Sr. Data Center Commissioning Engineer

• 5 years' experience support commissioning, startup, testing, and turnover activities for assigned data center systems for hyperscale, cloud, colocation, or mission critical data center projects
• Assist with functional testing, integrated systems testing, energization readiness, and operational readiness activities.
• Review commissioning plans, test scripts, schedules, turnover packages, and system readiness documentation.
• Coordinate with construction teams, vendors, controls teams, commissioning agents, and operations personnel.
• Monitor field progress and help verify systems are ready for commissioning and turnover.
• Identify commissioning risks, system readiness gaps, deficiencies, and documentation issues.
• Track commissioning issues through resolution and support timely closure.
• Participate in commissioning coordination meetings, readiness reviews, and startup planning discussions.
• Support validation of electrical, mechanical, controls, fire/life safety, and integrated data center systems.
• Assist with reviewing MOPs, test procedures, equipment startup documentation, and vendor reports.
• Ensure commissioning activities are performed safely and in accordance with approved procedures.
• Support turnover documentation, test records, deficiency logs, and operational handoff packages.
• Communicate status, risks, blockers, and field issues clearly to commissioning leadership.
• Capture lessons learned and help improve commissioning execution across future projects.
• Experience in data center commissioning, mission critical facilities, construction, engineering, startup, testing, or facility operations.
• Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, controls, fire/life safety, or integrated building systems.
• Experience supporting field testing, inspections, startup activities, or turnover documentation.
• Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, commissioning documents, test procedures, and equipment documentation.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify readiness gaps, field issues, and documentation errors.
• Ability to coordinate across contractors, vendors, commissioning teams, engineering teams, and operations stakeholders.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced construction and startup environment.
• Commitment to safety, quality, reliability, and operational readiness.

• Ability to travel between project sites as needed, including up to up to 50% travel for eligible remote candidates based in the DFW area.

   

   

  Preferred Qualifications:

   

• Experience supporting hyperscale, cloud, colocation, or mission critical data center projects.
• Experience with large-scale data center campuses or multi-building delivery programs.
• Familiarity with commissioning levels, startup sequencing, integrated systems testing, and operational turnover.
• Experience with major electrical systems such as switchgear, UPS, generators, PDUs, transformers, and EPMS.
• Experience with mechanical systems such as chillers, CRAHs/CRACs, pumps, cooling towers, air handling systems, and BMS.
• Familiarity with controls systems, sequence of operations, alarm validation, trend reviews, and systems integration.
• Experience supporting energization planning, LOTO coordination, MOP review, or commissioning safety procedures.
• Experience using commissioning management platforms, issue tracking tools, document control systems, or project management tools.
• Prior experience working with general contractors, trade partners, OEM vendors, commissioning agents, and operations teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, construction management, facilities management, or a related technical field is preferred but not required with equivalent experience.

Nice to Have:

Certifications or training may include:

• Certified Commissioning Professional — CCP
• Certified Commissioning Authority — CxA
• BICSI Data Center Design Consultant — DCDC
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction
• NFPA 70E Electrical Safety Training
• Project Management Professional — PMP

• Electrical, mechanical, controls, safety, or mission critical operations certifications are also valued

   

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