Helsinki AI Data Centre: Commissioning Lead

Expertise Delivered; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 129,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

CMC is seeking an experienced Commissioning Manager to join the owner-side PMC team delivering a major AI data-centre near Helsinki, Finland. The role oversees design readiness through integrated systems testing and final handover, coordinating LV/HV systems and liquid-cooling infrastructure.

You will lead commissioning across multiple disciplines, ensure operational readiness, and drive structured handover with training and documentation to operations.

Qualifications

• Extensive commissioning leadership experience on hyperscale, colocation or mission-critical data centres.
• Direct experience managing commissioning Levels 1-5 and IST.
• Strong understanding of critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
• Experience with liquid-cooled or other high-density computing environments is highly desirable.
• Ability to challenge GCs, commissioning agents, OEMs and specialist vendors on behalf of the owner.
• Experience delivering projects in Finland or the wider Nordics would be advantageous.
• Strong English communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• EU working rights or the ability to deploy compliantly into Finland.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the project commissioning plan, execution strategy and integrated commissioning programme.
• Provide owner-side oversight of the GC, commissioning agent, vendors and specialist subcontractors.
• Review design documentation for commissionability, maintainability and operational readiness.
• Manage Levels 1-5 commissioning across electrical, mechanical, controls and life-safety systems.
• Oversee FATs, SATs, pre-functional checks, functional performance testing and Integrated Systems Testing.
• Coordinate commissioning of HV/MV/LV systems, transformers, switchgear, UPS, generators and electrical controls.
• Lead commissioning of liquid-cooling systems, heat exchangers, pumps, heat-recovery infrastructure and associated controls.
• Coordinate BMS, EPMS, SCADA, PLC and cause-and-effect testing.
• Maintain commissioning trackers, constraints, defects, test scripts, witnessing records and completion evidence.
• Integrate commissioning activities with the master schedule and construction programme.
• Drive structured handover to operations, including training, asset information and final documentation.

Skills

Commissioning leadership

IST experience

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Stakeholder management

Nordic project experience

English communication

Tools

BMS/EPMS/SCADA/PLC systems

Job description

CMC is seeking an experienced Commissioning Manager to join the owner-side PMC team delivering a major AI data-centre near Helsinki, Finland. The role oversees design readiness through integrated systems testing and final handover, coordinating LV/HV systems and liquid-cooling infrastructure.

You will lead commissioning across multiple disciplines, ensure operational readiness, and drive structured handover with training and documentation to operations.