Commissioning Project Lead, Data Center Delivery

Overview

Lead the commissioning strategy and execution for a large-scale, self-build data center project, from early construction planning through final turnover.

What you'll do

• Own the project commissioning strategy and execution plan, including scope, governance, and acceptance criteria.
• Integrate commissioning activities into the master project schedule through startup, testing, and turnover milestones.
• Coordinate commissioning across construction management, contractors, design teams, equipment vendors, operations, and commissioning partners.
• Drive multidisciplinary readiness across electrical, mechanical, controls, and supporting infrastructure; resolve blockers before test impacts.
• Manage commissioning risk visibility (schedule constraints, readiness gaps, design/submittal issues, safety constraints, resource bottlenecks, deficiencies, documentation quality).
• Coordinate QA/QC inspections and test execution, and review commissioning deliverables against acceptance criteria.
• Drive final system acceptance, turnover readiness, closeout, and lessons learned for transition into operations.

What you'll need

• 10+ years of experience in commissioning, construction, engineering, technical program management, or project delivery for mission-critical facilities.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary commissioning programs from construction readiness through turnover.
• Working knowledge of electrical and mechanical commissioning workflows across power, cooling, and controls dependencies.
• Experience integrating commissioning into construction schedules, energization plans, startup sequences, and turnover milestones.
• Owner-side skills managing commissioning documentation, test procedures, deficiency resolution, issue tracking, and quality governance.