Data Center Commissioning Coordinator (L1–L5)

Decima-International; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 89,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Decima International is seeking a detail-oriented Commissioning Coordinator to support commissioning activities for major data center projects in KSA. You will assist the Commissioning Manager in coordinating readiness, tracking L1–L5 activities, and managing documentation and turnover packages.

The role requires practical knowledge of mission-critical MEP systems, testing documentation, and strong organizational and reporting skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Electromechanical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and maintenance of the Project Commissioning Management Plan.
• Coordinate commissioning activities across contractors, consultants, vendors, and project stakeholders.
• Maintain and update commissioning schedules, trackers, dashboards, and progress reports.
• Track commissioning readiness against project milestones and stage-gate requirements.
• Support coordination of L1–L5 commissioning activities, Functional Performance Testing, and Integrated Systems Testing.
• Coordinate test schedules, witnessing requirements, vendor attendance, and required project resources.
• Maintain commissioning test scripts, procedures, method statements, inspection records, and supporting documentation.
• Track commissioning submissions, approvals, comments, and outstanding documentation.
• Monitor commissioning issues, punch items, deficiencies, and corrective actions through closure.
• Support readiness assessments by ensuring required documentation, systems, personnel, and prerequisites are available.
• Coordinate with contractors and vendors to resolve outstanding commissioning actions and documentation gaps.
• Assist in maintaining commissioning issue logs, action registers, and risk trackers.
• Verify that commissioning test records, certificates, reports, and turnover packages are properly compiled and submitted.
• Coordinate system turnover and handover documentation with construction, commissioning, document control, and operations teams.
• Support preparation of commissioning progress reports, dashboards, meeting minutes, and management updates.
• Organize commissioning meetings and follow up on assigned actions and deadlines.
• Escalate significant commissioning delays, constraints, risks, and readiness gaps to the Commissioning Manager.
• Support final project acceptance and operational readiness activities.
• Maintain accurate records within electronic commissioning management and document control systems.

Skills

Coordination

Documentation

Meeting scheduling

Stakeholder management

Reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Electronic commissioning management systems

Document control and turnover platforms

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Decima International is seeking a detail-oriented Commissioning Coordinator to support commissioning activities for major data center projects in KSA. You will assist the Commissioning Manager in coordinating readiness, tracking L1–L5 activities, and managing documentation and turnover packages.

The role requires practical knowledge of mission-critical MEP systems, testing documentation, and strong organizational and reporting skills.