Commissioning Manager - Hyperscale Data Centre
Working Location
Norway (Stavanger)
Contract Type
Long-term project, Contract position
The Opportunity
This is a senior project leadership opportunity for an experienced commissioning professional to take ownership of commissioning delivery from design review and planning through to integrated systems testing and final handover on a state-of-the-art sustainable data centre project. Working on behalf of the general contractor, you will lead the overall commissioning strategy across mechanical, electrical, controls, and integrated systems, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, specialist vendors, subcontractors, and client stakeholders. The facility incorporates the latest technologies in the data centre sector, such as Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC), liquid-to-chip cooling, and critical power infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and manage the overall commissioning strategy, programme, and execution plan.
- Lead multidisciplinary commissioning activities across mechanical, electrical, controls, and integrated systems.
- Provide commissioning leadership from design development through construction, testing, and final handover.
- Review designs with clients, consultants, and subcontractors to ensure systems are operable, maintainable, and fully testable.
- Develop commissioning plans, procedures, test scripts, and testing methodologies.
- Develop and manage Integrated Systems Testing (IST) protocols and programmes.
- Lead FAT, SAT, Functional Performance Testing (FPT), and IST activities.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary commissioning teams, specialist vendors, and subcontractors.
- Manage commissioning schedules, interfaces, dependencies, and project milestones.
- Lead client witness testing and coordinate technical workshops and design reviews.
- Identify commissioning risks, technical issues, and potential programme impacts, driving effective resolution.
- Ensure commissioning documentation, test records, reports, and turnover packages are completed to the required standard.
- Work closely with construction and project management teams to ensure systems are ready for commissioning.
- Support final system validation, operational readiness, and project handover.
- Ensure all commissioning activities are undertaken in accordance with project quality, safety, and environmental requirements.
- Exercise stop-work authority where unsafe working practices or environmental, equipment, or personnel risks are identified.
Technical Experience
The successful candidate will have a broad understanding of the systems that underpin modern mission-critical facilities, including:
- Cooling & Mechanical Systems: Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC), liquid-to-chip cooling, Cooling Distribution Units (CDUs), chilled water systems, HVAC systems, heat rejection systems, pumps, and associated mechanical infrastructure.
- Electrical & Critical Power: UPS systems, generators, MV/HV systems, critical power distribution, electrical protection and control systems, resiliency and failover testing.
- Controls & Integrated Systems: BMS, EPMS, SCADA, integrated controls systems, building and plant interfaces, integrated systems testing and validation.
Requirements
- 10+ years' commissioning experience within mission-critical facilities.
- Proven experience as a Commissioning Manager on large-scale data centre projects.
- Strong multidisciplinary understanding across mechanical and electrical commissioning.
- Experience developing commissioning scripts, procedures, and testing methodologies.
- Extensive experience leading Integrated Systems Testing (IST) and system validation programmes.
- Strong client-facing experience, including design reviews, technical workshops, and witness testing.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary commissioning teams, vendors, and subcontractors.
- Previous experience working for a general contractor, EPC contractor, or major commissioning provider.
- Strong understanding of data centre resiliency, redundancy, and failover testing.
- Excellent leadership, communication, planning, and stakeholder management skills.
- Commitment to safety, quality, and project delivery.
Why This Opportunity?
This is an opportunity to take a senior commissioning leadership position on a technically advanced data centre project, working at the forefront of mission-critical infrastructure. You will have significant responsibility for shaping and delivering the commissioning strategy while collaborating with contractors, consultants, specialist vendors, and the wider project team. The project also offers exposure to emerging data centre technologies, including liquid cooling and liquid-to-chip systems, alongside complex mechanical, electrical, and integrated controls infrastructure.