Mechanical​/Piping Commissioning Specialist

Mechanical/Piping Commissioning Specialist Duration: 12+ months

Location:

Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Rotation: 14 days on/14 days off

The Mechanical/Piping Commissioning Specialist is a technically focused opportunity supporting pre‑commissioning, commissioning, start‑up, and handover activity for mechanical and piping systems on a major oil and gas project. This role is suited to candidates with strong commissioning leadership experience across process and utility systems, rotating equipment, and startup readiness. The Specialist will play a key role in ensuring systems are safely prepared, tested, and transitioned from construction through to operations in a remote site environment.

This position offers the chance to contribute to a complex project with significant field exposure and close coordination across engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations teams.

This opportunity sits within the oil and gas sector on a methanol and diesel de‑sulfurization project located on Alaska’s North Slope. The role supports commissioning and startup activity during the transition from construction to operations and reports into the Commissioning Manager. The working environment is a remote rotational camp‑based assignment with regular field inspections, outdoor work, and exposure to Arctic conditions.

• Support commissioning planning and execution for mechanical and piping systems, including review of procedures, work packs, turnover packages, and startup plans.
• Verify mechanical completion status and readiness for commissioning activities, including punch list tracking and closeout.
• Coordinate commissioning interfaces across construction, operations, contractors, and vendors to maintain safe and efficient system handover.
• Lead or oversee commissioning activity across process piping, utility piping, pressure vessels, tanks, heat exchangers, pumps, rotating equipment, relief and flare systems, fuel gas systems, water systems, and pipeline tie‑ins.
• Witness and verify hydrostatic testing, pneumatic testing, flushing, cleaning, drying, leak testing, reinstatement, and functional testing activities.
• Confirm commissioning work complies with project specifications, applicable codes and standards, regulatory requirements, and company procedures.
• Support pre‑startup safety reviews, job safety analyses, risk assessments, and permit‑to‑work reviews while promoting a strong safety culture.
• Assist with startup troubleshooting, system energization, operational readiness, operator knowledge transfer, performance testing, and final acceptance activities.
• Maintain commissioning progress reporting, system completion tracking, commissioning records, and as‑built documentation accuracy.

• 10+ years of oil and gas industry experience.
• 7+ years of mechanical and piping commissioning experience.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical completion and commissioning processes, turnover and handover, process facility startup, and pressure and leak testing requirements.
• Experience commissioning rotating equipment, mechanical packages, and piping systems testing and reinstatement.
• Strong troubleshooting, coordination, leadership, and technical documentation skills.
• Understanding of ASME B31.3, ASME Section VIII, API standards, ANSI standards, OSHA regulations, and process safety management principles.
• Ability to manage multiple commissioning systems and work effectively in a remote Arctic field environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Previous Alaska North Slope or Arctic site experience.
• Owner‑side commissioning experience.