Senior Data Center PLC Commissioning Specialist

Siemens AG; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens is seeking a Senior PLC Commissioning Technician for Data Centers to lead startup, checkout, commissioning, validation, and customer acceptance activities on data center automation projects in the Dallas area.

You will support testing, troubleshooting, and documentation, review drawings, and coordinate with project teams, vendors, and customers to ensure successful handover and ongoing facility operation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in commissioning, controls, automation, building automation, or mission-critical facility infrastructure.
• 5+ years hands-on PLC programming, configuration, troubleshooting, startup and commissioning.
• Able to read electrical schematics, control drawings and operation sequences.
• Willingness to travel up to 75% and work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Participate in startup, checkout, commissioning, validation, and customer acceptance activities for data center automation projects.
• Support installation verification, panel checkout, I/O validation, loop testing, and functional performance testing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues involving PLC controllers, field devices, instrumentation, networking, and control panels.
• Assist with startup of facility automation systems for cooling, electrical distribution, backup power and environmental monitoring.
• Review drawings, specifications, network architectures, sequences of operation and commissioning docs.
• Support FAT, SAT, functional testing and customer witness activities.
• Document deficiencies, corrective actions, results, backups and turnover docs.
• Coordinate with project teams, contractors, vendors, service personnel, and customer representatives.

Skills

PLC programming

Automation systems

Electrical schematics

Travel readiness

Documentation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Siemens is seeking a Senior PLC Commissioning Technician for Data Centers to lead startup, checkout, commissioning, validation, and customer acceptance activities on data center automation projects in the Dallas area.

You will support testing, troubleshooting, and documentation, review drawings, and coordinate with project teams, vendors, and customers to ensure successful handover and ongoing facility operation.