Director, Engineering & Commissioning

Core Scientific, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Core Scientific, Inc. is seeking a Director of Engineering & Commissioning to lead the Operations Engineering organization for national standards, commissioning assurance, and operational readiness across multiple data center facilities.

The role oversees electrical, mechanical, civil, and controls disciplines and reports to the Senior Director, HPC Operations Engineering. Responsibilities include governance of acceptance gates, staffing and resource allocation, and collaboration with Site

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Facilities Management, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in engineering, commissioning, construction, startup, or critical-facility operations.
• 5+ years leading multidisciplinary engineering, commissioning, or technical teams.
• Experience establishing technical standards, governing commissioning programs, and presenting risk-based acceptance recommendations.
• Strong knowledge of mission-critical electrical, mechanical, controls, life-safety, civil and architectural, and monitoring systems.
• Ability to travel regularly to active design, construction, commissioning, and operating sites.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the national commissioning assurance, engineering standards, operational readiness, and turnover strategy.
• Establish governance, resource allocation, and portfolio performance reporting; set acceptance gates for design readiness and turnover.
• Lead development and continuous improvement of standards across electrical, mechanical, civil, architectural, and controls disciplines.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering and Site Development teams to ensure requirements are incorporated into designs and future standards.
• Provide Operations Engineering oversight through the project lifecycle, including readiness assessments and turnover deliverables.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Facilities Management, or related technical discipline

Ten or more years of progressive engineering/commissioning/operations experience

Five or more years leading multidisciplinary engineering/commissioning teams

Job description

Who We Are Core Scientific is a leading provider of infrastructure for high-performance compute in North America. Our mission is to accelerate digital innovation by scaling high-value compute rapidly, efficiently, and responsibly. We transform energy into high-value compute with unmatched efficiency at scale. Core Scientific is a publicly trade company (NASDAQ: CORZ). We power AI, HPC, and other next-generation data center workloads demanding exceptional computing power, in addition to our digital asset mining operations. Our footprint consists of 11 data center campuses across seven states, housing advanced infrastructure for our customers. What sets us apart? We have an entrepreneurial culture, a "can-do" and collaborative attitude, and we own and control our infrastructure. These strategic advantages enable us to maintain operational excellence, increase efficiency, and rapidly deploy cutting-edge innovations developed by our team of experts. Join us and accelerate your career alongside our groundbreaking journey. We seek smart, creative, and collaborative professionals who thrive in a fast-paced, result-driven environment. Ready to be part of something exceptional?

The Job

The Director of Engineering & Commissioning leads the Operations Engineering organization responsible for national engineering standards, commissioning assurance, operational readiness, and turnover of new facilities, campus expansions, and major infrastructure projects. The Director and assigned team support Site Development Design Engineering and Site Development Commissioning throughout design, construction, testing, and turnover. Site Development retains responsibility for construction delivery and day-to-day commissioning execution. The Director establishes Operations Engineering requirements, assigns technical resources, drives identified gaps to completion, and provides the recommendation for operational acceptance. The Director leads national Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Architectural, Controls, and Operations Readiness roles, together with site-specific Site Commissioning and Turnover Managers.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute the national commissioning assurance, engineering standards, operational readiness, and turnover strategy, including governance, resource allocation, and portfolio performance reporting. Establish and govern acceptance gates for design readiness, pre-functional completion, functional performance testing, Integrated Systems Testing (IST), phased capacity release, operational readiness, and final turnover, including required evidence, decision rights, escalations, approvals, and risk acceptance processes. Lead development, implementation, and continuous improvement of national engineering, commissioning, turnover, and operational readiness standards across electrical, mechanical, civil, architectural, and controls disciplines, including standards governance, revisions, deviations, and documented exceptions. Partner with Design Engineering and Site Development teams to ensure operational requirements, maintainability, reliability, monitoring capabilities, testing provisions, and lessons learned are incorporated into project designs and future standards. Provide Operations Engineering oversight throughout the project lifecycle, from design review through commissioning, Integrated Systems Testing, readiness assessments, phased capacity releases, and final operational acceptance. Ensure commissioning and turnover activities meet established requirements by validating procedures, prerequisites, system boundaries, test results, deficiencies, acceptance documentation, training, staffing readiness, vendor support, and turnover deliverables. Identify, track, and drive resolution of technical, operational, documentation, and readiness risks, ensuring clear ownership, escalation, interim controls, closure plans, and executive visibility. Recommend approval, conditional approval, or hold decisions for Early Customer Access, Progressive Capacity Release, production readiness, and final operational acceptance based on documented readiness criteria and risk assessments. Lead and develop a national team of Operations Engineering, Commissioning, and Turnover professionals, fostering a culture of technical rigor, accountability, field engagement, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Serve as the senior Operations Engineering liaison with Site Development, Site Operations, customers, design consultants, commissioning providers, contractors, vendors, utilities, Information Technology, Security, and Environmental Health & Safety teams. Define and maintain clear accountability boundaries between Operations Engineering, Site Development, Engineers/Architects of Record, contractors, vendors, commissioning providers, and Site Operations to ensure effective project execution and operational transition without duplication of responsibilities. Retain authority to withhold Operations Engineering acceptance recommendations when required performance, documentation, testing, or readiness evidence is incomplete, while recognizing that design responsibility, construction delivery, commissioning execution, and operational control remain with their respective accountable parties.

Qualifications

• Required Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Facilities Management, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Ten or more years of progressive experience in engineering, commissioning, construction, startup, or critical-facility operations, including significant responsibility for large mission-critical projects.
• Five or more years leading multidisciplinary engineering, commissioning, or technical teams.
• Demonstrated experience establishing technical standards, governing commissioning programs, managing phased turnover, and presenting risk-based acceptance recommendations.
• Strong working knowledge of mission-critical electrical, mechanical, controls, life-safety, civil and architectural, and monitoring systems.
• Ability to influence cross-functional organizations, resolve unclear ownership, establish completion expectations, and communicate with field and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to travel regularly to active design, construction, commissioning, and operating sites.

Preferred

• Preferred Professional Engineer license, Registered Architect credential, or commissioning certification such as BCxP, CCP, CxA, or equivalent.
• Project Management Professional, Certified Facility Manager, or comparable credential.
• Experience with high-density or liquid-cooled data centers, phased customer access, capacity release, and live-site expansions.
• Experience developing enterprise engineering standards, operational policies, dashboards, and formal acceptance-gate processes.

Reports To Senior Director, HPC Operations Engineering.

Location Remote.

To be considered for this role, you must reside near the following locations: Miami, FL, Austin, TX, Pecos, TX, Denton, TX, Hunt, TX, Muskogee, OK, Marble, NC, Dalton, GA or Auburn, AL.

Travel Frequent travel may be required as needed. (Up to 50% of time worked.)

Work Environment This job is operated in professional office, warehouse, and data center environments. It routinely uses standard office equipment, including laptop computers, photocopiers, smartphones, and scissor lifts.

Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands, and lift up to 50 pounds.

Position Type/ Expected Hours of Work This is a full-time, onsite position. General hours and days of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Some nights and weekends may be required.

Supervisory Experience (Yes or No) Yes

Core Scientific is a leader in digital infrastructure for high-density colocation services and digital asset mining. We operate dedicated, purpose-built facilities for digital asset mining and are a premier provider of digital infrastructure, software solutions, and services to our third-party customers.