CAI

Operational readiness consulting for pharma

Lead Commissioning Engineer - Electrical

Electrical EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeIndiaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Knowledge of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) or equivalent safety requirements.
Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and mechanical piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs).
Knowledge of mission-critical design concepts.
Knowledge of electrical distribution switchgear, substations, uninterruptible power sources (UPS), automatic transfer switches (ATS), batteries, emergency diesel generators, and load banks.
Knowledge of power quality analysis.
Good written and spoken communication skills.

Responsibilities

Lead and steer electrical commissioning and testing activities for contracted electrical systems work at the client site according to the agreed scope of work.
Act as a technical expert and advisor to the client on feasibility, practicality, and the cost and resource impacts of solutions, methods, and work procedures throughout commissioning.
Serve as the on-site technical lead, coordinate obtaining correct information from equipment vendors, the client, contractors, and site owners, and make decisions and lead the work.
Participate in meetings with the client, consultants, and other contractors to provide technical opinions; work with commissioning stakeholders to agree on and sign off on commissioning deliverables and scope items.
Ensure construction contractors and equipment or system vendors provide relevant certifications and required documentation for approval and use as references in commissioning documentation development.
Review, check, analyze, and provide opinions on basis of design (BoD), owner project requirements (OPR), electrical drawings, schematics, diagrams, and installation drawings; approve documents that meet the client's commissioning requirements.
Support development of engineering and commissioning deliverables in collaboration with team members.
Develop, create, review, and obtain approval for test scripts and Inspection Test Plans (ITPs).
Develop, create, review, obtain approval for, and initiate Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) or Factory Witness Tests (FWT) according to client needs.
Ensure delivery quality meets the client's testing and commissioning requirements and tested outcomes meet desired specifications and performance requirements.
Enforce client project timelines and supervise electrical commissioning activities according to the client's commissioning schedule and timeline.
Track task completion and work progress, provide regular status updates, and proactively communicate progress and feedback to internal teams, the Project Manager, and the client team.
Create regular technical reports on commissioning project status.
Identify issues, opportunities, challenges, and risks to project schedules and resourcing, and clearly communicate informed opinions to the Project Manager and Client Manager.
Track potential changes during job progression, identify scope variations and requirement changes, and assess their effects on commissioning schedules, budgets, and targets.
Collaborate with the Project Manager to quantify scope variations, including price, budget, or resource changes, and assist in developing mitigation or contingency plans.

About CAI:

At CAI, we are a professional services firm designed to accelerate operational readiness and excellence in critical environments. Our team of engineering, quality, and operations experts combines top-tier talent with the latest technology to deliver projects on time and within budget. We're committed to continuous improvement, real connections, and the highest standards, aiming to lead the industry and build the future.

Are you ready?

Our approach is simple; we put the client’s interests first, we do not stop until it is right, and we will do whatever it takes to get there.

At CAI, we are committed to living our Foundational Principles, both professionally and personally:

•We act with integrity

•We serve each other

•We serve society

•We work for our future.

We strongly believe that one person’s success is everyone’s success; we work diligently to accomplish team goals. We place Team Before Self, demonstrate Respect for Others, and possess a can-do attitude. That is how we have grown exponentially.

The role:

Lead Commissioning (Cx) Engineer - Electrical provides direction of all electrical aspects of assigned commissioning projects from initial engagement through turn over to the client. He/she will be expected to execute against the project schedule through the coordination of contractors and/or vendors to complete the desired electrical system testing while ensuring the safety of oneself and other project personnel.

Responsibilities:

·Lead and steer all electrical commissioning and testing activities for all contracted testing and commissioning work related to electrical systems at the client`s site according to agreed Scope of Works.

·Act as technical expert and advisory for the client, advising on feasibility, practicality and any cost, resource impact of solution, methods and work procedures at all stages of the commissioning process.

·Fulfil the role of on-site technical lead and coordinate obtaining correct information from equipment vendors, client, contactors and site owners to make decision and lead.

·Participate and contribute to meetings with the client, consultants, other contractors to provide expert technical opinion. Work with all commissioning stakeholders to sign-off and commit to a common and agreed commissioning deliverables scope and outline items.

·Ensuring all relevant certification and required documentation have been provided by construction contractors, equipment/system vendors to be approved and used as reference for commissioning documentation development.

·Review, check, analyze, and provide opinion on design documents such as BoD, OPR, electrical drawings, schematics, diagrams and installation drawings as well as approve documents meeting commissioning requirements of the client.

·Support engineering and commissioning deliverables development, working together with team members

·Develop, create, review and achieve approval of test scripts, Inspection Test Plans (ITPs)

·Develop, create, review, achieve approval and initiate Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT) or Factory Witness Tests (FWT)according to the needs of the client

·Ensure delivery quality is consistent with testing and commissioning requirement from client and the tested outcome is consistent with the client`s desired specification and performance requirements

·Enforce and work to the client`s project timelines and supervise electrical commissioning activities according to the client`s commissioning schedule and timeline

·Manage the progress of work through task completion progress tracking and regular work completion status updates. Pro-actively and regularly update, provide feedback and communicate on work progress with internal teams, Project Manager and client team on work progress

·Create and develop regular technical reports regarding commissioning project status

·Using expert knowledge to identify and create an informed opinion, clearly and transparently communicate to the Project Manager, Client Manager on issues, opportunities, challenges or risks to project schedule and resourcing during any stage of work

·Track potential changes during job progression and have competency in understanding identifying scope variation (potential scope and requirement changes) and how it affects commissioning schedule, budgeting and initially defined commissioning targets

·Collaborate closely with Project Manager when quantifying any scope variation including any price, budget or resource change and to assist in developing mitigation or contingency plans.

Critical Skills and Knowledge

·Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

·Knowledge of OSHA (or equivalent) safety requirements.

·Good written and spoken communication skills.

·Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and mechanical P&IDs.

·Knowledge of mission critical design concepts.

·Knowledge of Electrical Distribution Switchgear, Substations, Uninterruptable Power Sources (UPS), Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), Batteries, Emergency Diesel Generators & Load Banks.

·Knowledge of power quality analysis

Working Environment:

Extensive travel (75%)

Construction environment

CAI is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.

About the Company

CAI

Operational readiness consulting for pharma

CAI Technical Consulting Malaysia SDN (brand cagents.com) provides operational readiness consulting for pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare firms. It helps clients prepare for full-scale production through quick operational readiness assessments, gap-tailored plans, and hands-on implementation support in areas like project planning, production operations, asset management, reliability, and sustainability, plus Digital Pathology Validation for Leica Biosystems to meet regulatory standards. The firm differentiates itself by combining rapid assessments with practical, cost-effective strategies, ongoing industry collaboration, and global delivery that informs tailored solutions. Its goal is to help clients accelerate their path to compliant, scalable operations and successful production scale-up.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Pre-seed
Total funding: $3.4M
Headquarters: Indianapolis, IN
Founded: 1996

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