Data Center Commissioning Lead

decimainternational; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

decimainternational is seeking a Commissioning Coordinator to support commissioning activities for major mission-critical and data center projects in Saudi Arabia. The role entails coordinating readiness, tracking L1-L5 activities, maintaining documentation, monitoring issues, and coordinating contractors, consultants, vendors, and stakeholders through testing, turnover and handover.

Ideal candidates will have practical knowledge of MEP systems, commissioning processes, testing documentation,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or related engineering discipline.
• Experience supporting commissioning on construction, mission-critical, industrial, or data center projects.
• Understanding of L1-L5 commissioning and testing processes.
• Strong coordination and documentation skills.

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

Organizational skills

Documentation accuracy

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering

Job description

decimainternational is seeking a Commissioning Coordinator to support commissioning activities for major mission-critical and data center projects in Saudi Arabia. The role entails coordinating readiness, tracking L1-L5 activities, maintaining documentation, monitoring issues, and coordinating contractors, consultants, vendors, and stakeholders through testing, turnover and handover.

Ideal candidates will have practical knowledge of MEP systems, commissioning processes, testing documentation,