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Electrical Commissioning Lead

OpenAI· Scaling
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San FranciscoFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Electrical Commissioning Lead responsible for planning, readiness, quality coordination, and test execution oversight of electrical systems on a project, ensuring systems are inspectable, testable, safe to energize, and ready for integrated testing. On-site role with 100% onsite presence in Texas or Georgia.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain the electrical commissioning scope, readiness criteria, inspection strategy, and test execution plan.
  • Review electrical design packages, specifications, submittals, method statements, sequence assumptions, and testing requirements for commissionability and risk.
  • Coordinate electrical QA/QC inspections with contractors and vendor field/test engineers, including installation checks, pre-functional readiness, deficiency capture, and closeout tracking.
  • Own electrical commissioning procedure development and review, including startup, energization readiness, functional testing, failure mode validation, controls interfaces, and integrated systems testing inputs.
  • Coordinate with equipment vendors on factory/site acceptance requirements, startup support, test prerequisites, documentation packages, and vendor participation during critical tests.
  • Support energization planning, switching and safety coordination, access sequencing, temporary conditions, witness points, and hold points.
  • Lead discipline-level review of electrical test results, deficiencies, corrective actions, retest requirements, and acceptance evidence.
  • Maintain electrical commissioning dashboards and status inputs for the Commissioning Project Lead, including risk items, resource needs, test readiness, and issue aging.
  • Partner with the Mechanical Commissioning Lead on cross-discipline dependencies, including controls, life safety interfaces, heat load testing, power-to-mechanical coordination, and integrated testing scenarios.
  • Support turnover by confirming electrical documentation, as-built evidence, test records, and outstanding issue disposition are complete and usable by operations.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of electrical commissioning, electrical construction, field engineering, startup, testing, or owner representative experience on complex technical infrastructure projects.
  • Strong knowledge of electrical distribution, backup or standby power systems, grounding and bonding, electrical controls/interfaces, protection concepts, and safe energization workflows as applicable to the project scope.
  • Experience reviewing commissioning specifications, inspection checklists, functional test scripts, vendor startup procedures, and test reports.
  • Ability to coordinate field execution across contractors, equipment vendors, QA/QC teams, commissioning partners, and project leadership.
  • Strong practical judgment around readiness, safety, sequencing, test prerequisites, and risk escalation.
  • Comfort working in construction environments with evolving schedules and multiple parallel work fronts.
  • Clear technical writing skills and discipline in maintaining logs, test evidence, issue records, and decision history.
  • Ability to be present at the project site during critical electrical installation, startup, energization, and testing windows.

Skills

Required:Electrical commissioning managementQA/QC coordinationTest planning and executionCross-discipline coordination
Nice to have:Electrical design review

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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