Director of Commissioning

Are you a passionate Director of Commissioning looking to make a meaningful impact? We're building the next generation of digital infrastructure powering hyperscalers, AI innovation, and high-performance computing across North America.

Director of Commissioning

DC Construction

USA

Remote

25-50%

$,000 USD

The Director of Commissioning will lead 5C's field commissioning function, reporting directly to the VP of Commissioning & Quality Assurance. Initially the primary dedicated commissioning resource, is a hands‑on leader who establishes portfolio standards, commissioning strategies and readiness requirements; provides independent assurance of testing and system performance; and coaches delivery teams and commissioning providers. The role will help define portfolio‑wide commissioning governance from design and pre‑construction through construction, energization, functional performance testing, integrated systems testing and handover.

As the portfolio scales, the Director develops and implements approved coverage plans using direct hires, third‑party commissioning providers and specialist resources while retaining functional accountability.

Our core values guide how we collaborate, make decisions, support one another, and serve our customers. We're looking for people who embrace them and help us build something great.

• Establish portfolio commissioning standards, roles, responsibilities, script requirements, acceptance criteria, and escalation paths.
• Personally oversee priority commissioning activities while developing reusable procedures, templates, tools, and a risk‑based roadmap.

• Develop resource triggers based on concurrent sites, commissioning complexity, test duration, geographic spread and specialist requirements.
• Recruit approved hires and manage third‑party commissioning providers and specialists with clear competency, authority, deliverables, and performance expectations.

• Partner with Engineering and Planning & Pre‑construction to review commissioning implications of design, sequences of operation, controls architecture, maintainability, and testability.
• Embed commissioning requirements, witness points, test boundaries, specialist needs, schedule logic and documentation requirements into design reviews, procurement packages, and project plans.

• Evaluate commissioning providers and contractor commissioning capability, relevant mission‑critical experience, technical depth, staffing and proposed methodology.
• Review commissioning plans, staffing, test procedures, equipment startup responsibilities, and readiness criteria; require deficiencies are corrected before affected testing proceeds.

• Establish system turnover and commissioning‑readiness criteria based on needs of the customer (Operations), including installation completion, quality records, controls readiness, labeling, documentation and safe access.
• Coordinate with Build Quality and Construction to prevent incomplete installation of systems from entering functional testing.

• Own the portfolio methodology for functional performance testing and integrated systems testing, including failure scenarios, sequence verification, redundancy, controls and recovery behavior.
• Witness or direct critical tests, challenge assumptions and ensure objective evidence supports acceptance.

• Establish…