The posting
The role is based at a Singapore yard and runs for the duration of the project. You will lead telecom commissioning from engineering review through to handover, making sure every system is safe, compliant and ready for operations.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end telecom commissioning: pre-commissioning, commissioning, integration and handover
- Review detail engineering deliverables (block diagrams, datasheets, layouts) against company standards, project specifications and international codes
- Prepare and manage the commissioning database, structuring items, functions and tasks with traceable sign-offs
- Write and approve commissioning and operational test procedures for telecom systems
- Witness FAT, I-FAT and SAT, and resolve technical issues with vendors and EPC contractors
- Supervise yard construction, static pre-commissioning tests and functional commissioning tests (e.g. PAGA loop and loss tests, radio coverage)
- Plan and manage integration and tie-ins with existing facilities
- Manage contractor and vendor teams to deliver safely and on schedule
- Give constructability input on antenna placement, cable routing and equipment installation to prevent rework
- Enforce HSE requirements, including permit-to-work, LOTO, isolation/de-isolation and inhibition registers
- Report progress, risks and system readiness to project management
Systems scope:
- LAN/WAN and fibre optic networks, structured cabling, VoIP PABX and IP telephony, PAGA, CCTV and intrusion detection, access control, UHF/VHF/MF radio, microwave LOS, VSAT, GMDSS, crane radio, meteorological systems, navigation and security radar, D-GPS, AIS, personnel locator and e-mustering, emergency satellite communications, voice recorders, network management and timing systems, and entertainment systems.
Requirements
- Degree in Electrical, Electronics or Telecommunications Engineering, or equivalent
- At least 15 years of telecom experience in oil & gas, including at least 5 years leading commissioning on offshore platforms, FPSOs or major onshore facilities
- Proven record of commissioning delivery through to handover with a strong safety record
- Hands-on experience across a broad range of the telecom systems listed above
- Experience with brownfield integration and tie-ins
- Familiarity with IEC, ITU-T, IMO/GMDSS and ATEX requirements
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management with clients, EPC contractors and vendors
- Clear written and spoken English
Preferred
- Experience with OPERCOM methodology and ICAPS or similar completion management systems
- Yard commissioning experience on floating or offshore units
- Valid offshore safety certification (e.g. BOSIET/T-BOSIET, H2S)
- Network or cybersecurity certifications



