Senior Project Developer - Commissioning and Transition

Senior Project Developer – Commissioning and Transition

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Exolum are an innovative fuel storage company with the priority of a green energy future operating globally. People are at the heart our expansion plans with a focus on developing our colleagues to reach their potential while accepting everyone as they are!

Senior Project Developer – Commissioning and Transition | Global Midstream Aviation | Permanent

Location – Ireland or UK

About the role

Working as part of our Global Midstream Aviation team, the Senior Project Developer – Commissioning and Transition will help deliver safe, compliant and effective mobilisation, commissioning and transition activity for aviation assets. This role supports projects from readiness planning through to Day 1 operations, start-up and early-life support, helping teams, processes, systems and operational requirements come together in a structured and collaborative way.

About the Role

Working as part of our Global Midstream Aviation team, the Senior Project Developer – Commissioning and Transition will help deliver safe, compliant and effective mobilisation, commissioning and transition activity for aviation assets. This role supports projects from readiness planning through to Day 1 operations, start-up and early-life support, helping teams, processes, systems and operational requirements come together in a structured and collaborative way.

Key Responsibilities

• Support transition planning, mobilisation, Day 1 readiness and the handover from project delivery into operations.


• Apply the transition governance model and help ensure decisions are made at the right level and at the right time.


• Prepare and support operational sign-off, using defined readiness and performance criteria.


• Coordinate commissioning activity, including tests, validations, procedures and reporting, in collaboration with engineering, project, aviation and operations teams.


• Support business readiness by helping to address communication, training, change impacts, operational processes, systems and tools.


• Identify and manage operational, HSSE and regulatory risks, escalating issues and improvement opportunities where needed.


• Capture lessons learned and contribute to performance measures and continuous improvement across transition and commissioning projects.

About You

We are looking for someone with experience in aviation operations, commissioning and/or transition activity who enjoys working collaboratively across technical and operational teams. You will bring a practical, structured approach, strong communication skills and the ability to support safe and compliant delivery in a mission-critical environment. An engineering degree, technical and conversational English, JIG inspection knowledge and experience within airport operations, including into-plane activity, are important for this role. Experience in start-up, transition, international environments or technical forums such as EI or JIG would be helpful, but not essential. We encourage applications from people who can demonstrate the skills and potential to succeed, even if their experience does not match every point exactly.

Offer Details

About the Benefits

• Salary  depending on experience


• Pension – up to Employee 6% and Employer 9%


• Holiday – 30 days per annum


• Personalised career development plans


• Single Private Health Insurance via BUPA


• Healthcare Cash Plan


• Life Assurance x5 and Disability insurance


• Wellbeing Initiatives


• Employee Resource Groups – EDI Group, Employee Forum, Wellbeing Committee

About the Process

The first step is to apply – please visit https://jobs.exolum.com/ to complete your application. Once your application has been reviewed, if you are successful, you will be invited to meet our amazing team and your potential new line manager for a face-to-face interview. Depending on the role, you may be required to attend a second stage interview so we can get to know you even more!