Commissioning Manager – Data Centre Construction
Fredericia, Denmark
€120000 p.a.
Mechanical Engineering
Posted 1 hour ago
Job title: Commissioning Manager – Data Centre Construction
Location: Fredericia, Co Denmark
Company: International Engineering Contractor delivering Hyperscale Data Centre Projects across Europe
Package: €100,000 to €130,000 + full overseas package
The Company
This international engineering contractor has established itself as one of Europe's most respected delivery partners across the data centre, pharmaceutical, power, and mission-critical sectors. With a significant pipeline of hyperscale data centre projects throughout Europe, they continue to invest heavily in commissioning, quality assurance, and technical excellence.
Operating across Ireland, the UK, and mainland Europe, the company has built a reputation for delivering technically complex projects safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. Their commissioning teams play a critical role in project success, ensuring systems are fully tested, validated, and handed over to clients without compromise.
The Role: Commissioning Manager
Based on a major data centre project in Fredericia, Denmark, the Commissioning Manager will take full responsibility for planning, coordinating, and delivering all turnover, testing, and commissioning activities across the project.
Reporting into senior project leadership, you will lead commissioning engineers, authorised persons, specialist vendors, subcontractors, and testing teams while acting as the primary commissioning interface with the client and consultant teams.
This is a key leadership position focused on programme delivery, commissioning strategy, quality control, stakeholder management, and successful project handover within a live mission-critical environment.
Must Have Requirements
You are an experienced Commissioning Manager with a strong background delivering complex M&E systems within data centres or other mission-critical environments.
You understand how commissioning integrates with construction, programme delivery, quality assurance, and client expectations. You are comfortable leading large multidisciplinary teams while maintaining control of documentation, reporting, testing procedures, and system handovers.
You possess strong technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders while driving successful project outcomes.
What's on Offer
Salary: €100,000 to €130,000 DOE
Benefits:
This is an opportunity to join one of Europe's leading engineering contractors on a flagship hyperscale data centre project in Denmark.
The company continues to secure major mission-critical projects across Europe, offering long-term career progression, technical development, and exposure to some of the most complex commissioning programmes currently under construction.
For experienced Commissioning Managers looking to move into a senior project leadership position within the data centre sector, few opportunities offer this level of responsibility, technical challenge, and future progression.
How to Apply
Call Stephen Nugent on 015314345 or email stephen@breaghrecruitment.com for a confidential discussion.
Why Breagh Recruitment
Breagh Recruitment are specialists in recruiting Commissioning Managers, Commissioning Engineers, Turnover Managers, Building Services Engineers, and M&E professionals across Ireland, the UK, and mainland Europe.
We work closely with leading contractors delivering data centres, pharmaceutical facilities, mission-critical infrastructure, and major industrial projects. If you're an experienced Commissioning Manager looking for your next challenge in Denmark or elsewhere across Europe, we can help identify opportunities that align with your technical expertise and long-term career goals.
Related roles: Commissioning Manager, Senior Commissioning Manager, Turnover Manager, Commissioning Lead, Building Services Manager, M&E Manager, Data Centre Commissioning Manager, Mission Critical Commissioning Lead.
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Location: Fredericia, Co Denmark
Company: International Engineering Contractor delivering Hyperscale Data Centre Projects across Europe
Package: €100,000 to €130,000 + full overseas package
The Company
This international engineering contractor has established itself as one of Europe's most respected delivery partners across the data centre, pharmaceutical, power, and mission-critical sectors. With a significant pipeline of hyperscale data centre projects throughout Europe, they continue to invest heavily in commissioning, quality assurance, and technical excellence.
Operating across Ireland, the UK, and mainland Europe, the company has built a reputation for delivering technically complex projects safely, efficiently, and to the highest standards. Their commissioning teams play a critical role in project success, ensuring systems are fully tested, validated, and handed over to clients without compromise.
The Role: Commissioning Manager
Based on a major data centre project in Fredericia, Denmark, the Commissioning Manager will take full responsibility for planning, coordinating, and delivering all turnover, testing, and commissioning activities across the project.
