About this role
Coordination and Interface Management
• Review and approve the necessary commissioning procedures in close coordination with the Employer.
• Maintain and own the I&C and SCADA Interface Register for all areas such as turbine‑generator, balance of plant, switchyard, communication and TNB grid/SCADA). • Critically review interface definitions, identify gaps, and formally instruct the E&M Contractor to resolve inconsistencies in line with contractual obligations. • Lead regular interface meetings (weekly/biweekly) with the E&M Contractor and their Subcontractors to identify clashes, responsibilities and due dates; issue clear action lists and follow up to closure. • Ensure alignment of control philosophies, I/O lists, communication architectures and signal lists between the E&M Contractor and TNB requirements. • Act as the Employer’s technical authority for cross-system integration matters and interface disputes.
Commissioning Assurance and Witnessing
• Review and approve the E&M Contractor’s commissioning strategy, procedures, and detailed schedules for I&C and SCADA systems. • Witness key commissioning stages including pre-commissioning, loop checks, functional testing, energisation, synchronisation, and trial operation. • Verify commissioning readiness prior to critical milestones (energisation, first synchronisation, COD). • Ensure all systems are tested in accordance with approved procedures and contractual acceptance criteria before certification.
Technical Review and Clarification (I&C and SCADA)
• Review key I&C and SCADA deliverables for integration aspects: control philosophies, P&IDs, I/O lists, communication block diagrams, network topology, HMI/SCADA screen list, alarm list and event list. • Check that interfaces between PLCs/DCS and SCADA (plant SCADA, TNB SCADA / RTU) are consistent in both hardware (ports, cards, cabling). • Coordinate resolution of technical queries (TQs) between parties, ensuring responses are technically sound and consistent with contract and TNB standards. • Ensure proper implementation of interlocks, protections, fail-safe logic, and redundancy requirements.
SAT and Commissioning Coordination
• Prepare or review integrated SAT procedures for I&C, PLCs, protection interfaces and SCADA (including communication and data point testing to TNB). • Ensure that all cross-vendor tests are clearly defined, witnessed where required, and documented. • Support site teams during commissioning and trial runs to troubleshoot integration issues. • Verify that all integration tests, including TNB SCADA data point verification and telecontrol functionality, are successfully completed.
Compliance with TNB and Contract Requirements
• Verify that all I&C and SCADA interfaces comply with TNB grid code, SCADA/telecontrol requirements and project technical specifications. • Track TNB comments on submissions, coordinate consolidated responses from E&M Contractor, and ensure timely re‑submission and approval. • Support the Employer in securing approvals required for energisation, synchronisation, and commercial operation.
Documentation and Configuration Management
• Maintain updated integration drawings and lists (communication architecture, I/O and signal mapping, addressing tables, time synchronisation scheme) reflecting agreed solutions. • Ensure as‑built I&C and SCADA documentation from the E&M Contractor is consistent and complete before takeover (including licenses, passwords, network diagrams and configuration backups). • Ensure E&M Contractor meets contractual requirements related to integration, commissioning, and performance guarantees. • Review and certify completion of commissioning milestones and readiness for Taking-Over Certificate (TOC) and Commercial Operation Date (COD). • Provide technical input into contractual notices related to delays, non-compliance, or defects in integration and commissioning. • Maintain detailed records to support claims, variation assessments, and dispute resolution if required.
• Prepare the Commissioning Report.
Progress and Risk Management
• Identify integration-related risks (late deliveries, open TNB comments, missing I/O, protocol incompatibility) and highlight them early to STSC and the Employer with mitigation actions. • Provide concise weekly updates on I&C/SCADA integration status, key issues and required decisions from Employer/STSC. • Provide independent progress assessments to the Employer, including readiness for key milestones and COD. • Promote safe commissioning practices in line with Malaysian regulations and international standards.
• Attend Project Risk and Lessons-Learnt workshops.
Job Specification
• BSc degree in electrical or mechanical engineering • At least 20 years’ experience in hydropower projects.
• Proven experience in SAT, commissioning and troubleshooting of I&C and SCADA systems on site. • Familiarity with relevant IEC/IEEE/ISA control and SCADA standards and utility grid/SCADA requirements. • Extensive experience in SAT, commissioning, and system integration across multi-vendor environments. • Working knowledge of FIDIC contracts and contractual enforcement in project execution. • Knowledge of Malaysian Grid Code and Grid Code test procedures would be an asset • Must be proficient in English. • Location: Nenggiri Project Site, Gua Musang, Kelantan • Contract: 12 to 18 months
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