Remote Site Commissioning & Turnover Lead

Core Scientific, Inc.; Miami, Austin (FL, TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Core Scientific, Inc. is seeking a Site Commissioning and Turnover Manager for remote work in the US.

You will oversee site commissioning activities, coordinate technical assurance, and prepare facilities for turnover to Operations Engineering and Site Operations. The role integrates construction readiness through testing and final handover, with responsibility for safety, documentation, and readiness metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Facilities Management, or related field.
• Seven or more years of progressive commissioning, engineering, construction, startup, or critical-facility operations experience.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary commissioning, functional testing, Integrated Systems Testing, deficiency management, and turnover.
• Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, controls, fire and life-safety, security, network, and monitoring system dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary onsite Operations Engineering liaison for commissioning, startup, testing, and turnover activities with Site Development, commissioning teams, contractors, vendors, Site Operations, and customers.
• Maintain an integrated view of system boundaries, commissioning milestones, testing activities, risks, dependencies, and acceptance requirements through final turnover.
• Review commissioning plans, procedures, test scripts, safety controls, temporary operating conditions, and restoration plans to ensure alignment with Operations Engineering requirements.
• Coordinate participation of Operations Engineering discipline leads and readiness stakeholders throughout commissioning and turnover activities.
• Attend critical tests, verify results are documented and traceable, and ensure technical issues are escalated to the appropriate authority.
• Maintain dashboards, action logs, risk registers, milestone forecasts, and executive-ready status reporting.
• Track deficiencies, punch-list items, failed tests, deferred work, documentation gaps, and readiness actions through resolution.
• Drive accountability for corrective actions, monitor due dates, and escalate unresolved issues or schedule impacts.
• Verify closure through inspection, retesting, approved documentation, or discipline-lead review.
• Identify conditions that may affect safety, reliability, capacity, maintainability, customer access, or operational acceptance.
• Coordinate readiness reviews supporting customer access, capacity releases, conditional turnover, and final acceptance.
• Verify completion and accessibility of required turnover documentation, including test records, as-builts, O&M manuals, training records, warranties, asset data, and open-item logs.
• Partner with Site Operations and Operations Readiness to confirm staffing, training, procedures, CMMS readiness, maintenance planning, vendor support, and emergency-response preparedness.
• Consolidate commissioning and turnover evidence into recommendations for release, conditional release, or hold status.
• Support early-life operations, warranty management, and transition of remaining actions into operational governance.

Skills

Project management

Coordination across teams

Commissioning & testing

Stakeholder communication

Field presence & prioritization

Education

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

Tools

CMMS

Asset-data platforms

Document-control systems

Job description

Core Scientific, Inc. is seeking a Site Commissioning and Turnover Manager for remote work in the US.

You will oversee site commissioning activities, coordinate technical assurance, and prepare facilities for turnover to Operations Engineering and Site Operations. The role integrates construction readiness through testing and final handover, with responsibility for safety, documentation, and readiness metrics.