Senior Data Center Commissioning Lead: Hybrid Delivery

OpenAI; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 150.000 - 230.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

OpenAI seeks a Commissioning Project Lead to own the commissioning strategy and execution for a large-scale, self-build data center project. You will lead the program from early planning through startup, testing, and turnover, coordinating OpenAI teams with commissioning partners and vendors.

You will establish the execution plan, align readiness across electrical, mechanical, and controls systems, and drive risk management and clear leadership communication.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of commissioning, construction, engineering, program management, or project delivery for mission-critical facilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary commissioning programs through construction readiness, startup, testing, and turnover.
• Strong knowledge of electrical and mechanical commissioning workflows across power, cooling, controls, and supporting systems.
• Experience integrating commissioning activities into construction schedules, lookaheads, energization plans, and turnover milestones.
• Owner-side commissioning experience and experience establishing hybrid owner/vendor delivery models are preferred.

Aufgaben

• Own the commissioning strategy and execution plan, including scope, governance, acceptance criteria, responsibilities, sequencing, and escalation paths.
• Lead hybrid OpenAI and commissioning-partner delivery model with clear RACI ownership and staffing requirements.
• Integrate commissioning into the master project schedule, including readiness, energization, startup sequences, testing, and turnover milestones.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary commissioning across construction management, contractors, vendors, operations, and field/testing teams.
• Drive readiness across electrical, mechanical, controls, and supporting infrastructure; resolve blockers before testing.
• Maintain visibility into commissioning risks, readiness gaps, design/submittal issues, safety constraints, and documentation quality.
• Coordinate QA/QC inspections and test execution with discipline leads, contractors, vendors, and partners.
• Review plans, procedures, readiness checklists, logs, test reports, and turnover packages against acceptance criteria.
• Provide reporting on readiness, staffing, progress, risks, and turnover status for leadership.
• Drive final system acceptance, turnover readiness, and lessons learned for reliable transition to operations.

Kenntnisse

Commissioning leadership

Project management

Electrical commissioning

Mechanical commissioning

Subject matter coordination

Scheduling & planning

Stakeholder management

Documentation & QA/QC

Risk management

Communication to leadership

Ausbildung

PE license or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Construction schedules

Jobbeschreibung

OpenAI seeks a Commissioning Project Lead to own the commissioning strategy and execution for a large-scale, self-build data center project. You will lead the program from early planning through startup, testing, and turnover, coordinating OpenAI teams with commissioning partners and vendors.

You will establish the execution plan, align readiness across electrical, mechanical, and controls systems, and drive risk management and clear leadership communication.