce risk.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Establish and monitor leading and lagging performance indicators.
• Conduct operational reviews to identify opportunities for improvement and value creation.
• Leverage digital tools, automation, analytics, and emerging technologies to improve startup effectiveness and readiness.

You Will Need (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in commissioning, startup, construction, operations, project execution, or related technical leadership roles
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in large-scale industrial, energy, utility, renewable energy, EPC, or infrastructure environments
• Experience developing commissioning plans, startup procedures, operational readiness requirements, testing protocols, and enterprise standards
• Experience managing utility coordination, OEM integration, energization planning, and turnover processes
• Experience leading organizational transformation, standardization, and operational excellence initiatives
• Experience developing leaders and building high-performing teams
• Willing and able to travel up to 50% of the time as business needs permit

What Will Put You Ahead (Preferred Qualifications)

• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Bachelor's Degree or higher
• PMP, PMI-SP, Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent certifications
• Utility-scale solar, battery energy storage, power generation, transmission, or electrical infrastructure experience
• Experience implementing enterprise operating systems and governance frameworks
• Experience with power systems commissioning, grid interconnection, SCADA, controls integration, and operational readiness programs
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and large project portfolios

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data.