Commissioning Manager - Data Center

Gilbane Building Company; New Florence (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilbane Building Company seeks a Commissioning Manager - Data Center to oversee the full commissioning lifecycle for data center facilities, ensuring systems perform to design before go-live.

You’ll lead planning, testing, and handover efforts, coordinate with clients, vendors, and subcontractors, and ensure safety and quality standards are met. Gilbane emphasizes leadership development and inclusive teamwork.

Qualifications

• You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset.
• You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress.
• You establish measures to assess impact, quality, and timeliness; praise successes and share lessons learned.
• You build high performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline.
• You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane’s business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage.
• You deploy a strategic mindset when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future.

Responsibilities

• Manages all stages of commissioning process, from initial planning and design reviews to final testing and handover
• Creates commissioning plans, schedules, test procedures (like IET and IPVT/IST), and verification checklists
• Ensures the facility and its systems comply with design specifications, health and safety standards, and performance requirements
• Acts as the main point of contact and manages communication between various teams, clients, vendors, and subcontractors
• Prepares and manages all necessary documentation, including inspection reports, test results, and final certification documents
• Performs and oversees various tests, such as functional testing and site acceptance testing, to verify system performance
• Trains direct reports on processes, procedures, and completion of daily tasks

Skills

Leadership

Communication

People management

Strategic thinking

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking a Commissioning Manager - Data Center to oversee the entire commissioning process to ensure data center systems and components function correctly before the facility goes live.

Who are we?

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who Are You?

You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset. You provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles. You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. You build high performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline to maximize impact on the organization and the individual.

You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane’s business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage. You deploy a strategic mindset when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future.

Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

What’s in it for you?

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources throughout their career. While managing your responsibilities to the project, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Manages all stages of commissioning process, from initial planning and design reviews to final testing and handover
• Creates commissioning plans, schedules, test procedures (like IET and IPVT/IST), and verification checklists
• Ensures the facility and its systems comply with design specifications, health and safety standards, and performance requirements
• Acts as the main point of contact and manages communication between various teams, clients, vendors, and subcontractors
• Prepares and manages all necessary documentation, including inspection reports, test results, and final certification documents
• Performs and oversees various tests, such as functional testing and site acceptance testing, to verify system performance
• Trains direct reports on processes, procedures, and completion of daily tasks
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