Construction Data Center - Commissioning Owners Representative

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New Construction Data Center - Commissioning Owners Representative (Senior Level)

Amarillo, TX

This position is part of a small on‑site team providing end‑user (tenant) commissioning oversight for a hyperscale data centre build. As a permanent full‑time member of our data centre commissioning team, you will report directly to the data centre end‑user and act as their delegate on‑site to monitor and witness the MEP and controls and monitoring systems commissioning activities performed by others.

You will serve as a critical liaison between the owner, general contractors, subcontractors, and other stakeholders to ensure exceptional technical oversight and quality assurance throughout the construction and commissioning process.

• Witnessing and reviewing all facets of commissioning activities for the project by providing exceptional technical oversight of electrical, mechanical, and controls systems
• Performing electrical and/or mechanical QA/QC inspections and reviewing QA/QC documentation completed by equipment installers
• Reviewing and providing input on the development of commissioning plans, commissioning specifications, design drawings, specifications, and submittal reviews
• Attending and participating in project commissioning meetings with owner, general contractors, sub‑contractors, inspectors, AHJs, and other stakeholders
• Reviewing and commenting on standard operating procedures (SOPs) and methods‑of‑procedures (MOPs)
• Developing and compiling project commissioning documentation into site/project specific systems manuals for use by the end‑user's operations team
• Reviewing, commenting on, and witnessing planned testing scripts for L3‑L5 commissioning activities, providing end‑user input on test results, issues, and acceptance
• Developing and evaluating vendor training programs for installed equipment and systems
• Providing detailed weekly reporting to the end‑user on overall status of project commissioning activities

• Documented and verifiable experience acting as an Electrical, Mechanical, and/or Controls 3rd‑party senior level commissioning engineer on greenfield data centre projects with capacities of 25 MW or greater
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant mechanical or electrical engineering and/or field‑testing experience with at least 5 years providing commissioning and/or construction QA/QC field services for data centre construction projects
• Strong fluency with commissioning processes and deliverables covered in ASHRAE commissioning requirements and guidelines
• Expertise in electrical and/or mechanical equipment/systems installation (means & methods), system startup and pre‑functional inspections, acceptance testing and associated commissioning activities
• Extensive knowledge and experience in testing and commissioning of MV and LV transformers, UPS systems, generators, paralleling switch gear, ATSs, STSs, fuel oil systems, PDUs, EPMS, chillers (air and water‑cooled), CDUs, CRACs, CRAHs, AHUs, BMS/BAS/EPMS
• Strong proficiency in use of QA/QC and Cx software applications such as BIM
  360, CxAlloy, Facility Grid, and other related QA/QC and Cx applications
• Strong data management skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong proficiency in MS Project, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and report against contractor (and other third‑party) schedule updates
• Ability to be based full‑time in the Amarillo, Texas area and required to be on‑site full‑time Monday‑Friday
• Willingness to travel 10‑20% throughout the US and possibly internationally…