MEP Commissioning Manager

MEP Commissioning Manager — Data Center Construction

Location: [Texas] | Type: Full-Time | Travel: [50%]

We're looking for an MEP Commissioning Manager who lives in that gap on purpose. Someone who can walk from the switchgear room to the chiller plant to the BMS head-end and speak all three languages fluently: a professional who catches the disconnect between them before it ever reaches a live load.

What You'll Own

• Lead multi-discipline Cx execution across mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for hyperscale/colocation data center projects from design review through integrated systems testing and warranty-phase closeout.
• Own the technical integrity of the commissioning plan , ensuring electrical and mechanical test sequences are coordinated, not just scheduled adjacently.
• Direct factory witness testing (FAT) and site acceptance testing (SAT) across the full MEP scope: switchgear, generators, UPS, ATS, chillers, CRAH/CRAC, cooling towers, CHW/CW distribution, and fire/life safety systems.
• Lead Level 4/5 integrated systems testing (IST) , orchestrating simultaneous electrical failure scenarios and mechanical load response to validate the facility performs as a single, coordinated system.
• Review electrical one-lines, mechanical schematics, P&IDs, and BMS/EPMS sequences of operation side by side.
• Author and approve MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs that account for cross-system dependencies.
• Manage a team of commissioning engineers across electrical and mechanical disciplines , setting technical standard and holding the line on documentation rigor.
• Chair MEP-focused commissioning coordination meetings with the GC, MEP subcontractors, controls integrators, and equipment vendors while keeping every discipline honest about what "ready" actually means.
• Own cross-disciplinary items on the commissioning issues log , driving root-cause resolution when a fix in one system creates risk in another.
• Report integrated MEP readiness and risk directly to ownership and operations stakeholders.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of commissioning experience spanning both electrical and mechanical systems on mission-critical facilities; data center experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-disciplinary commissioning not just deep expertise in one trade, but the range to hold electrical and mechanical teams to the same standard.
• Strong command of ASHRAE Guideline 0/1.1, NETA, NFPA 70/70E/110 , and how mechanical and electrical standards intersect on a live commissioning schedule.
• Proven track record leading Level 4/5 integrated testing where electrical and mechanical systems were tested together, not in isolation.
• Fluency in BMS/EPMS integration, the layer where MEP systems actually talk to each other, and where most late-stage surprises live.
• PE, CxA (BCxP/CCP), or PMP credentials are a strong plus, not a hard requirement. We care more about what you've actually commissioned.
• People-management experience leading multi-discipline commissioning teams.
• The judgment to make a call when electrical and mechanical priorities conflict, and the communication skills to defend that call to ownership.

Why This Role

• Own the hardest part of commissioning: the seams between systems, where real risk hides.
• Lead a team where cross-discipline fluency is the job , not a nice-to-have.
• Direct path to Director of Commissioning for people who can run the whole MEP picture, not just a slice of it.
• Competitive salary, per diem/travel package, and a benefits package built for people who spend real time on job sites.