Commissioning Validator

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of experience in data center commissioning, mission-critical facilities, electrical/mechanical infrastructure delivery, controls validation, critical facilities operations, construction quality, or similarly complex infrastructure environments.

• Hands-on experience with commissioning workflows such as pre-functional testing, functional testing, integrated systems testing, factory witness testing, site acceptance testing, failure-mode validation, and operational turnover.

• Strong technical understanding of data center electrical, mechanical, controls, and life-safety systems used in high-availability environments.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience in hyperscale cloud data centers, colocation campuses, semiconductor facilities, utilities, power generation, industrial facilities, or other mission-critical infrastructure portfolios.

• Certifications such as CCP, CxA, PE, PMP, LEED AP, OSHA, NETA-related training, or equivalent technical credentials.

Job Description

The Commissioning Validator will support commissioning validation for large-scale data center delivery programs, ensuring electrical, mechanical, controls, life-safety, and supporting infrastructure systems are tested, validated, documented, and accepted before operational turnover. This is a technical field and program-level validation role focused on commissioning readiness, test execution, evidence review, issue tracking, operational acceptance, and risk escalation. Qualified candidates must be comfortable working within one of the following locations: Abilene, TX, Shackelford, TX. Relocation assistance will be provided for selected out-of-market individuals.

Key Responsibilities

• Validate commissioning execution across assigned sites, campuses, regions, or capacity programs with focus on readiness, test quality, safety, documentation, and operational acceptance.

• Support commissioning activities, including factory witness testing, pre-functional checks, functional performance testing, integrated systems testing, failure-mode validation, and turnover documentation review.

• Review commissioning plans, method statements, test scripts, acceptance criteria, checklists, and system-readiness evidence before field execution.

• Observe and validate commissioning activities for MEP, controls, fire/life-safety, BMS, EPMS, SCADA/DCIM, and supporting infrastructure systems.

• Maintain validation trackers, action registers, risk logs, defect-aging summaries, readiness dashboards, test completion status, and leadership updates.