Comissioning Engineer
BH-311056
Posted: 12/08/2025
- Competitive
- United States North Carolina Raleigh
- Contract
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Power Generation, T&D
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T&D
Our client is looking for a Commissioning Engineer for a position based in Raleigh, NC or remote. This is contract to hire.
As part of our dynamic field operations team, you'll travel across North America to oversee the commissioning and testing of our cutting-edge High Voltage Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS) equipment. Your role combines hands-on technical leadership with customer engagement, ensuring successful installations and empowering others through training. You'll be responsible for commissioning High Voltage GIS systems, performing on-site high voltage testing and partial discharge diagnostics, and installing and commissioning advanced switching devices such as phase synchronization systems and diagnostic cameras. You'll also train and guide contractors and customers on proper procedures and safety standards.
Responsibilites include:
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
As part of our dynamic field operations team, you'll travel across North America to oversee the commissioning and testing of our cutting-edge High Voltage Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS) equipment. Your role combines hands-on technical leadership with customer engagement, ensuring successful installations and empowering others through training. You'll be responsible for commissioning High Voltage GIS systems, performing on-site high voltage testing and partial discharge diagnostics, and installing and commissioning advanced switching devices such as phase synchronization systems and diagnostic cameras. You'll also train and guide contractors and customers on proper procedures and safety standards.
Responsibilites include:
- Commissioning of components and systems in line with commissioning programs and procedures that have been released
- High-voltage test and if required partial discharge measurement of the complete installed and commissioned GIS
- Schedule tracking performed based on existing commissioning time schedules and regular reporting on commissioning activities
- Clarification of all technical problems arising during the commissioning tests
- As built documentation
- Training of subordinate commissioning personnel
- 2 years of technical experience with commissioning process engineering systems and partial discharge measurement techniques in Siemens AG projects
- Experienced in intercultural situations
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
- GIS knowledge pertaining to construction of electrical systems
- Professional Training Course to perform commissioning work on SF6 gas insulated switchgear
- Certificate for High voltage testing
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.