About the Role
The Commissioning Manager provides technical oversight, planning, and delivery of commissioning activities across data centre design, construction, and live operating environments. This role supports projects from early design through handover and commissioning activities on live assets, collaborating with various internal and external teams to ensure compliance with contract requirements, operational constraints, client expectations, and relevant standards.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight, planning, and delivery of commissioning activities.
- Support projects from early design through to handover.
- Oversee commissioning activities on live assets for asset lifecycle works and operational asset improvement.
- Collaborate with Construction, Programme and Project Management, site delivery teams, commercial teams, suppliers, external consultants, and Site Operations teams.
- Ensure commissioning is planned, executed, evidenced, and accepted in line with contract requirements, operational constraints, client expectations, and relevant standards.
- Lead and coordinate FAT, SAT, and IST activities across applicable systems.
- Ensure commissioning programmes, test documentation, defect close-out, and handover requirements are delivered in a controlled, compliant, and timely manner.
- Provide expert support and advice on commissioning readiness, system performance, operational handover, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Experience in data centre design, construction, and live operating environments.
- Familiarity with FAT, SAT, and IST activities.
- Ability to manage commissioning programmes, test documentation, and defect close-out.
- Expertise in commissioning readiness, system performance, and operational handover.
Skills
- Commissioning strategy
- Standards development
- Governance
- Assurance
- Project delivery support
- Technical oversight
- Planning
- Coordination
- Risk management
- Communication
- Stakeholder management
Location
- Central platform / multi-site support team
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Manager
