Data Centre Mechanical Commissioning Lead

L.J.B & Co. Construction Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Healthcare

Travel opportunities

Company benefits

Job summary

London-based Data Centre project seeks a Mechanical Commissioning Manager to lead multi-site commissioning strategy within a major operator's technical operations team. Hybrid work from Liverpool Street with international travel.

You will oversee commissioning governance, FAT/SAT/IST testing, O&M documentation and handover, and manage CxA, contractors and vendors across data centre projects from design through live operations.

Qualifications

• Significant data centre commissioning experience.
• Strong mechanical building services / MEP background.
• Experience across colocation and hyperscale data centres.
• Proven commissioning from pre-construction to handover with L1-L5 and L6.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning strategy, standards and governance across multiple data centre projects.
• Manage integrated commissioning programmes from design review through handover.
• Provide technical oversight of mechanical building services and critical infrastructure.
• Lead commissioning input during pre-construction, tender and design stages.
• Review designs for commissionability, maintainability and operational readiness.
• Coordinate CxA, commissioning contractors, vendors and specialist teams.
• Lead FAT, SAT and IST activities and oversee checklists.
• Manage documentation, test scripts, records and dossiers.
• Drive defect, snag and punch-list close-out through client acceptance.
• Collaborate with Construction, Design, PM, Commercial and Operations teams.
• Support live data centre commissioning and asset lifecycle works.
• Ensure O&M documentation and training requirements are completed.
• Drive continuous improvement and standardisation of processes.
• Provide input on resilience, availability and fault-tolerance initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Communication

International travel readiness

Tools

BMS / Controls

Commissioning software

Job description

London-based Data Centre project seeks a Mechanical Commissioning Manager to lead multi-site commissioning strategy within a major operator's technical operations team. Hybrid work from Liverpool Street with international travel.

You will oversee commissioning governance, FAT/SAT/IST testing, O&M documentation and handover, and manage CxA, contractors and vendors across data centre projects from design through live operations.