Director of Commissioning, Start-up, and Operations; CSO

K  Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

K  is seeking a Director, Commissioning, Start-Up & Operations (CSO) who will provide strategic and technical leadership for commissioning, start-up, operational readiness, and plant operations activities across major industrial projects. This role is responsible for overseeing all phases of system turnover, commissioning, and start-up execution, ensuring equipment, systems, and facilities are safely and efficiently transitioned from construction to operations.

This role is responsible for overseeing all phases of system turnover, commissioning, and start-up execution, ensuring equipment, systems, and facilities are safely and efficiently transitioned from construction to operations. The Director leads multidisciplinary teams, develops and implements functional strategies, standards, and processes, and serves as a key interface with clients, project leadership, and operations personnel.

Leveraging extensive technical and leadership experience, this position drives safe, reliable, and successful project delivery while supporting organizational objectives, operational excellence, and long-term business growth.

• Provide strategic leadership, governance, and functional oversight of the Commissioning, Start-Up, and Operations (CSO) function across all projects, ensuring consistent execution, performance, standards, and compliance with organizational objectives.
• Establish, implement, and continuously improve commissioning, completions, start-up, turnover, and operational readiness standards, procedures, best practices, and execution methodologies across the organization.
• Define and oversee systemization, completions management, and turnover strategies from Construction Completion (CC) through Ready for Start-Up (RFSU), Start-Up, Substantial Completion (SC), and project handover to Operations.
• Lead implementation and governance of Completions Management Systems, ensuring consistency in data structure, workflows, reporting, and project controls across all projects.
• Direct resource planning, staffing strategies, workforce deployment, and manpower forecasting for CSO activities across Home Office, Module Yard, and Site locations, ensuring alignment with project schedules, execution requirements, and business priorities.
• Support business development efforts through proposal development, execution planning, staffing strategies, commissioning assessments, risk evaluations, client presentations, and pursuit activities for new opportunities.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships while serving as a senior advisor on commissioning, start-up, and operational readiness matters to support successful project delivery and future business growth.
• Ensure effective integration and alignment among Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Project Controls, and Operations to optimize commissioning execution, system turnover, start-up readiness, and project performance.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for resolving project execution challenges, cross-functional conflicts, commissioning risks, and operational issues that may impact project objectives or schedule commitments.
• Ensure all commissioning, start-up, and operations activities are executed in compliance with Process Safety Management (PSM), regulatory requirements, company policies, and industry best…