Commissioning Engineer

This is a remote position.

Role: Commissioning Engineer
Location: Remote, home-based, US-based candidate. Headquarters in Rosenberg, Texas (Houston area). No work is performed at the head office. All work happens at customer sites.
Reports to / works within: The Project Management team. Trains and works side by side with the senior Commissioning Engineer.
Team size: Lean. Roughly 40 to 45 people in the US, about 260 worldwide. The project engineering group is currently eight people. This hire is the ninth.
Why this role exists right now: HITEC has one Commissioning Engineer dedicated to North America and a confirmed backlog of new and retrofit units running through 2027. This is the second North America commissioning resource, hired and trained ahead of a large install volume that hits late 2026 into 2027.
Salary: $120,000 - $130,000 DOE
Video Job Description - See the Leader Before You Apply: Why This Role Matters

\"Building the right team in order to accomplish that is, in my opinion, the absolute key focus to success. Because if we fail any one customer, that prevents two to three customers from us in the next couple years.\"

Robert is the person who connects what HITEC sells to what HITEC delivers. In his words, he makes sure the salespeople do not sell something the company cannot fulfill on the back end. The Commissioning Engineer is the last technical hand on that promise. They are the one who validates that every wire landed correctly, every mechanical connection was run to spec, and the machine actually comes to life the way the customer witnessed it in Holland.

HITEC is growing steadily and is already planning to 2030. There is real backlog: roughly 16 units scheduled from late January through June 2026, plus another 17 units in production or installation that hit starting around mid-2026 and run into 2027. The company has been leaning on its European commissioning team to cover North America, and Europe is also covering Asia, South America, and the Middle East. This role exists to stand up a true North America capability so HITEC stops relying on a flown-in resource and can keep its delivery promise to every customer.

The Mission

In the first 12 months, become a fully independent Commissioning Engineer for HITEC's Dynamic UPS units in North America. You will learn the work the way Robert builds people, side by side with the senior Commissioning Engineer, before you run units on your own. As Robert put it, \"We're not just gonna hire someone and throw them in.\" You will work three to five commissionings alongside Joel to get the flow, then carry your own units through the full cycle: safety validation, systematic startup, troubleshooting at first power, customer witness test, and signed acceptance.

This is not the same work over and over. Every customer, every site, and every unit is different. The principles stay the same. The challenge changes job to job.

Performance Objectives

Complete each assigned Dynamic UPS unit through the full commissioning cycle within the standard 10 to 12 working-day per-unit window, from first safety check to customer-signed acceptance.

Lead the four to five day safety validation on every unit. Verify every wire landing against point-to-point schematic wiring diagrams and every mechanical connection against the P&ID drawings, and report all discrepancies to the Project Manager for contractor correction before any energization.

Execute the documented startup sequence per SOP, energizing switchgear, control panels, and mechanical systems systematically. Clear alarms and troubleshoot first-power faults so each unit reaches stable operation and is ready for witness testing by roughly day six.

Deliver the customer witness test alongside the client and produce the final commissioning report, including chart recordings and captures, and secure client signatures converting each unit to formal acceptance.

Reach independent commissioning capability after working three to five units side by side with the senior Commissioning Engineer, giving HITEC a second North America resource in place before the late 2026 into 2027 install volume.

Serve as a senior technical phone and screen-share resource for the field service team on units that have transitioned to service, resolving escalations remotely without requiring a return to a closed-out site.

Fit Traits

Mission-Critical Composure. Stays calm and systematic when a system is energized for the first time and the unknowns are real. Signal from the Conversation: \"The guys in the submarine, they know what mission critical is. If that boat doesn't come off the bottom, that's about as critical as it ever gets.\"

Solve-It Ownership. Digs into the problem and drives it to done rather than waiting to be tol