Commissioning Director EMEA

You will establish and govern the commissioning standard for critical infrastructure across EMEA. You will lead capacity acceptance, operational-readiness transfers, technical testing, contractor requirements, and the development of an international commissioning team.

Responsibilities

• Author and enforce the Group Commissioning Execution Standard
• Approve or refuse system energisation, acceptance, and handover
• Select and govern a portfolio-wide commissioning management platform
• Integrate commissioning into project programmes and identify delivery risks
• Define acceptance and turnover requirements in EPC and OEM packages
• Lead liquid-cooling and high-consequence electrical testing methodologies
• Build and develop an internationally mobile commissioning function
• Lead operational readiness and transfer accepted capacity to Operations
• Set safe systems of work for energisation and testing
• Lead commissioning relationships with tenants, lenders, insurers, and certification bodies

Requirements

• 15+ years of critical facilities engineering experience
• 8+ years leading commissioning at programme or portfolio level
• Owner-side or client-side accountability for accepting large-scale data-centre capacity
• Experience leading integrated systems testing through acceptance on at least two 50MW or greater hyperscale or AI data-centre projects
• Experience with high-density liquid-cooled deployments or equivalent adjacent expertise
• High-voltage and medium-voltage commissioning experience
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams across borders
• Knowledge of EPC contracts, acceptance mechanisms, warranties, and claims evidence
• Experience across multiple regulatory jurisdictions
• Electrical or mechanical engineering degree or equivalent expertise
• Ability to travel internationally 60–70%, including remote Arctic sites in winter
• Right to work in the United Kingdom or Norway, or eligibility for sponsorship

Benefits

• Relocation support