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Summary/Job Scope

Reporting to the VP, Operations Cement, the Commissioning, Startup & Operational Readiness Manager serves as the cross-functional integrator for Finish Mill 4, bringing together the project, Plant Operations, Maintenance, Process, Electrical, Automation, Health and Safety, contractor and OEM teams. The role provides the coordination, governance and operational focus required to ensure systems are ready for commissioning, plant personnel are prepared to assume ownership, and risks or gaps are identified and addressed in a timely manner. The Manager will remain engaged through startup, ramp-up and stabilization to support a safe, efficient and sustainable transition to Plant Operations.





Key Responsibilities

Leadership, Governance and Stakeholder Coordination

- Serve as the primary point of contact for commissioning, startup and operational readiness, providing the VP, Operations Cement with a consolidated view of status, risks, decisions and required support.
- Establish the commissioning and operational-readiness governance structure, meeting cadence, decision-making process, action tracker and escalation path across the project, Plant, contractor, engineering and OEM teams.
- Maintain an integrated readiness dashboard covering safety, construction and system-turnover status, commissioning, staffing, training, procedures, maintenance systems, spare parts, materials, performance testing and handover.
- Clarify interfaces, responsibilities and decision rights among stakeholders; resolve competing priorities and ensure commitments are translated into owners, due dates and measurable deliverables.
- Facilitate timely operational decisions and accelerate unresolved safety, technical, commercial, schedule or resource constraints with clear recommendations and impacts.

Commissioning, Startup and Handover

- Develop and maintain an integrated commissioning, startup and ramp-up plan defining system boundaries, sequencing, milestones, responsibilities, readiness criteria and key risks.




- Work with Plant leadership to establish and prepare a multidisciplinary team, using existing Plant resources (mechanics, boilermakers, electricians, etc.), to participate in pre-startup verification and dry commissioning alongside the commissioning team led by the CapEx team.
- As wet commissioning begins, transition leadership to Plant Operations and the Commissioning, Startup & Operational Readiness Manager, with CapEx shifting to a technical support role.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary system walkthroughs, punch-list development and conditional handover, ensuring safety-critical and startup-blocking deficiencies are resolved before operation, and remaining items are clearly assigned and tracked.
- Lead the Plant team through wet commissioning, startup, performance testing, ramp-up and stabilization, while providing concise status reporting and escalating unresolved safety, technical, schedule or readiness issues.

Operational Readiness and Training

- Establish and drive an operational-readiness plan covering operating procedures, staffing, competencies, training, maintenance readiness, spare parts, documentation and plant ownership requirements.
- Identify readiness gaps, assign ownership, bring together the required plant/project/OEM resources and drive actions to completion; accelerate when support or decisions are not obtained.
- Work with Plant Operations to establish operating philosophy, startup/shutdown procedures, upset-condition response, operator rounds, checklists, control-room requirements and troubleshooting guidance.
- Coordinate OEM, vendor and internal training and confirm operators and

📌 Commissioning Manager (Canada)
🏢 Votorantim Cimentos North America (VCNA)
📍 Canada