Job Title

Commissioning Lead (Data Centre)

Job Description Summary

This role will responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing all commissioning activities for a large-scale data centre construction project. This role ensures that all critical MEP, electrical, mechanical, and IT systems are tested, validated, and delivered to meet performance, safety, and reliability standards before handover.

Job Description

About the Role:

• Lead the end‑to‑end commissioning process, including planning, scheduling, documentation, and execution across all project phases.
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams—MEP engineers, contractors, OEM vendors, and operations—to ensure all commissioning activities align with project requirements.
• Develop and maintain commissioning documentation, including commissioning plans, test scripts, method statements, and progress reports.
• Conduct system testing and validation (FAT, SAT, IST) to ensure electrical, mechanical, and critical systems meet design intent and performance specifications.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and close out deficiencies by working with design and construction teams to ensure all issues are resolved before project handover.

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or related Engineering field (or equivalent technical experience).
• Minimum 7–10 years of commissioning experience, ideally with data centres, hyperscale environments, or mission‑critical facilities.
• Strong knowledge of critical building systems, including power distribution, cooling systems, fire protection, and BMS/controls.
• Proven experience leading commissioning teams and managing multiple stakeholders in fast‑paced construction environments.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem‑solving skills, with ability to manage risk, tight timelines, and complex technical issues.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote from within culture;
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.

We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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