Electrical Commissioning Lead

Lotus Works is an Engineering Services provider specializing in managing Commissioning, Construction Services, Calibration, Operations & Maintenance scopes of work within global manufacturing facilities. Lotus Works operates globally across EMEA and North America partnering with the world's leading manufacturers across the Semiconductor, Pharmaceutical & Biologics, Medical Device and Data Center sectors. Our team of Engineering and Technical professionals is immersed in cutting-edge technologies and innovations.

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The Electrical Commissioning Lead is responsible for the electrical commissioning scope from design review through Integrated Systems Testing (IST) and final turnover. This role provides accountability to the Commissioning Authority and Commissioning Manager for electrical distribution system readiness, testing, documentation, and issue resolution. The position directs electrical commissioning engineers and technicians while coordinating electrical contractors, testing firms, controls integrators, vendors, and OEM representatives throughout the commissioning lifecycle.

• Lead the electrical commissioning process from design review and planning through installation verification, energization, startup, functional performance testing, Integrated Systems Testing, and final turnover.
• Review electrical design documents including one-line diagrams, equipment schedules, specifications, protection and coordination studies, and arc flash studies for commissionability, testing access, and constructability.
• Review electrical design requirements against the Owner's Project Requirements (OPR) and Basis of Design (BOD).
• Develop and maintain the electrical section of the Commissioning Plan, including test sequencing, prerequisites, commissioning milestones, and Level 1–5 scope definitions.
• Develop and review electrical commissioning specifications and applicable Division 26 commissioning requirements.
• Define and track Factory Witness Testing (FWT) requirements for switch gear, generators, UPS systems, PDUs, Static Transfer Switches (STS), Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), busway, and associated electrical equipment.
• Coordinate the scope of NETA-certified testing contractors and establish clear boundaries between NETA acceptance testing and commissioning functional testing.
• Develop and maintain the electrical commissioning schedule and integrate commissioning activities with the overall project master schedule.
• Identify commissioning equipment and resource requirements including load banks, primary injection equipment, testing instrumentation, and utility coordination milestones.
• Author, review, and approve Level 3 startup, Level 4 Functional Performance Testing (FPT), and Level 5 Integrated Systems Testing (IST) procedures and scripts.
• Develop commissioning test procedures for medium- and low-voltage switch gear, transformers, generators and paralleling gear, ATS/STS systems, UPS systems and batteries, PDUs/RPPs, busway, lighting controls, grounding and bonding systems, EPMS/SCADA, fire alarm interfaces, and electrical metering.
• Establish commissioning pass/fail criteria based on the BOD and OPR, including transfer times, voltage and frequency tolerances, battery runtime, and protection settings.
• Develop electrical failure-mode and concurrent-maintainability testing scenarios including utility loss, breaker failure, load transfers, and single-cord and dual-cord operating conditions.
• Witness and document Level 2 and Level 3 installation verification, pre-energization, energization, and startup activities.
• Verify equipment installation, termination, grounding, bonding, labeling, and readiness against approved drawings and project requirements.
• Coordinate installation verification activities with NETA acceptance testing requirements.
• Direct Level 4 functional performance testing of electrical systems using approved commissioning procedures.
• Verify electrical protection settings against approved coordination studies.
• Witness protective relay testing and primary and secondary injection testing.
• Lead the electrical portions of Level 5 Integrated Systems Testing, including load bank testing, utility-loss scenarios, system transfers, and facility-wide failure simulations.
• Coordinate electrical IST activities with the Mechanical Commissioning Lead to verify integrated facility performance across electrical and mechanical systems.
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