Senior Electrical Commissioning Engineer

Requisition : 182583

Job Level: Mid Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Industrial District

Department: Commissioning

Market: Industrial

Employment Type: Full Time

As a Senior Commissioning & Startup Electrical Engineer, you will play a critical role in the safe, efficient, and successful startup of complex industrial and mission-critical facilities. This position is responsible for supporting electrical commissioning, testing, energization, validation, startup, turnover, and operational readiness activities across major construction projects throughout North America.

Working closely with engineering, construction, vendors, operations, and commissioning leadership, you will help develop and execute commissioning strategies, review electrical testing programs, troubleshoot complex electrical issues, and ensure systems are tested, documented, and turned over safely and effectively.

This position may support projects remotely from a Kiewit office location or directly from project sites depending on project needs and business requirements. The ideal candidate combines strong electrical engineering fundamentals with hands-on commissioning and startup experience involving critical electrical infrastructure.

The Kiewit Industrial District delivers direct-hire construction services for complex industrial projects across the United States, with a growing focus on large-scale data center and mission-critical construction. Our teams support high-performance projects where speed, precision, reliability, and safe execution are essential, helping deliver the mechanical, electrical, utility, and infrastructure systems that keep advanced technology moving forward.

From core and shell construction to supporting power, cooling, water, and utility infrastructure, Kiewit brings the resources, craft workforce, and execution certainty required for fast-paced data center environments.

We are committed to safety, quality, and excellence in execution, providing clients with world-class solutions while offering employees stability, growth, and career development opportunities within a multi-billion-dollar organization. Our culture is built on collaboration, innovation, integrity, and a shared passion for building complex projects that matter.

One of the many things that makes Kiewit’s culture unique is that we go where the work is, which exposes your career to abundant opportunities. We relocate our teams based on the work that is available, combined with the development plans, skill sets and career goals of each team member. This means your Kiewit adventure is custom-designed to meet our shared needs.

TDY/per diem program to support travel-based project assignments

Mobilization package to help support relocation and project start-up needs

• Support the planning and execution of electrical pre-commissioning, commissioning, startup, testing, turnover, and operational readiness activities.
• Develop, review, and execute commissioning procedures, startup plans, energization plans, test scripts, and turnover documentation.
• Lead electrical testing activities including Factory Witness Testing (FWT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), Functional Performance Testing (FPT), and Integrated Systems Testing (IST).
• Support electrical energization planning and execution, including system readiness reviews, switching plans, risk assessments, and contingency planning.
• Perform electrical system validation and verify compliance with design intent, project requirements, and operational objectives.
• Participate in system walkdowns, readiness reviews, punch management, and turnover activities.
• Troubleshoot complex electrical system issues encountered during commissioning and startup.
• Support completions management activities including system boundaries, turnover workflows, commissioning readiness tracking, and systemization efforts.
• Validate system performance during startup, failure-mode testing, and operational readiness activities.
• Perform redundancy verification for critical electrical systems including N, N+1, and 2N architectures.
• Coordinate with engineering, construction, operations, vendors, OEMs, utilities, third-party testing firms, and commissioning teams to support startup and commissioning objectives.
• Maintain accurate commissioning records, test documentation, startup reports, and turnover packages.
• Review electrical design documents, one-line diagrams, specifications, and vendor documentation to support…