Testing Coordinator

Job Description Summary

Reporting to the Commissioning Manager, the Commissioning Coordinator is responsible for the overall back-office coordination of projects execution regarding commissioning scope, including tendering, preparation, execution, and closure of projects. It is a portfolio (cross-projects) role, meaning that the Commissioning Coordinator will reach all projects during the project's life cycle in different phases at the same time.
For the on-site execution of the project, the Commissioning Coordinator will hand it over to the On-Site Commissioning Lead to coordinate the daily operations at site with the commissioning team, where the Commissioning Coordinator will play a role of supporting and ensuring all the controls and reports are being done and updated in a timely manner.
During tendering phase, the Commissioning Coordinator will work with the tendering team to create and submit the tendering documents for the commissioning scope to ensure GE Vernova GSI will have enough budget to execute the project with safety and quality, considering the scope of work, sub-contractors, tooling, any other aspect to meet both GE Vernova's and customer requirements.

• Read, interpret, and understand customer requirements for new bids.
• Work with tendering team on the strategy for the specific bid taking into consideration customer requirements and profile, historic information, GE Vernova GSI requirements to execute the job with safety, quality and within the budget and schedule.
• Build the bid package for the commissioning scope, including a proper breakdown of the work with hours and costs to execute each portion of it, so it will facilitate the handover to execution and the understanding of the assumptions taken during tendering phase.
• Improve tools and assumptions taken based on feedbacks and real information from executed (or under execution) projects.

• Prepare, create, and coordinate the execution of the commissioning execution package, including:
  
  
  • Commissioning Plan (Scope, Cost, and schedule) according with ITO information.
  • Documentation Package (test procedures creation and test reports submission).
  • Creation of the project specific Commissioning daily tracker to hand it over to the Commissioning Lead.
• Support the project execution team on commissioning matters.
• Technical governance and customer relations on commissioning matters.
• Plan and support pre-commissioning effort (instrumentation, documentation, etc.).
• Perform the commissioning kick-off meeting with the team to ensure full understanding of the project regarding safety, quality, schedule and hours, documentation, controls, and processes to have a successful project execution.
• Handover the daily project coordination to the Commissioning Lead after the kick-off is performed but keep the overall coordination to ensure compliance.

• Ensure work is performed safely according with GE standards and local requirements.
• Ensure the site team is set up properly.
• Have regular touchpoints with Commissioning Leads to ensure the site work is flowing properly according with the commissioning plan, including but not limited to: daily tracker updates, timely reports and timesheet submissions, schedule, and cost.
• Contribute to overall quality and excellence in execution of commissioning.
• Provide support to the site teams (at site, if needed) regarding the technical issues or challenges.
• Collaborate in resolving complex problems.
• Ensure the project is being executed with quality and within the budget.
• Ensure all commissioning deliverables were submitted to customer in order to collect all payments.

• Work with the Commissioning Lead to ensure all work has been completed and that there is no more hours/cost to incur so the project can be officially closed in the system.
• Submit a notification to the project team with the full commissioning closure of the project, listing the documents folder and any other deliverables store location.
• Collect RoEs (Return of Experiences) and define action plans based on them so the business can improve on potential gaps.

• Engineering degree or equivalent.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience on substation commissioning.
• Strong EHS culture.
• Collaboration mindset.
• Lead by example.
• Ability to multitask and shift between many different projects and initiatives with tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, teamwork skills and autonomy.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.) and have good computer skills.
• Ability to navigate cross-functions and create a good rapport with other teams (Project Management, Engineering, Finance, Fleet Support, EHS, HR, etc.).
• Ability to comply with mandatory requests on time, such as: trainings, timesheets, expense reports, daily reports, etc..
• Understand and implement cost and schedule control for commissioning scope.
• Must be proficient in English.
• Resilience.

• Experience with coordinating a team.
• French speaking is an asset.