Commissioning Manager

Company Description THM Technical Services delivers integrated construction, fabrication, and commissioning solutions across Canada and the USA. Founded in 2022, the company supports energy, petrochemical, mining, and industrial clients with structural and piping fabrication, electrical and instrumentation services, mechanical execution, and commissioning and start-up. THM Technical Services focuses on sustaining and capital projects, providing end-to-end support from planning through execution. Team members collaborate on complex, large-scale projects that emphasize safety, quality, and reliability for clients in critical industries.

Role Description

THM Technical Services is seeking a Commissioning Manager with a strong operations background to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of commissioning services across multiple projects in Canada.

Based in Calgary, this role will oversee commissioning operations from the planning stage through field execution and turnover. The Commissioning Manager will ensure the right people, plans, resources, and processes are in place to meet safety, quality, schedule, and financial objectives. The role will work closely with THM leadership, commissioning teams, technical specialists, contractors, and client representatives to support effective project delivery across Canada.

The successful candidate will combine practical commissioning experience with strong operational leadership, organizational, and commercial skills. A Second-Class or Third-Class Power Engineer certification is preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning operations across multiple projects in Canada, aligning personnel, technical resources, and execution plans with client requirements and project schedules.
• Provide operational leadership from Calgary for commissioning planning, mobilization, field execution, turnover, and closeout activities.
• Oversee workforce planning, recruitment needs, mobilization, rotations, and resource allocation for commissioning assignments.
• Develop and review commissioning execution plans, schedules, procedures, systemization strategies, and resource forecasts.
• Monitor commissioning progress, system readiness, outstanding deficiencies, turnover requirements, and operational risks to support timely project completion.
• Provide leadership and direction to commissioning managers, leads, specialists, and field teams, establishing clear expectations and accountability.
• Maintain strong client relationships, communicate project status, resolve operational concerns, and identify opportunities for additional commissioning services.
• Support proposals, estimating, scope development, change management, and commercial planning for commissioning engagements.
• Review project costs, labour utilization, forecasts, productivity, and performance against budgets.
• Ensure commissioning activities comply with THM procedures, client standards, applicable codes, regulatory requirements, and health and safety expectations.
• Participate in project meetings, readiness reviews, constructability discussions, field coordination activities, operational readiness reviews, and turnover planning.
• Travel occasionally to project sites across Canada to support field execution, team coordination, client engagement, and operational requirements.
• Improve commissioning processes, reporting tools, resource planning practices, and lessons-learned programs to strengthen service delivery.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in commissioning, completions, startup, operations, or operational readiness within industrial, energy, power, or process facilities.
• Previous experience managing commissioning teams or leading commissioning operations on major projects.
• Strong understanding of systemization, commissioning sequencing, readiness reviews, functional testing, startup, operational handover, and turnover documentation.
• Strong operations background, preferably supported by a Second-Class or Third-Class Power Engineer certification.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate technical personnel, manage competing priorities, and resolve execution challenges.
• Working knowledge of project scheduling, resource forecasting, cost control, productivity tracking, and performance reporting.
• Strong communication and client relationship skills, with a practical, accountable, and collaborative leadership approach.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel; experience with commissioning management systems and scheduling tools is an asset.
• A relevant trade certification, technical diploma, engineering degree, or power engineering certification is an asset; equivalent commissioning and operations experience will also be considered.
• Ability to work from Calgary, travel to project sites across Canada, and safely support commissioning and operational activities in industrial facilities.