Data Centre Electrical Engineer: Commissioning Lead

Global Commissioning Limited; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Professional training opportunities

Career development pathways

High-profile projects

Job summary

CORE Emirates, a data centre consultancy and commissioning partner, is seeking an Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership for on-site commissioning across L2–L5 stages. You will manage risk, coordinate across disciplines and ensure compliance with the commissioning strategy and client requirements.

The role requires 4–6 years of commissioning experience in mission-critical facilities and a data centre delivery background.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years commissioning experience in mission-critical facilities.
• Data Centre delivery background.
• Confident stakeholder leadership and risk management capability.

Responsibilities

• Define L2 acceptance criteria and readiness gates.
• Oversee installation verification across multiple systems or zones.
• Resolve complex installation and interface issues.
• Approve element-level commissioning strategies and outcomes.
• Review settings, sequences, and protection philosophies.
• Mentor Engineers and Inspectors.
• Lead system functional testing strategy and execution.
• Validate system performance under all defined operating modes.
• Manage technical risk during abnormal and failure testing.
• Lead and control Integrated Systems Testing (IST).
• Demonstrate redundancy, resilience, and failure-recovery compliance.
• Support final acceptance, operational readiness, and live-load transition.
• Full technical authority for commissioning sign-off within assigned scope.
• Authority to halt commissioning activities due to risk or non-compliance.

Skills

Commissioning experience

Data centre delivery

Stakeholder leadership

Job description

CORE Emirates, a data centre consultancy and commissioning partner, is seeking an Electrical Engineer to provide technical leadership for on-site commissioning across L2–L5 stages. You will manage risk, coordinate across disciplines and ensure compliance with the commissioning strategy and client requirements.

The role requires 4–6 years of commissioning experience in mission-critical facilities and a data centre delivery background.