OpenAI
Electrical Commissioning Lead
$177K–$285K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Aug 9, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years; experience may be in electrical commissioning, electrical construction, field engineering, startup, testing, or owner representative work.
About the job
Leads electrical commissioning planning, readiness, quality coordination, and test oversight to ensure project systems are safe to energize and ready for functional and integrated testing.
What you'll do
- Develop commissioning scope, readiness criteria, inspection strategy, and test plans; review designs and procedures for commissionability and risk.
- Coordinate inspections, vendor support, energization, testing, deficiency resolution, and acceptance evidence.
- Track commissioning status and risks, coordinate cross-discipline testing, and support complete operational turnover.
What they ask for
- 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.
- Experience reviewing commissioning specifications, inspection checklists, functional test scripts, vendor startup procedures, and test reports.
- Able to coordinate field execution across project teams and be onsite during critical installation, startup, energization, and testing windows.
Nice to have
- Owner-side or commissioning agent experience on mission-critical, utility-scale, industrial, manufacturing, data center, or other high-reliability facilities.
- Professional engineering, electrical license, commissioning credential, or equivalent field qualification; integrated systems testing experience is also preferred.
Pay
$177K – $285K (base salary)
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