Electrical Commissioning Lead

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 141,000 - 285,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Technical writing","Coordination","Risk escalation","Practical judgment","Safety focus"]

Own electrical commissioning planning and readiness for complex infrastructure projects, coordinating QA/QC inspections, deficiency capture, and test execution oversight. Review electrical design packages for commissionability and risk, develop commissioning procedures for energization and functional/integrated testing, and lead discipline-level review of results and corrective actions. Partner across electrical, mechanical, controls, and vendor teams to support turnover with complete documentation and acceptance evidence.

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Electrical Commissioning Lead

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Job Summary

Own electrical commissioning planning and readiness for complex infrastructure projects, coordinating QA/QC inspections, deficiency capture, and test execution oversight. Review electrical design packages for commissionability and risk, develop commissioning procedures for energization and functional/integrated testing, and lead discipline-level review of results and corrective actions. Partner across electrical, mechanical, controls, and vendor teams to support turnover with complete documentation and acceptance evidence.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • ā€¢Develop and maintain the electrical commissioning scope, readiness criteria, inspection strategy, and test execution plan.
  • ā€¢Review electrical design packages, specifications, submittals, method statements, sequence assumptions, and testing requirements for commissionability and risk.
  • ā€¢Coordinate electrical QA/QC inspections with contractors and vendor field/test engineers, including installation checks, pre-functional readiness, deficiency capture, and closeout tracking.
  • ā€¢Own electrical commissioning procedure development and review for startup, energization readiness, functional testing, failure mode validation, controls interfaces, and integrated systems testing inputs.
  • ā€¢Lead discipline-level review of electrical test results, deficiencies, corrective actions, and acceptance evidence, while maintaining commissioning dashboards and supporting turnover with complete documentation and records.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 141,000 - 285,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • ā€¢8+ years of electrical commissioning, electrical construction, field engineering, startup, testing, or owner representative experience on complex technical infrastructure projects.
  • ā€¢Strong knowledge of electrical distribution, backup/standby power systems, grounding and bonding, electrical controls/interfaces, protection concepts, and safe energization workflows.
  • ā€¢Experience reviewing commissioning specifications, inspection checklists, functional test scripts, vendor startup procedures, and test reports.
  • ā€¢Ability to coordinate field execution across contractors, equipment vendors, QA/QC teams, commissioning partners, and project leadership.
  • ā€¢Strong judgment around readiness, safety, sequencing, test prerequisites, and risk escalation.
Experience:8+ yearsData centerCommissioningUtility-scaleIndustrialManufacturingHigh-reliability facilities
Skills:Technical writingCoordinationRisk escalationPractical judgmentSafety focus
Licenses:PE license
Certifications:QCxPCxABCxPCCP
Tech Stack:Digital issue trackingCommissioning management platformsSchedule toolsField reporting workflows

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALLĀ·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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