Lead ELV Commissioning Engineer

Role Overview

Commissioning Leadership

• Lead daily ELV/ICT commissioning in line with approved plans, project schedules, and client requirements.
• Develop, review, and approve commissioning plans, method statements, test records, functional test scripts, interface matrices, and IST scenarios.
• Lead FAT, SAT, pre-functional checks, start-up, configuration validation, functional testing, and IST with OEMs and specialist subcontractors.

Systems and Integration

• Commission structured cabling, ICT infrastructure, network interfaces, access control, CCTV/VMS, life-safety interfaces, and BMS/EPMS/DCIM integrations.
• Plan and execute normal, abnormal, and failure scenarios covering network, power, communications, failover, alarm routing, and system recovery.
• Validate cross-system cause-and-effect, dependencies, resilience, and end-to-end interface testing.
• Coordinate fire alarm and aspirating smoke detection interfaces, shutdowns, access-control releases, suppression interfaces, and life-safety functions.
• Manage integrations with BMS, EPMS, DCIM, leak detection, environmental monitoring, and vendor systems.

Network and Close-Out

• Verify BACnet, Modbus, SNMP, OPC, and vendor gateway integration protocols.
• Coordinate with IT and network teams on IP plans, VLANs, switch ports, firewall rules, routing, DNS, and time synchronization.
• Manage commissioning logs, issue registers, punch lists, deficiencies, retesting, evidence, and technical close-out.

Stakeholder Coordination

• Coordinate with clients, consultants, design, construction, IT/network, cybersecurity, security, facilities, operations, OEMs, and specialist subcontractors.
• Chair commissioning meetings and provide technical guidance and mentoring to Commissioning Engineers and Technicians.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, electronics, telecommunications, ICT, computer/network engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• At least 12 years of ELV/ICT systems construction, testing, integration, and commissioning experience.
• At least five years of mission-critical or data centre commissioning experience.
• Previous Senior/Lead ELV Commissioning Engineer, ICT/ELV Commissioning Lead, Systems Integration Lead, or equivalent experience.
• Experience delivering large colocation or hyperscale data centres with complex system integration dependencies.
• Experience from L1/L2 readiness through L3 start-up, L4 functional performance testing, and L5/integrated systems testing.

Technical Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of ELV/ICT systems, network interfaces, security systems, life-safety interfaces, controls and monitoring integration, redundancy, and resilience.
• Strong technical leadership, troubleshooting, planning, team coordination, communication, and reporting skills.
• RCDD, DCDC, CEng/PE, CCP, CCNA/CCNP, manufacturer, or equivalent certifications are advantageous.