Commissioning Manager

Overview

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds, commissions, and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers with flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of upleveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand. Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering, commissioning, and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers with a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation. Fleet is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA.

Position Overview

The Commissioning Senior Manager - Mechanical serves as Fleet’s onsite commissioning lead and representative for the assigned project/campus and leads the end-to-end commissioning lifecycle for all building systems in Fleet’s mission-critical and supporting facilities, with primary technical expertise in mechanical systems. This role is accountable for the execution, coordination, and delivery of commissioning across electrical, mechanical, plumbing, controls, fire protection/fire alarm, security, and related building systems, ensuring they are installed, tested, verified, and handed over to operations to meet performance, reliability, and safety requirements. This role integrates design intent with field execution, orchestrates multi-disciplinary teams, manages risk, and delivers auditable commissioning evidence that enables on-time, on-budget, and right-first-time facility readiness.

The successful candidate will need to possess a strong understanding of HVAC systems, chilled water plants, industrial water systems, adiabatic cooling, CRAC/CRAH units, hydronic distribution, fuel oil systems, building management systems (BMS), fire protection systems, water treatment plants, and administration and logistics buildings. In addition to deep mechanical commissioning expertise, the candidate must possess working knowledge of electrical, plumbing, controls, fire protection, fire alarm, security, and other interfacing building systems, and be capable of serving as Fleet’s onsite commissioning lead across the full project scope. Also they will need to lead multi-disciplinary teams under tight deadlines and high-pressure conditions, while maintaining accurate commissioning records and turnover packages shared with Fleet leadership. This person will attend all commissioning meetings, track schedule adherence, issue closure rates, and system performance metrics.