Senior Commissioning Manager (12-month Fixed Term Contract)

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Date: Jul 24, 2026

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

Company: Hatch

Requisition ID: 100805 

Job Category: Commissioning 

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 
 

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. 

 

Turn projects into performance.

Join our team as a Senior Commissioning Manager and lead the critical transition from construction completion to operational readiness. Bring your technical expertise, leadership skills, and commissioning excellence to projects that shape industries and communities worldwide. This position is a 12-month Fixed Term Contract, is a full-time site position and must be willing to work a 6/2 rotation.
 

Key responsibilities:

    • Develop and implement the overall commissioning strategy and execution plan.
    • Establish commissioning objectives, milestones, and project KPIs.
    • Lead the commissioning team through all commissioning phases (C1-C5)
    • Ensure alignment between engineering, construction, operations, and commissioning teams.
    • Act as the primary commissioning interface with the client, contractors and vendors.
    • Direct cold and hot commissioning activities. This will include plant areas such as:
      • Crushing circuits
      • Milling circuits
      • Flotation circuits
      • Thickening systems
      • Reagent systems
      • Dewatering systems
      • Tailings systems
      • Water supply and reclaim systems
      • Utilities and infrastructure
    • Ensure commissioning procedures are executed safely and efficiently.
    • Coordinate startup sequencing and integrated system testing.
    • Coordinate the project handover to operations

 

Stakeholder Management:

    • Manage interfaces with:
      • Project Management team
      • Construction team
      • Client operations team
      • Vendors and OEMS

 

Technical Competencies:

    • Commissioning Management Systems
    • Completion Management Systems
    • Mechanical Completion
    • Pre-Commissioning
    • Cold Commissioning
    • Hot Commissioning
    • Performance Testing
    • Ramp-Up Planning

 

Experience

    • Minimum 15–20 years experience in mining, minerals processing, or large industrial projects.
    • Minimum 10 years commissioning management experience.
    • Demonstrated experience commissioning large concentrator plants
    • Proven copper concentrator experience
    • Preferred experience with EPCM project execution models.

 

 

Why join us?


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, 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.

In order to consider any application for employment, we will have to process your personal information.

A law, known as the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA) provides that when one processes another's personal information, such collection, retention, dissemination and use of that person's personal information must be done in a lawful and transparent manner.

In order to give effect to this right, we are under a duty to provide you with a number of details pertaining to the processing of your personal information. These details are housed under the Hatch HR Processing Notice which can be accessed and viewed on the Hatch website: https://www.hatch.com/About-Us/Privacy-Statement-South-Africa, which HR Processing Notice we request you kindly download and read.

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