Vanderlei De Moraes, MSc, BEng, MIET, CAPM

I am a UK-based commissioning and electrical engineering leader with more than 15 years of electrical engineering experience and over 10 years in commissioning management and team leadership.

My experience spans transmission substations, HVDC, offshore and onshore wind, battery energy storage infrastructure and electrical grid connections serving data centres. I combine practical commissioning and testing knowledge with commissioning-function development, resource strategy, tender-stage cost estimation, project coordination and delivery governance.

In my most recent role, I developed the commissioning function's organisational and operating model, secured senior management approval for its structure, defined a three-year capability roadmap and established a resourcing approach combining internal personnel, specialist consultants and external commissioning providers. While the function was developing, I also personally reviewed commissioning requirements in EPC tenders, prepared the required commissioning deliverables and estimated the associated costs and resources.

Earlier, across Alstom Grid and GE Renewables, I co-led commissioning operations for the Construction and Field Service Division, supporting utility and wind-farm substation projects. My experience included commissioning schedules, resource allocation, team development, client and contractor interfaces, and commissioning documentation audits.

I hold an MSc in Electrical Engineering with Distinction, a BEng, CAPM certification and MIET membership. I am pursuing Chartered Engineer registration.

I welcome enquiries about senior commissioning leadership roles and consultancy engagements focused on commissioning strategy, function development, resource planning and delivery governance.

Hitachi Energy UK Limited, Head of Commissioning Management / Department Commissioning Manager, March 2024 – April 2026

Key responsibilities and contributions

• Led the development of the commissioning function’s organisational and operating model, securing senior management approval for its structure and management framework, defining a three-year capability roadmap and resource strategy, initiating recruitment, and putting external engineering support arrangements in place.

• Developed commissioning resource and subcontracting strategies across multiple projects.

• Evaluated customer requirements and specifications during tendering, preparing commissioning cost estimates and execution plans.

• Worked with Supply Chain Management to define technical requirements for commissioning subcontractors.

• Coordinated with project managers and planners to integrate commissioning activities into project schedules.

• Created SharePoint-based knowledge resources and delivered workshops for project managers, planners and other non-commissioning stakeholders, translating commissioning requirements into practical delivery guidance.

• Oversaw commissioning documentation and led client commissioning meetings.

• Personally reviewed EPC tender documentation to identify commissioning requirements, defined the deliverables for my scope, prepared the commissioning tender inputs, estimated costs and resource requirements, and responded to commissioning-related tender queries.

GE Grid Solutions Integration, Senior Commissioning Manager — HVDC Projects, June 2022 – March 2024

Key responsibilities and contributions

• Produced commissioning cost and time estimates and developed the Commissioning Execution Plan, achieving client approval within eight months.

• Coordinated commissioning resources from project initiation.

• Worked with engineering teams to validate electrical and mechanical interlocking schemes.

• Led engineers in developing site testing procedures and prepared technical content for client presentations.

Alstom Grid / GE Renewables, Commissioning Operations Leadership, August 2013 – May 2022

Key responsibilities and contributions

• Developed and maintained commissioning schedules, monitored progress, and reported KPIs and programme status to senior management and stakeholders.

• Managed engineers, contractors, suppliers and commissioning resources across utility and wind-farm infrastructure projects.

• Recruited and coached commissioning engineers, strengthening team capability and site safety culture.

• Designed and implemented a dashboard-based resource-allocation system, improving visibility of workload, demand, capability and delivery priorities.

• Mobilised to a delayed critical onshore wind-farm substation, coordinated a team of 17 engineers and enabled on-time energisation.

• Led site audits and safety visits, reviewed risk assessments and method statements, and supported technical and EHS standards across the commissioning lifecycle.

• Conducted regular commissioning documentation audits against the standard commissioning file index, checking document availability, completeness and sign-off by both the commissioning engineer and client.

• Education: Master's degree in Electrical Engineering (with distinction)

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

• Certification: Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

• Safety training: CII Introduction to Construction Safety, Parts I and II

• Safety training: IOSH Managing Safely in the Electricity Alliances

• Professional membership: Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

• Professional development status: Pursuing CEng

• Formerly authorised for commissioning under National Grid TP141 — authorisation expired in 2020.