Reporting into senior project leadership, you will lead commissioning engineers, authorised persons, specialist vendors, subcontractors, and testing teams while acting as the primary commissioning interface with the client and consultant teams.
This is a key leadership position focused on programme delivery, commissioning strategy, quality control, stakeholder management, and successful project handover within a live mission-critical environment.
Must Have Requirements
- Must have 8+ years' experience in a commissioning, testing, turnover, or commissioning leadership role
- Proven experience required delivering data centre or other mission-critical construction projects
- Third level qualification in Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related discipline is required
- Strong leadership experience managing commissioning teams, specialist vendors, and project stakeholders
- Excellent reporting, planning, documentation, and programme management skills
- Experience delivering hyperscale data centres in Europe
- Integrated Systems Testing (IST) experience
- Previous Authorised Person responsibilities
- Experience working with large M&E contractors
- Exposure to pharmaceutical or critical infrastructure projects
- Membership of a relevant engineering institution
- Experience supporting tender reviews and bid submissions
- Knowledge of digital commissioning platforms and turnover systems
- Multi-country project delivery experience
- Lead all turnover, testing, and commissioning activities across the project
- Develop and implement commissioning plans, schedules, protocols, and system matrices
- Manage commissioning programme delivery in line with overall construction milestones
- Chair commissioning kick-off meetings and readiness reviews
- Lead commissionability reviews and provide sequencing input during project delivery
- Coordinate commissioning engineers, authorised persons, specialist testers, and vendors
- Ensure all system walk-downs and inspections are completed correctly
- Monitor installation quality and commissioning readiness across all systems
- Manage commissioning-related non-conformances and close-out activities
- Review and approve vendor SAT procedures and commissioning documentation
- Liaise closely with construction, engineering, QA/QC, and client teams
- Ensure all witness testing, sign-offs, and acceptance procedures are completed
- Track snagging, turnover, and final system close-out activities
- Oversee client training programmes and handover documentation
- Produce detailed commissioning reports for senior management and client stakeholders
- Support audits, inspections, and final project handover activities
You are an experienced Commissioning Manager with a strong background delivering complex M&E systems within data centres or other mission-critical environments.
You understand how commissioning integrates with construction, programme delivery, quality assurance, and client expectations. You are comfortable leading large multidisciplinary teams while maintaining control of documentation, reporting, testing procedures, and system handovers.
You possess strong technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders while driving successful project outcomes.
What's on Offer
Salary: €100,000 to €130,000 DOE
Benefits:
- Competitive overseas package
- Accommodation provided
- Flights and travel allowance
- Pension contribution
- Annual bonus
- Private healthcare
- Structured career progression
- Ongoing professional development
- Opportunity to work on major European data centre projects
- Long-term pipeline of work across Europe
This is an opportunity to join one of Europe's leading engineering contractors on a flagship hyperscale data centre project in Denmark.
The company continues to secure major mission-critical projects across Europe, offering long-term career progression, technical development, and exposure to some of the most complex commissioning programmes currently under construction.
For experienced Commissioning Managers looking to move into a senior project leadership position within the data centre sector, few opportunities offer this level of responsibility, technical challenge, and future progression.
How to Apply
Call Stephen Nugent on 015314345 or email stephen@breaghrecruitment.com for a confidential discussion.
Why Breagh Recruitment
Breagh Recruitment are specialists in recruiting Commissioning Managers, Commissioning Engineers, Turnover Managers, Building Services Engineers, and M&E professionals across Ireland, the UK, and mainland Europe.
We work closely with leading contractors delivering data centres, pharmaceutical facilities, mission-critical infrastructure, and major industrial projects. If you're an experienced Commissioning Manager looking for your next challenge in Denmark or elsewhere across Europe, we can help identify opportunities that align with your technical expertise and long-term career goals.
Related roles: Commissioning Manager, Senior Commissioning Manager, Turnover Manager, Commissioning Lead, Building Services Manager, M&E Manager, Data Centre Commissioning Manager, Mission Critical Commissioning Lead.
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