Commissioning Manager in Wigan

Costain has won extensive work across the water sector this year to support the AMP 8 investment cycle. We have been appointed by United Utilities as one of 7 partners to Enterprise, delivering £5.5bn of projects in the Asset Management Period 8 (AMP8) between 2025 – 2030, and AMP 9 (2030 – 2035). Our scope is to provide project management, design, construction and commissioning services on design and build schemes throughout the North West and Cumbria region covered by United Utilities. Projects vary in value from £10m – £600m covering both infrastructure and non‑infrastructure assets on water and wastewater sites with wider Enterprise partners. The role will be hybrid and requires attending the office 2‑3 days a week. Once the commissioning phase starts it will be on site full‑time.

At Costain, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

Responsibilities

• You will be working within the wider construction delivery team, engaging with designers to challenge and support efficient design development, supporting procurement and managing subcontractor delivery and commissioning both at their locations through manufacture, and on‑site during installation and commissioning.
• Throughout this you will be supporting the development of programmes and budgets and, once in delivery, managing works aligned to these while also proactively monitoring safe and high‑quality delivery.
• Lead the Commissioning Team of various persons including Commissioning Engineers, Process Operators, Sampling & Training.
• Proactively promote health, safety and wellbeing in every aspect of design and delivery.
• Manage through support of MEICA packages, design and installation and all necessary coordination.
• Support relevant HAZOP/HAZCON and wider project meetings as required.
• Collaborate with the wider engineering team to ensure a robust and realistic sequence of construction, programme and budget for the whole project.
• You will support the development of MEICA aspects and the interfaces with wider delivery.
• Co‑ordinate with the pre‑construction, delivery and wider teams to develop compliant, safe, considered solutions and address technical challenges, including the MEICA installation contractors.
• Champion high‑quality delivery from the outset of design; developing processes, systems and initiatives to drive a high‑quality, right‑first‑time culture.
• Ensure good working relationships are established with site operating teams, our supply chain partners and wider stakeholders.
• Provide accurate and timely project performance reports, ensuring projects are on track and contract requirements are met; sharing and celebrating success and developing improvement plans and implementing mitigation strategies as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering large‑scale MEICA packages across the project lifecycle in a collaborative delivery environment.
• Ability to engage and build strong relationships with stakeholders, motivating, influencing and striving for mutual success.
• Excellent knowledge of relevant regulations including but not limited to Construction Design & Management Regulations and the Costain Way Requirements in respect of temporary works, lifting, commissioning and handover.
• Able to understand relevant engineering technical standards.
• Completion of commissioning test records to demonstrate the plant and processes have been commissioned in line with design.
• Package management experience and contract awareness to effectively manage subcontract teams.

Desirable

• Water industry experience, in large scale, multi‑disciplined projects.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary teams over multiple locations.
• Experience of working with both construction and design teams.

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant engineering or project management qualification.
• CSCS.
• Driving licence.
• Electrical qualification.

Desirable

• Electrical & commissioning training, specific to the Water Industry.
• Electrical test & inspection.
• LV AP training.