Commissioning Director (M/W) – Axima Nuclear

Commissioning Director (M/W)

Rooted in a history spanning over a century, Equans, a Bouygues group company, is a global leader in the energy and services sector. Supporting its clients through the energy, digital, and industrial transitions, Equans provides a high level of technical expertise in the design, installation, maintenance, and operation of multi-technical systems.

Axima Nuclear (900 employees, €217M revenue in 2025), an Equans entity, is the European leader in nuclear ventilation and fluid process systems. With more than 50 years of experience, we deliver end-to-end solutions ranging from engineering to maintenance for nuclear facilities. Our expertise covers new builds, modifications, and decommissioning preparation.

As part of our growth, we are looking for our future:

Commissioning Director (M/ W)

Location: Bristol (UK)

Your role and responsibilities:

Reporting to the Project Director, you will lead the commissioning strategy and execution for the EDG scope of the Hinkley Point C project, ensuring the successful transition from construction completion to operational readiness.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Defining and deploying the commissioning strategy and execution plan.
• Managing commissioning teams throughout preparation, testing and handover phases.
• Coordinating commissioning activities with engineering, construction, quality and client stakeholders.
• Ensuring readiness of systems, documentation and resources for commissioning activities.
• Managing commissioning schedules, priorities and interfaces across multiple workstreams.
• Supervising system and integrated testing activities.
• Ensuring compliance with nuclear, regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Driving resolution of technical issues, punch-list items and non-conformities.
• Overseeing performance testing and final acceptance processes.
• Supporting the client through handover and operational readiness activities.

Your profile :

• Engineering degree or equivalent technical qualification.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in commissioning management on large industrial projects.
• Extensive experience within nuclear, power generation or highly regulated industries.
• Strong knowledge of system testing, operational readiness and project handover processes.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary commissioning teams.
• Excellent ability to manage interfaces between engineering, construction and operations.
• Strong communication, leadership and negotiation skills.
• Fluent English required;
• Experience working on EPC or major infrastructure projects is highly desirable.

Key competencies :

• Commissioning leadership and expertise
• Operational readiness
• Nuclear safety culture
• Interface management
• Systems integration
• Risk assessment and issue resolution

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Being part of Equans means joining a large Group, while working with an active and motivated human scale team, and taking part in large-scale projects with high added value.Join ambitious and committed teams and, together, let’s develop our skills!

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