Campus Commissioning Manager
Microsoft· Reliability Engineering
Hybrid (Tokyo)Full-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (MCO+I) Commissioning team delivering end-to-end data centre capacity. The Campus Commissioning Manager will manage commissioning of data center projects in the Tokyo Metro, NEA region and support other APAC commissioning projects, ensuring adherence to Microsoft standards and driving scope, schedule, and budget.
Responsibilities
- Reports to the CO+I NEA Sub-Region Commissioning Lead
- Primary responsibility for commissioning lease projects in Japan and with secondary responsibility for other CO+I commissioning projects in NEA region
- Create and/or maintain best practices to identify and incorporate quality and cost-effective solutions
- Manage the contracted Commissioning Agent assigned to Data Center construction projects in the assigned metro
- Development of Commissioning Procedures and Standards
- Construction site inspections to review QA/QC and commissioning process
- Drive the project Commissioning process including scope and schedule
- Travel required
- Regularly reviews Construction Progress, QA/QC, Commissioning progress, issues, and KPI metrics to report to management
- Coordinate meetings and activities of vendor project managers including integration of lessons learned
- Manage client representatives and partners to define and align on scope, schedule, and budget
- Attend scheduled owner/architect/contractor (OAC) and other project meetings, and report as necessary
- Report Project Progress on scope, schedule, and budget weekly or as required
- Responsible for developing, managing, and reporting on scope, schedule of the Commissioning Process for CO+I Projects
- Manage the Commissioning process for assigned metro projects
- Reporting of the Commissioning process to management on a regular basis
- Work independently in support of the CO+I Program
- Manage data center commissioning project delivery strategy in alignment with the CO+I road map strategy
- Refine practices/policies and develop methods/techniques for driving solutions including development of commissioning procedures
- Provides input into a long-term delivery strategy and incorporates requirements into the project execution plans
- Provide Vendor oversight and performance management (Scorecard driven)
- Preparation of RFP's, PER's, and other project approval tools & templates
- Relocation required to defined location
Qualifications
- 7+ years relevant technical engineering experience
- Or Bachelor's Degree/Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Services, Technology, Computer Science or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience
- At least 5 years’ experience in Data Center facility construction and/or commissioning
- At least 5 years of construction experience
- At least 5 years of experience with electrical and mechanical test equipment
- Data Center Commissioning
- Construction QA/QC
- Project Management
- Data Center Operation and Maintenance
- Understanding of UPS systems, switchgear, generators and critical mechanical systems
- Able to develop and write detailed Commissioning Scripts
- Issue identification and resolution management
- Proficiency with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Visio, MS Project, MS Teams
- Business level English and Japanese language skills.
Skills
Required:CommissioningProject managementVendor managementQA/QCMS Office & collaboration tools
Last updated Aug 20, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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