Senior Data Center Commissioning Engineer

Job Description

The role is based in El Paso, TX/Las Cruces, NM, and requires the candidate to live in the area. Relocation assistance is available. Only apply if you currently live in this area or can relocate permanently.

• Own end-to-end commissioning strategy and execution across data center projects, ensuring consistent, repeatable outcomes.
• Lead development and governance of key Cx deliverables:
  Cx plans, test scripts/procedures, checklists, IST plans, MOPs/SOPs, and turnover packages.
• Coordinate and drive Integrated Systems Testing (IST), including planning, prerequisites, execution oversight, defect tracking, and retest closure.
• Ensure system readiness across major infrastructure domains: MEP, EPMS, BMS/controls, generators, UPS, switch gear, chillers/cooling plants, containment, and associated alarms/monitoring.
• Manage and communicate commissioning milestones, constraints, risks, and blockers to leadership and cross‑functional teams.
• Oversee commissioning vendors/agents and contractors; validate quality of testing, documentation, and closeout.
• Drive a strong safety and compliance culture during test execution and energization activities.
• Partner with Design/Engineering to ensure commissionability is built in early.
• Establish commissioning requirements for factory witness testing, FAT/SAT, commissioning stages, equipment start‑up and functional performance testing, and operational scenarios.
• Coordinate with Construction and Trades to enforce prerequisite discipline before testing.
• Lead issue management: log defects, assign owners, prioritize by risk, track to closure, and validate retests.
• Produce clear status reporting: milestone tracking, readiness dashboards, risk registers, turnover readiness.
• Drive handover to Operations: training, spares, O&M manuals, as‑built documents, sequences, and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure commissioning outcomes align with owner design intent, reliability targets, and operational runbooks.>

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Significant experience commissioning mission‑critical facilities (data centers strongly preferred), including electrical and mechanical systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead commissioning through functional testing, IST planning/execution, energization and start‑up coordination, turnover and operational acceptance.
• Strong understanding of critical electrical systems: UPS, generators, switch gear, ATS/STS, grounding.
• Strong understanding of cooling systems: chillers/CDUs, CRAH/CRAC, pumps, heat rejection.
• Strong understanding of controls/monitoring: BMS, EPMS, alarms, trending.
• Experience working with contractors, commissioning agents, and vendors; ability to drive outcomes through influence.
• Strong documentation and communication skills; comfort presenting to executive and technical audiences.
• Working knowledge of applicable codes/standards and commissioning best practices (ASHRAE guidance, local AHJ requirements).

• Direct commissioning experience supporting GPU/high‑density or liquid‑cooled data halls (CDUs, leak detection, controls integration).
• Experience commissioning hyperscale or multi‑site programs with standardized Cx playbooks and repeatable processes.
• Professional certifications:
  CxA/CCP, PMP, PE, LEED (as applicable).
• Experience with digital commissioning tools and platforms (field QA/QC and punch management systems).
• Strong background in operational readiness: runbooks, MOP/SOP development, operator training.
• Familiarity with reliability validation practices and redundancy testing (N, N+1, 2N) and maintenance bypass scenarios.

US:
Hiring Range in USD from: $97,500 - $199,500 per year. May be eligible for bonus and equity.

Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short‑term and long‑term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre‑tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with…