Senior Project Engineer, Commissioning - Data Center Facilities

Ramboll • Glen Allen, VA

1d • $140,000 - $165,000

About The Position

Ramboll’s Data Center Facilities team provides data center strategy, planning, design, integration, commissioning, and testing services for enterprise, institutional, web-scale, service-provider, and colocation clients. The Senior Project Engineer will lead commissioning activities for large-scale facility and data center projects, with responsibility for planning, directing, documenting, and executing on-site testing. The candidate may be based anywhere in the Continental United States, and travel to client sites is required.

The role involves reviewing project documentation, developing and executing commissioning procedures and functional performance tests, managing commissioning records and reports, and coordinating with clients, contractors, vendors, technicians, and internal engineering teams. The engineer will also support project management by coordinating resources, maintaining schedules, and ensuring commissioning work is completed safely, accurately, and on time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent military or industrial training.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience, including at least 5 years of direct data center commissioning experience.
• Previous data center and/or mission-critical facility experience.
• Experience commissioning and/or maintaining electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience working with general contractors and communicating project requirements and expectations effectively.
• Knowledge of major regulations, industry codes and standards, construction materials, means, and methods.
• Data center commissioning experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead commissioning activities for mechanical and/or electrical systems, including planning, directing, documenting, and executing on-site testing for large-scale facility and data center projects.
• Review design criteria, specifications, drawings, equipment submittals, and commissioning plans for compliance with project requirements and quality standards.
• Develop, coordinate, and execute commissioning procedures, functional performance tests, factory witness tests, and site-specific commissioning plans for systems including HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, fuel oil, and BMS controls.
• Manage commissioning deliverables, including logs, equipment checklists, test documentation, deficiency reports, progress reports, meeting minutes, and final commissioning reports.
• Lead commissioning meetings and collaborate with clients, contractors, vendors, testing technicians, and internal engineering teams to support project execution and resolve commissioning issues.
• Support project management by coordinating resources, maintaining schedules, providing client service, and ensuring commissioning activities are completed safely, accurately, and on time.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package supporting well-being, professional development, and work-life balance.
• May be eligible for bonus, overtime, or other forms of compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior