Head of Construction and Commissioning

Job Title: Head of Construction & Commissioning

Location: Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Contract Type: Permanent, full-time

Aker Solutions is recruiting for a senior leadership role responsible for leading Construction & Commissioning activity across the portfolio in Aberdeen. The role is focused on strengthening current performance while maintaining delivery, with emphasis on systems, process, and people development.

• Lead the Construction & Commissioning function and provide direction across delivery activity.
• Drive improvements in current state performance while maintaining safe, predictable delivery.
• Act as a strong integrator across teams, stakeholders, and clients when required.
• Support optimisation across commissioning, systems, handover, process, and people capability.
• Lead and develop an organisation of around 30 people through strong leadership and clear expectations.

• 15+ years of relevant experience in construction and commissioning leadership, or a closely transferable environment.
• Degree-qualified professional.
• Fluent English communication skills.
• A people-focused leader who is professional, credible, and comfortable operating as a client-facing representative when needed.
• A balanced profile who can work effectively in a corporate setting while also solving practical operational challenges.
• Openness to candidates bringing strong transferable capability from other industries.

Occasional international travel may be required, for example to Italy or Angola.