Senior Commissioning Validation Manager

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 5-7+ years of experience in data center commissioning, mission-critical facilities, electrical/mechanical infrastructure delivery, critical facilities operations, construction quality, or similarly complex infrastructure environments.

• 5+ years of experience leading teams, managers, contractors, or commissioning partners in large-scale, schedule-driven, high-reliability environments.

• Deep experience with data center commissioning workflows, including pre-functional testing, functional testing, integrated systems testing, factory witness testing, site acceptance testing, failure-mode validation, and operational turnover.

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

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex commissioning schedules, cross-functional dependencies, vendor performance, field quality, issue resolution, and executive-level risk communication.

• Experience building or improving commissioning standards, test scripts, readiness gates, acceptance packages, operating rhythms, and performance reporting mechanisms.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, Facilities Engineering, or related field preferred; equivalent mission-critical experience will be considered.

Skills and Competencies

• Senior-level commissioning leadership in mission-critical, hyperscale, industrial, utility, or other uptime-critical environments.

• Strong field judgment with the ability to challenge incomplete evidence, weak test scripts, premature acceptance, and unresolved risk before turnover.

• Ability to translate technical commissioning findings into clear business, schedule, safety, reliability, and operational-risk recommendations.

• Strong stakeholder management across engineering, construction, operations, deployment, network, safety, security, vendors, and executive leadership.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including concise reporting, executive escalation, issue framing, and action tracking.

• High attention to detail in commissioning documentation, evidence review, punch-list closure, readiness certification, and turnover package quality.

• Bias for structured execution, accountability, repeatable mechanisms, and continuous improvement across multiple sites or programs.

• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, high-visibility environments where capacity delivery, uptime, safety, quality, and compliance are all critical.

Preferred Skills / Certifications

• Experience in hyperscale cloud data centers, colocation campuses, semiconductor facilities, utilities, power generation, or large industrial infrastructure portfolios is strongly preferred.

• Professional Engineering (PE), Certified Commissioning Professional (CCP), Certified Commissioning Authority (CxA), PMP, LEED AP, or equivalent technical credential is a plus.

• Familiarity with commissioning standards and methods such as ASHRAE commissioning principles, NETA testing practices, NFPA requirements, NEC, OSHA, local authority requirements, and applicable reliability or quality frameworks.

• Experience with commissioning management platforms, punch-list systems, CMMS, BMS, EPMS, SCADA, DCIM, asset management, document control, change management, and operational reporting tools.

• Experience managing third-party commissioning agents, general contractors, trade partners, equipment vendors, testing firms, and owner’s representatives.

• Experience validating control sequences, automation logic, alarm response, failover behavior, emergency operating modes, and integrated system performance.

Physical Demands / Work Environment

This is a mission-critical commissioning leadership role supporting active construction, retrofit, and operational data center environments where safety, uptime, and execution quality are essential. Regular attendance, travel, schedule flexibility, and availability during major commissioning milestones, integrated systems testing, energization activities, or critical escalations may be required.

To perform these duties, you must be able to move between office, campus, construction, commissioning, and active operational environments; walk sites; climb stairs; inspect infrastructure spaces; participate in field validation reviews; and safely engage in commissioning readiness activities, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Market Alignment

This role profile reflects common marketplace expectations for senior data center commissioning leadership roles at hyperscale and mission-critical infrastructure organizations. Comparable postings emphasize testing and validation oversight of electrical and mechanical infrastructure, factory witness testing, pre-functional and functional testing, integrated systems testing, third-party commissioning vendor governance, design and submittal review, scope/schedule/budget alignment, capacity delivery, cross-functional coordination with engineering/construction/operations/network teams, and operational acceptance readiness.

Why Oracle Cloud Infrastructure?

• Global impact at scale: Contribute directly to the safe, reliable, and predictable delivery of OCI data center capacity across regions and continents.

• Technically rigorous environment: Work alongside experienced engineering, construction, commissioning, automation, reliability, and operations teams in a rapidly scaling hyperscale cloud infrastructure environment.

• Culture built on operational excellence: Join an organization that values safety, process discipline, evidence-based acceptance, accountability, and continuous improvement as foundational to protecting uptime and customer trust.

• Long-term career development: Benefit from internal mobility, technical development, and growth opportunities for professionals building long-term careers in cloud infrastructure, commissioning, and mission-critical operations.