Commissioning Manager- Data Centers
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About the Role
SLB New Energy & Industrial is seeking a Commissioning Manager to lead all commissioning activities for Data Center projects from planning through final handover. The role requires 15+ years of experience in commissioning, startup, or project delivery within large-scale industrial or data center environments.
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Responsibilities
- Develop and implement project commissioning plans, turnover strategies, testing procedures, and system acceptance requirements aligned with client expectations
- Integrate commissioning activities into project schedules, construction execution plans, procurement strategies, and system turnover milestones
- Lead commissioning readiness reviews, system walkdowns, punch list management, and turnover verification activities
- Coordinate commissioning activities between construction, technical, quality, vendors, subcontractors, and client operations teams
- Manage commissioning personnel, specialist contractors, and vendor representatives involved in testing and startup activities
- Monitor commissioning progress, identify constraints, and implement recovery plans to protect project completion and handover milestones
- Lead integrated systems testing, functional performance testing, and final commissioning activities through client acceptance
- Ensure commissioning documentation, turnover packages, testing records, and acceptance certificates are complete and accurate
- Support project teams in identifying lessons learned and developing commissioning procedures, standards, and best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management or technical discipline, or equivalent experience in project commissioning/start up
- 15+ years of experience in commissioning, startup, operations readiness, construction, or project delivery within large scale industrial, mission critical, power, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, or data center environments
- Proven experience leading commissioning activities from planning through final handover on complex projects
- Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, controls, and integrated systems testing and commissioning processes
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate across construction, engineering, vendors, subcontractors, and client operations teams
- Experience managing commissioning personnel, specialist contractors, and vendor support organizations
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Candidates must be able to legally work and reside in Canada, without sponsorship
Full Job Posting
Company and Position Overview
- SLB New Energy & Industrial (NEI) is a division of SLB, driving energy innovation.
- The Data Center infrastructure solutions business provides innovative solutions for building faster, smarter, and more resilient data centers.
- SLB is seeking a Commissioning Manager to lead all commissioning activities for assigned Data Center projects from planning through final client handover.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Develop and implement project commissioning plans, turnover strategies, testing procedures, and system acceptance requirements aligned with client expectations.
- Integrate commissioning activities into project schedules, construction execution plans, procurement strategies, and system turnover milestones.
- Lead commissioning readiness reviews, system walkdowns, punch list management, and turnover verification activities throughout project execution.
- Coordinate commissioning activities between construction, technical, quality, vendors, subcontractors, and client operations teams to ensure successful system startup and handover.
- Manage commissioning personnel, specialist contractors, and vendor representatives involved in testing and startup activities.
- Monitor commissioning progress, identify constraints, and implement recovery plans to protect project completion and handover milestones.
- Lead integrated systems testing, functional performance testing, and final commissioning activities through client acceptance.
- Ensure commissioning documentation, turnover packages, testing records, and acceptance certificates are complete, accurate, and maintained.
- Support project teams in identifying lessons learned and developing commissioning procedures, standards, and best practices for future projects.
Qualifications And Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management or technical discipline, equivalent experience in project commissioning / Start up will be considered.
- 15+ years of experience in commissioning, startup, operations readiness, construction, or project delivery within large scale industrial, mission critical, power, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, or data center environments is required.
- Proven experience leading commissioning activities from planning through final handover on complex projects.
- Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, controls, and integrated systems testing and commissioning processes.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate across construction, engineering, vendors, subcontractors, and client operations teams.
- Experience managing commissioning personnel, specialist contractors, and vendor support organizations.
- Data Center or mission critical facility commissioning experience is highly preferred.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Professional certification in commissioning, project management, construction management, or operations readiness is preferred.
- Experience developing commissioning procedures, standards, and organizational processes is preferred.
- Candidates must be able to legally work and reside in Canada, without sponsorship.
Benefits
- International Opportunities.
- Health, vision, and dental insurance for you and your dependents available from day one.
- Learning Opportunities.
- Diverse and Inclusive environment.
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