Commissioning Project Manager II

The Commissioning Project Manager II is responsible for planning, coordinating, executing, and closing out commissioning activities for assigned data center development projects. Acting as CyrusOne's owner representative, this role oversees commissioning activities throughout the project lifecycle to support successful testing, turnover, and operational readiness.
The Commissioning Project Manager II works closely with design, construction, operations, vendors, contractors, project managers, and third-party commissioning providers to ensure commissioning activities are planned, executed, documented, and completed in accordance with project requirements, design intent, operational needs, and CyrusOne standards.
This role independently manages commissioning activities for assigned projects and provides technical guidance and support to less experienced team members.

ResponsibilitiesCommissioning Planning & Coordination

• Independently manage commissioning activities for assigned projects, buildings, or major project scopes.
• Participate in design, construction, owner, vendor, and commissioning meetings to evaluate project readiness, risks, schedules, and commissioning requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and execute commissioning plans, schedules, issue logs, testing plans, and turnover strategies.
• Coordinate commissioning activities among contractors, vendors, project managers, operations teams, and third-party commissioning providers.
• Identify commissioning risks, schedule impacts, and readiness concerns and proactively escalate issues requiring resolution.
• Support continuous improvement of commissioning processes, tools, standards, and documentation practices.

Testing & Operational Readiness

• Lead readiness planning and execution activities for Level 3, Level 4, and Integrated Systems Testing (IST).
• Serve as the primary CyrusOne commissioning representative during critical testing events.
• Verify testing activities are executed in accordance with approved procedures, project requirements, and operational expectations.
• Manage issue resolution, retesting activities, and corrective actions through completion.
• Evaluate testing results and provide recommendations regarding operational readiness and project turnover.

Owner Representative Responsibilities

• Represent CyrusOne throughout commissioning execution and project turnover activities.
• Manage third-party commissioning providers, contractors, and vendors to ensure compliance with project requirements, schedules, testing expectations, and documentation standards.
• Hold project stakeholders accountable for issue resolution, testing execution, deliverable quality, and turnover readiness.
• Identify and communicate project risks, testing concerns, documentation deficiencies, and operational readiness issues.