Global Discipline Director Completions

Requisition ID: 98590 

Job Category: Commissioning 

Location: Houston, TX, United States 
 

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 70 years of business and technical expertise in mining, energy, and infrastructure, our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

CORE brings together the necessary elements of a project to achieve nameplate value and deliver peak asset performance. We take a staged approach to verifying technical readiness and ensuring organizational preparedness, right up to achieving full operational capacity. 

Hatch is an employee-owned engineering, technology, consulting and project delivery company with more than 70 years of history delivering innovative solutions in metals, energy, and infrastructure. With nearly12,000 employees across 65 offices, we execute projects in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Our operations are organized into seven regions:

• ECA: Eastern Canada
• WCA: Western Canada
• USA: United States
• SAM: South America
• AIM: Africa, India, and Middle East
• EUR: Europe
• AUA: Australia and Asia

Our culture is built on collaboration, technical excellence, and a commitment to shaping a better future. We take pride in our values and operate as a flat, connected organization where innovation and ownership are encouraged at every level.

Role Overview

We are conducting a global search for a Global Discipline Director of Completions. In this role, the GDD of Completions is accountable for establishing global best practices, governance, and technical excellence across all stages of project completions (Stage 1 to Stage 5). The role places strong emphasis on Stage 1 (S1) completions and turnover from Construction to Commissioning, as well as turnover from the project entity to owners/operations.

A critical expectation is to champion the completions discipline across the organization, ensuring project teams are fully supported in applying best practices, maturing their completions strategies, and successfully progressing through each stage of the completions lifecycle. The GDD is responsible for driving strong alignment between Construction and Commissioning and establishing processes that create a “pull effect” from Commissioning on Construction, improving work sequencing, mechanical completion predictability, and overall project delivery schedule.

Additionally, the GDD of Completions ensures that completions processes are fully integrated with operational readiness, enabling seamless transition to operations, high-quality turnover, and effective asset start-up.

We are looking for professionals who think and act like owners, thrive on creating new approaches and improving processes, and can bridge technical execution with strategic foresight to deliver exceptional client value. Most importantly, you will inspire, develop and lead our teams with a focus on developing future great completions professionals, sustaining the growth of our expertise for decades to come.

Candidates must be willing to travel to meet teams and clients including remote project sites as required, and participate in site assignments, sometimes requiring fly-in/fly-out arrangements for periods of time.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership

• • Define and lead the global strategy for completions excellence across Stage 1 through Stage 5, driving standardization and consistency across all regions and projects.
  • Establish and promote global best practices for S1 completions, construction-to-commissioning turnover, and final handover to operations.
  • Champion completions within the organization by strengthening its visibility, strategic importance, and cross-disciplinary integration.
  • Develop processes that create a commissioning-driven pull on construction, enabling early system readiness and accelerated project delivery.
  • Drive alignment between Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, and Operations to support end-to-end completions maturity.

• Technical Excellence & Discipline Governance

• • Develop and maintain global standards, specifications, procedures, and tools for all completions stages.
  • Govern the successful application of completions practices, including systemization turnover requirement integrations with construction schedule, coordination and alignment with site quality with regards to minimum requirements, tracking of records via digital tools, closure and tracking of Non-Conformity Reports (NCRs) and TQ (Technical Queries), walk-downs and punch list management, etc.

• Project Support

• • Support projects in completions planning, turnover sequencing, and readiness assessments.

• Ensure projects receive hands-on guidance in applying best practices and progressing through Stages 1–5.

• • Conduct reviews to assess compliance, readiness, and risk levels, providing expert recommendations.
  • Support the construction team with alignment with construction work packaging (CWP) strategies that reflect commissioning priorities and system readiness goals.

• Travel to remote sites when required, including fly-in/fly-out assignments if required.
• Integration with Operational Readiness

• • Ensure completions processes directly support operational readiness requirements, including data, documentation, training, maintenance planning, and operational acceptance criteria.
  • Provide guidelines to systematically attain alignment between completion milestones and operations' needs on all Hatch’s projects to ensure full readiness for safe and efficient startup.

• Digital & Data Leadership

• • Responsible for Hatch’s completions system (iPasCS) as well as the team administrating the tool.
  • Responsible for Hatch’s global strategy and governance for digital completions systems and ensure integration with project data environments.

• People Leadership & Talent Development

• • Develop and maintain competency frameworks, training programs, and capability-building initiatives.
  • Mentor completions teams members and overall project teams in best practices, completions requirements and what part they play in the overall picture.
  • Promote a culture where completions excellence is recognized as a critical driver of predictable, safe, and efficient project execution.

• Stakeholder & Client Engagement

• • Serve as the global representative for completions matters with clients, partners, regulators, and industry bodies.
  • Support business development teams in shaping completions strategies for project proposals and pursuits.
  • Position the organization as an industry leader in completions and commissioning integration.

Qualifications

• Experience:
• 15+ years in completions, commissioning, construction, or major project execution.
• Proven leadership in managing completions across multiple projects.

• • Ability to implement commissioning-driven pull systems to improve construction sequencing and delivery.

• Deep understanding of completions stages (S1-S5), systemization, turnover, transfer of care, custody and control (TCCC), ITP management, walk-downs and punch listing, completions systems, commissioning acceptance and client acceptance.
• Demonstrated experience working with site contractors, including understanding of construction work processes, contractor deliverables, interface management and progress verification.
• Strong familiarity with quality documentation, including inspection test records, quality turnover packages, redlines/as-built, test packs, and final handover documentation.
• Experience with digital completions platforms and integration with engineering and construction data systems.
• Deep experience in one of our three (3) main sectors:
• Metals (from mining to minerals processing, to metallurgy (pyro & hydro)
• Energy (Nuclear Power, Hydro Power, Thermal Power, Renewable Power, Energy Storage, Power Distribution, Oil & Gas)
• Infrastructure (Water, Transit, Rails, Ports & Terminals, Aviation, etc.)
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and change-leadership skills.
• Attributes:
• Safety-conscious and ethical.
• Collaborative, committed to long-term success—not transactional.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with ambition to grow into influential leadership roles.
• Client relationship, communication and team building acumen
• Ability to interact and connect with all levels (top leadership and working levels) of the organization
• Competent technical communicator and able to adapt to the audience (empathy): facility to adapt script to the context of the audience and to simplify the messaging when required 
• Ability to navigate diverse cultural and geographic differences while maintaining standardized service delivery
• Critical thinking skills to troubleshoot issues and implement solutions in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
• Interest in providing governance and support on projects

Why join us?

• Work with great people to make a difference
• Collaborate on exciting projects to develop innovative solutions
• Top employer

What we offer you?

• Flexible work environment
• Long term career development
• Think globally, work locally

Don't meet every single requirement? You don't need to. At Hatch, we are building a diverse, inclusive workplace that fosters innovation. If you're interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if your past experiences don't perfectly align with the skills we've listed.

We're committed to fostering a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate and serve. Hatch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers applicants without regard to age, race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran, or any other protected status. If you have any accommodation requirements, please let us know. We'll do our best to meet your needs in accordance with applicable local legislation.