Commissioning Director - Data Centers

The Boldt Company (Boldt) is a leading professional construction services firm with customers across the United States and is a subsidiary of The Boldt Group. Founded in 1889, Boldt is a fourth-generation family and employee‑owned firm headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. Boldt is recognized as a pioneer in Lean construction and in the industrialized construction space. Boldt operates 18 offices across the U.S. that serve customers in healthcare, power, industrial, education, automotive and commercial markets.

HOW YOUR ROLE FITS INTO BOLDT:

As Commissioning Director for The Boldt Company you will lead the process of developing a data center specific Commissioning Program. You will demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of MEP critical systems and their integration for operations. You will serve as an ambassador on behalf of the company, collaborating with data center architects, engineers, construction managers, network engineers, data center operations teams, 3rd‑party commissioning agents and trade partners to ensure all project stakeholders are bought in and understand their role in the project‑specific commissioning program.

You are expected to drive excellence in the coordination of the quality completions, commissioning schedule integration into the master project schedule and ensure alignment with both CFCI and OFCI supply chain managers for offsite commissioning activities. You will also have the opportunity and responsibility to streamline and improve all aspects of the quality completion and commissioning process steps to ensure timely turnover of critical systems and spaces to the specific project owner.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO (Essential Functions):

Business Processes

• Responsible for directing the development and administration of the data center commissioning program for individual projects/buildings and multiple building campuses that require overall integration.
• Create and/or maintain best practices to identify and incorporate quality and cost‑effective solutions.
• Collaborate with the owners contracted Commissioning Agent assigned to a specific Data Center project or Program.
• Development of Commissioning Procedures and Standards.
• Construction site kickoff and management of Commissioning program to ensure compliance with all stakeholders both internal and external.
• Directs the project Commissioning process including quality, scope, safety and schedule.

Communications

• Regularly reviews Construction Progress, QA/QC readiness, Commissioning progress, issues & resolution thereof, and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics to report to management.
• Manage client representatives and partners to define and align on scope, schedule, safety and budget.
• Attend scheduled owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings, and report as necessary.
• Report Project Progress on scope, schedule, and budget weekly or as required.

Accountability

• Responsible for developing, managing, and reporting on health of the Commissioning schedule.
• Manage the Commissioning process for assigned projects and/or programs of various Clients.
• Ensuring that all stakeholders are heard and engaged in the daily, weekly and monthly Commissioning meetings.
• Reporting of the Commissioning process to management on a regular basis as driven by schedule and project needs.
• Work Independently to drive the Commissioning Program development and associated processes.

Strategy and Development

• Manage data center commissioning project delivery strategy in alignment of specific deliverables and program requirements of specific owner.
• Directs project commissioning strategy and ensuring consistent, safe, and compliant execution.
• Provides technical leadership, driving process innovation, and embedding best practices into commissioning workflows.
• Directs the creation of commissioning plans, checklists, schedules, and protocols; manages implementation and usage of systems like CxAlloy across campus buildings and ensures project protocol adherence.
• Maintains record of lessons learned, preparing comprehensive reports, and ensuring operational teams are professionally trained.
• Monitors the documentation of testing and inspections related to quality and…