Data Centre Commissioning Lead - Global Projects

Aldwych Consulting; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Aldwych Consulting is recruiting a Commissioning Manager for London-based, client-side data centre projects. You will guide commissioning from design through live operation, coordinating with Design, Construction, Operations and external teams to ensure reliable systems and smooth handovers.

You will travel periodically within Europe and lead FAT, SAT and IST activities, while driving improvements in standards and performance across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• Strong commissioning experience in data centres or mission-critical environments.
• Experience with colocation or hyperscale data centre projects.
• Ability to review designs from commissioning and operational perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Develop commissioning strategies across data centre projects.
• Provide input during design and pre-construction to ensure practical, maintainable designs.
• Oversee FAT, SAT and IST activities across critical systems.
• Manage commissioning plans, ITPs and test scripts.
• Coordinate specialists, contractors and vendors during commissioning.
• Ensure compliance with ASHRAE and other relevant standards.

Skills

Data centres

Commissioning leadership

FAT SAT IST processes

Engineering degree

Stakeholder management

European travel

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Job description

Aldwych Consulting is recruiting a Commissioning Manager for London-based, client-side data centre projects. You will guide commissioning from design through live operation, coordinating with Design, Construction, Operations and external teams to ensure reliable systems and smooth handovers.

You will travel periodically within Europe and lead FAT, SAT and IST activities, while driving improvements in standards and performance across the portfolio.