Commissioning Manager – Data Center

Overview

Job Description

Commissioning Manager – Data Center

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and manage the overall commissioning, integrated testing, ORAT, and handover strategy for hyperscale / mission‑critical data center projects under a Client‑side / PMC mandate.
• Develop and implement the Commissioning Management Plan and ORAT / Operational Readiness Playbook, including readiness gates, acceptance criteria, evidence requirements, and sign‑off pathways.
• Provide early and continuous input during design review, ensuring systems are commissionable, operable, maintainable, and aligned with operational readiness requirements.
• Review and provide technical assurance on design-stage deliverables, early construction submittals, commissioning plans, method statements, and test procedures, ensuring alignment with Employer’s Requirements and ORAT objectives.
• Oversee and assure testing and commissioning activities, including pre‑functional testing, functional testing, SATs, Integrated Systems Testing (IST), and performance/resilience testing.
• Lead ORAT activities to ensure Day‑1 operational readiness, including training, SOP/MOP/EOP development and validation, operational trials, emergency drills, and controlled go‑live/activation.
• Coordinate commissioning and ORAT interfaces between Client, PMC, EPC contractors, vendors, operators, and authorities, ensuring clear ownership and readiness progression.
• Ensure compliance with Employer’s Requirements, applicable international data‑center standards (e.g., Uptime lifecycle principles, TIA‑942, ASHRAE, NFPA, IEC/IEEE as required), and local authority regulations.
• Enforce strict safety governance during energization, live testing, and commissioning activities, including permit‑to‑work and LOTO controls.
• Manage commissioning close‑out, defect and punch‑list resolution, documentation completeness, and transition into operations and early‑life support.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or related discipline).
• Minimum 20+ years experience in PMC / construction supervision roles for large-scale or mission-critical projects.
• Proven experience on data center or mission-critical facilities within the UAE or GCC.
• Strong leadership, governance, and client-facing experience.
• Based primarily in UAE with short-term GCC travel as required.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Evidence-based commissioning leadership; strong governance and assurance mindset
• Strong ORAT leadership (training, SOPs, trials, readiness gates, soft landing)
• High rigor in documentation, acceptance criteria, and closeout control
• Strong safety leadership for energization and live testing environments
• Excellent stakeholder coordination in multi-contractor and operator environments
• Fluency in English required, Arabic is an advantage.
• Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
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