Commissioning Engineer (Electrical)

CTS Group; Seinäjoki; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch benefit

Competitive compensation

International project environment

Job summary

CTS Group seeks an experienced electrical commissioning professional to coordinate commissioning activities on a major data centre project in Seinäjoki, Finland. Ensure system readiness, energisation, and integrated testing with a smooth final handover.

You will review designs, manage IST documentation and coordinate interfaces across MV/LV, UPS, protection, BMS/EPMS. You will lead commissioning meetings, track progress, and ensure safety and quality across contractors and vendors, reporting

Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering qualification and at least 5 years' commissioning experience on data centre or similar complex projects.
• Experience commissioning MV/LV distribution, UPS, protection schemes and integrated controls.
• Ability to plan and execute IST documentation on a digital platform.
• Thorough understanding of Finnish and European electrical regulations and standards.
• Strong coordination, communication and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan commissioning activities and coordinate with construction, design, vendors and client stakeholders.
• Review submittals, test scripts and RAMS to ensure compliance and readiness.
• Attend factory tests and conduct QA/QC inspections as required.
• Confirm system readiness before testing and energisation with proper permits and lockout controls.
• Lead commissioning meetings, issue reports and track actions to closure.
• Verify turnover packs and support client witnessing and handover.

Skills

Coordination

Stakeholder management

Documentation & reporting

Problem solving

Education

Electrical Engineering qualification

Job description

We are looking for an experienced professional to coordinate electrical commissioning on a major data centre project in Seinäjoki, ensuring system readiness, safe energisation, integrated systems testing, and successful final handover.

Key Responsibilities

Planning, Design & Coordination

• Plan commissioning activities and coordinate construction, design, integration, vendors and client stakeholders.

• Review issued-for-construction designs and identify commissioning risks, opportunities, scope gaps, system dependencies and programme impacts.

• Maintain electrical commissioning schedules and interfaces with mechanical, BMS, EPMS, fire alarm, security and controls packages.

• Provide commissioning input at design, coordination, integration, OFCI and CFCI meetings.

Technical Reviews & Commissioning Controls

• Review submittals, RFIs, test scripts, RAMS, switching procedures, inspection plans and technical documents.

• Review test packs against the design, employer’s requirements, approved submissions, manufacturer instructions and applicable standards.

• Attend factory witness tests and undertake QA/QC inspections on site or at vendor facilities when required.

Testing, Energisation & Integration

• Confirm system readiness before testing or energisation, including completion records, permits, isolations, protection settings and vendor support.

• Ensure energisation follows approved permits, switching procedures and lockout/tagout controls, with clear system ownership.

• Coordinate CFCI and OFCI vendors and track commissioning progress from Level 0 to Level 5.

• Coordinate integration dependencies, beneficial-use areas and integrated testing.

Management, Reporting & Handover

• Lead electrical commissioning meetings and issue reports, minutes and actions.

• Maintain a daily commissioning diary, issue weekly reports and escalates safety, quality, technical or programme risks with clear mitigation actions.

• Witness electrical testing, review certification and submit traceable evidence for approval. Track defects and punch-list items to closure before acceptance.

• Verify turnover packs and support client witnessing, training and operational handover.

Commissioning Scope

• High-voltage and medium-voltage switchgear, transformers, protection relays, utility interfaces, ring-main units where applicable and associated distribution systems.

• Low-voltage switchboards, busbar systems, power distribution units and final distribution.

• UPS systems, batteries, generators, automatic transfer systems and emergency power arrangements.

• Earthing, bonding, lightning protection, metering, EPMS interfaces, power-quality monitoring, alarms, controls, communications and verification of electrical system data points and sequences.

• Lighting, emergency lighting, small power and interfaces with mechanical and life-safety systems.

• Digital commissioning records, tagging, test packs, certification, turnover dossiers and handover evidence.

Qualifications & Experience

• Electrical Engineering qualification and at least 5 years' commissioning experience on data centre, mission-critical, industrial or similarly complex projects.

• Experience commissioning MV/LV distribution, standby generation, UPS systems, protection schemes and integrated controls, including safe energisation, switching and functional testing.

• Ability to plan and execute integrated systems testing and manage IST documentation on a digital platform.

• Thorough understanding of Finnish and European electrical regulations, standards, codes and accepted commissioning practice.

• Strong organisational, communication and reporting skills, with the ability to coordinate contractors, vendors and interfaces.

• Experience as an Authorised Person, or equivalent experience in electrical switching and safety procedures, including isolation, energisation, and the control of restricted electrical areas, is considered an advantage.

What We Offer

You'll play an important role in bringing complex electrical systems safely into operation on a major data centre project in Seinäjoki. Working closely with construction teams, vendors, commissioning specialists, and the client, you'll coordinate activities from system readiness and energisation through integrated systems testing and final handover. The role offers hands-on involvement with critical power infrastructure, the opportunity to solve technical challenges across multiple systems, and the chance to contribute directly to the safe and reliable operation of a large-scale data centre. We offer competitive compensation and a lunch benefit in a dynamic, international project environment.