APAC AI Factory Commissioning Lead

SMC; Sydney; On-site; AUD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Firmus Technologies is seeking a Head of Commissioning to build and lead the function responsible for commissioning the physical infrastructure of our AI Factories across the Asia Pacific region. You will set the strategy, standards and governance that ensure every AI Factory is proven safe, resilient and performing to design before any compute is deployed.

You will lead a team of Commissioning Managers who run the day-to-day commissioning, define the structure, capability and resourcing model,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• 12+ years’ experience in mission-critical or data centre environments with commissioning leadership.
• Proven experience leading commissioning managers or multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of L1–L5 commissioning and IST for large-scale power, liquid and air cooling, and controls systems.
• Experience building or maturing a commissioning function, methodology or standards.
• Strong commercial acumen, including budget ownership and managing commissioning agents/contractors.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and report to executive leadership.
• Strong safety leadership record and an ownership/delivery mindset.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead and develop a high-performing team of Commissioning Managers and professionals.
• Define structure, capability and resourcing for scalable commissioning across APAC projects.
• Allocate leadership and resources across AI Factory projects, balancing priorities and risk.
• Set commissioning methodology, levels (L1–L5) and IST approach with acceptance criteria.
• Direct development of standards, governance and templates for commissioning.
• Own the facility 'ready for IT' gate and handover criteria to IT/cluster commissioning.
• Oversee budget, schedule, cost and risk across the portfolio.
• Drive digital commissioning platforms and data-driven validation.

Skills

Leadership

Commissioning

Safety leadership

Budget ownership

Influencing stakeholders

Team development

Governance & standards

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering

Job description

Firmus Technologies is seeking a Head of Commissioning to build and lead the function responsible for commissioning the physical infrastructure of our AI Factories across the Asia Pacific region. You will set the strategy, standards and governance that ensure every AI Factory is proven safe, resilient and performing to design before any compute is deployed.

You will lead a team of Commissioning Managers who run the day-to-day commissioning, define the structure, capability and resourcing model,