Portfolio Data Centre Commissioning Manager

Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced Mechanical Commissioning Manager to lead commissioning across a growing data centre portfolio in London. The role is hybrid, with UK and international travel as required, and sits in the central technical team to shape standards and governance.

You will oversee design, testing and handover from multiple sites, coordinating FAT/SAT/IST activities and ensuring operational readiness and resilience of critical systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in data centre commissioning across colocation, hyperscale or complex critical infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of commissioning processes from design through handover.
• Knowledge of FAT/SAT/IST processes and test scripting.
• Experience coordinating commissioning agents, contractors and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain commissioning strategies, standards and governance across the portfolio.
• Provide input during pre-construction, tender and design stages.
• Review designs for commissionability and operability.
• Lead integrated commissioning programmes from design to handover.
• Coordinate FAT, SAT and IST activities across critical systems.
• Oversee testing documentation and commissioning records.
• Manage commissioning teams and external vendors.
• Identify and manage commissioning risks, defects and punch lists.

Skills

Data centre commissioning

Stakeholder management

Strategic + technical

BMS and critical MEP systems

Communication skills

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical or Electrical)

Job description

Highfield Professional Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced Mechanical Commissioning Manager to lead commissioning across a growing data centre portfolio in London. The role is hybrid, with UK and international travel as required, and sits in the central technical team to shape standards and governance.

You will oversee design, testing and handover from multiple sites, coordinating FAT/SAT/IST activities and ensuring operational readiness and resilience of critical systems.