Requisition ID:99645

Job Category:Commissioning

Location:Adelaide,South Australia,Australia

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 70 years of business and technical expertise in mining, energy, and infrastructure,our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally.Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

CORE brings together the necessary elements of a project to achieve nameplate value and deliver peak asset performance. We take a staged approach to verifying technical readiness and ensuring organizational preparedness, right up to achieving full operational capacity.

Please note this role can be based in Adelaide, Perth or Brisbane

Hatch is anemployee-owned engineering, technology, consulting and project delivery companywith more than70 years of historydelivering innovative solutions inmetals, energy, and infrastructure. With11,000 employeesacross65 offices, we execute projects inmore than 150 countries worldwide.

Our operations are organized intoseven regions:

- ECA:Eastern Canada
- WCA:Western Canada
- USA:United States
- SAM:South America
- AIM:Africa, India, and Middle East
- EUR:Europe
- AUA:Australia and Asia

Our culture is built on collaboration, technical excellence, and a commitment to shaping a better future.We take pride in our values and operate as a flat, connected organization where innovation and ownership are encouraged at every level.

Role Overview





We are conducting a global search for Principals and Senior Principals in Commissioning to lead planning and execution for mega projects worldwide. This is a rare prospect for individuals who combine deep technical expertise in commissioning with strategic leadership and client engagement skills.

You will act as a trusted leader, safety champion, and mentor of commissioning professionals. Beyond execution, you will engage with clients to grow Hatch’s CORE practice and unlock business opportunities, which includes:Commissioning(construction completions, pre-commissioning, load commissioning), operational readiness, asset management and ramp-up services.

We are looking for professionals who think and act like owners, thrive on creating new approaches and improving processes, and can bridge technical execution with strategic foresight to deliver exceptional client value. Most importantly, you will inspire, develop and lead our teams with a focus on developing future great commissioning professionals, sustaining the growth of our expertise for decades to come.

Candidates must be willing to travel to meet teams and clients including remote project sites as required, and participate in site assignments, sometimes requiring fly-in/fly-out arrangements for periods of time.

Key Responsibilities

- Project Leadership




- Role model, safety culture, Collaborative leadership, and behaviors.
- Develop and implement commissioning strategies and lead commissioning planning for large, complex projects.
- Oversee planning, scheduling, and resource allocation for commissioning phases.
- Lead readiness assessments, commissioning risk reviews, and constructability /commissionability evaluations during early project phases.
- Advise projects on systems completion, turnover strategies, punch listing, walkdowns, and technical acceptance criteria.
- Support critical-path decision-making during commissioning and early operations.
- Liaise with senior EPCM and Operational Readiness stakeholders during project planning phases to ensure interfacing and alignment
- Provide senior-level commissioning expertise on major projects—either embedded in the delivery team or in an oversight/assurance role.
- Lead or support the development of Commissioning Execution Plans, systemization strategies, and sequence logic.
- Facilitate alignment between engineering, construction, completions, commissioning, and operations teams.
- Travel to project sites to support troubleshooting, readiness reviews, start-up preparation, and ramp-up performance optimization
- Ensure commissioning deliverables meet safety, quality, and performance expectations.
- Build strong relationships with clients, represent the commissioning discipline in key meetings, and provide trusted technical guidance.
- Lead proposal development, scopes of work, estimation and execution strategies for commissioning engagements.
- Represent Hatch in client meetings, governance forums, and project

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