Vanderlei De MoraesCommissioning & Engineering Leadership

United Kingdom · Senior leadership

Commissioning leadership.
From strategy to energisation.

Vanderlei De Moraes MSc · BEng · MIET · CAPM

Commissioning & engineering management for transmission and grid infrastructure — HV substations, HVDC, offshore wind and data-centre connections.

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15+ yearsElectrical engineering & commissioning
10+ yearsCommissioning management & team leadership
Department builtStructure, capability roadmap & governance

Professional profile

Technical depth.
Leadership at scale.

A senior commissioning manager and electrical engineering leader with experience across complex, high-availability electrical infrastructure.

I connect early-stage strategy and technical review with construction completion, energisation, testing and operational handover. My background spans transmission substations, HVDC, offshore and onshore wind, battery energy storage and data-centre grid connections.

At Hitachi Energy UK, I established a commissioning department from the ground up, defining its organisational structure, three-year capability roadmap, staffing model, management hierarchy and subcontracting approach.

My next-role focus is senior commissioning leadership: department management, portfolio coordination, engineering interfaces and delivery governance, rather than site-only commissioning management.

Career experience

From hands-on delivery
to commissioning leadership.

A foundation in testing and energisation, developed into team, department and portfolio-level management.

Mar 2024 — Apr 2026

Hitachi Energy UK Limited

Head of Commissioning Management / Department Commissioning Manager

Grid & Power Quality Solutions UK

  • Established the commissioning department, including its structure, three-year capability roadmap, staffing model, management hierarchy and subcontracting strategy.
  • Led commissioning strategy across transmission substations, wind farms, BESS and data-centre grid connections.
  • Developed tender-stage cost estimates, execution plans, resource plans and commissioning subcontracting approaches.
  • Coordinated with planners, project managers, construction, EHS, clients and suppliers to manage delivery interfaces.
  • Oversaw readiness, safe systems of work, construction-completion records, snagging and handover; contributed to digitalisation of delivery documentation.
Jun 2022 — Mar 2024

GE Grid Solutions Integration

Senior Commissioning Manager — HVDC Projects

Engineering-phase planning & commissioning readiness

  • Developed the Commissioning Execution Plan and detailed commissioning cost and time estimates.
  • Achieved client approval of the execution plan within eight months.
  • Led development of site testing procedures and prepared technical material for client presentations.
  • Worked with engineering teams to validate electrical and mechanical interlocking schemes and coordinated commissioning resources from project initiation.
Aug 2013 — May 2022

Alstom Grid / GE Renewables

Commissioning Interface Manager

Construction & field service

  • Managed commissioning schedules, programme reporting and engineering, contractor and supplier interfaces.
  • Recruited and coached commissioning engineers, strengthening team capability and site safety culture.
  • Designed a dashboard-based resource-allocation system to improve visibility of workload, demand and capability.
  • Coordinated a team of 17 engineers at a delayed wind-farm substation, enabling on-time energisation.
Sep 2008 — Jul 2013

Areva T&D

Commissioning Engineer — Substation

HV, MV & LV systems

  • Delivered protection, switchgear, UPS, battery, interlocking and AC/DC distribution functional testing.
  • Witnessed primary equipment testing and attended transformer, protection and SCADA factory acceptance tests.
  • Developed commissioning schedules and test plans; coordinated permits, isolations, subcontractors, energisation and client handover.
Earlier electrical engineering & operations experience

BS7671 Electrician · Self-employed, London
July 2005 – August 2007 · Internal electrical wiring and replacement of electrical outlets.

Hydroelectric Operations & Maintenance Technician · Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio, Brazil
July 1997 – August 2004 · Generation monitoring, planned maintenance, fault rectification and equipment installation.

Core expertise

Leadership backed by
practical engineering knowledge.

01 / Strategy

Commissioning leadership

Strategy, methodologies, execution planning, readiness governance, department capability, resourcing and subcontracting.

02 / Delivery

Lifecycle & interfaces

Construction completion, snag management, sequencing, test documentation, energisation preparation, handover and transfer to operational teams.

03 / Engineering

Electrical systems

HV/MV/LV, GIS, transformers, switchgear, cables, protection, SCADA, metering, UPS, batteries, AC/DC distribution and interlocking validation.

04 / Assurance

Safety & stakeholder management

Safe systems of work, LOTO, isolations, permit control, risk assessments, EHS leadership, contractor management and senior technical reporting.

Planning & delivery tools

MS Project · Primavera P6 · Smartsheet · Omega 365 PIMS · Construction Completion Management Systems · Microsoft 365 · Visio

Education & professional development

A commitment to
technical standards.

Qualifications and professional status summarised from my career record.

Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Staffordshire University · Distinction

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Additional foundation: Electrotechnical Technician qualification

Member of the IET — MIET

Member since 2009 · Pursuing Chartered Engineer (CEng) status; not currently represented as chartered.

PMI Certified Associate in Project Management — CAPM

2025

Hitachi Energy professional development

Project Construction and Commissioning Management Certification (2025) · Project Construction Commissioning Management Programme (2024) · Lean Six Sigma White Belt (2024)

Additional qualifications & safety training
  • City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Requirements for Electrical Installations, BS7671.
  • CII Introduction to Construction Safety, Parts I and II.
  • IOSH Managing Safely in the Electricity Alliances.
  • Low-Voltage Permit to Work / Safe System of Work training.
  • Programmable Logic Controllers training; Motor Installation and Control Fundamentals.
  • Historical National Grid TP141 Commissioning Authorisation — expired in 2020; not a current authorisation.

Recruiters & hiring managers

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commissioning leadership appointment.

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