Lease Commissioning Manager - Energy

Business Processes: Reports to the CO+I Regional Commissioning Director - AMERS Leases. Lead commissioning activities for temporary and permanent onsite power generation facilities including gas-fired generation, reciprocating engines, microgrids, substations, utility interconnections, and associated balance-of-plant systems. Develop and maintain commissioning standards, procedures, and best practices to support safe, reliable, and repeatable deployment of energy infrastructure solutions. Manage contracted commissioning agents, EPC firms, generation providers, and startup vendors supporting BTM energy projects. Review design packages, commissioning plans, startup procedures, operating sequences, protection studies, and testing scripts to ensure operational readiness. Conduct site inspections to evaluate construction quality, commissioning progress, startup readiness, safety compliance, and risk mitigation. Drive the commissioning process from design review through energization, startup, integrated systems testing (IST), performance validation, and operational turnover. Travel extensively to project sites to oversee commissioning execution and support critical testing events. Facilitate commissioning readiness reviews, startup planning meetings, risk assessments, and lessons learned sessions throughout the project lifecycle. Provide clear and timely reporting to management on project scope, schedule, technical risks, startup readiness, and operational impacts. Support executive-level decision making by providing recommendations regarding energization readiness, load introduction, and commercial operation. Responsible for developing, managing, and reporting the commissioning scope, schedule, and execution strategy for BTM energy infrastructure projects. Lead troubleshooting, issue resolution, and recovery efforts for commissioning deficiencies, control system integration issues, and startup challenges. Evaluate and approve readiness for energization, synchronization, load testing, performance validation, and operational turnover. Develop and refine commissioning methods, startup practices, and operational readiness programs for emerging energy technologies and power generation solutions. Provide technical input into project planning, delivery strategies, design reviews, and risk mitigation activities. Monitor and evaluate commissioning performance of EPC contractors, generation providers, equipment suppliers, commissioning agents, and startup contractors. Review commissioning deliverables including Statements of Qualification (SoQs), test procedures, startup plans, turnover documentation, and operational readiness packages. Verify contractual obligations related to generation performance, reliability testing, utility interconnection requirements, and operational acceptance criteria are successfully achieved prior to turnover. Drive accountability with external partners to ensure safe, reliable, and timely delivery of commissioned power generation assets. Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR 12+ years relevant technical engineering experience. Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 9+ years technical engineering experience. 5+ years experience working on data center projects Project Management Construction Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC). Able to develop and write detailed Commissioning Scripts. Issue identification and resolution management. OSHA 30 or equivalent qualification NFPA-70E Project Management Professional (PMP) certification Proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint), MS Visio, MS Project, MS Teams.