Senior Manager, Commissioning & Controls

Crusoe is on a mission to accelerate the abundance of energy and intelligence. As the only vertically integrated AI infrastructure company built from the ground up, we own and operate each layer of the stack — from electrons to tokens — to power the world’s most ambitious AI workloads. When you join Crusoe, you join a team that is building the future, faster. We’re in the midst of the greatest industrial revolution of our time. The demand for AI compute is boundless, and power is a bottleneck. We’re solving that — with an energy‑first approach that makes AI infrastructure better for the world and faster for the people innovating with AI. We’re looking for problem‑solving, opportunity‑finding teammates with a sense of urgency, who believe in the scale of our ambition and thrive on a path not fully paved — people who want to grow their careers alongside a team of experts across energy, manufacturing, data center construction, and cloud services. If you want to do the most meaningful work of your career, help our customers and partners advance their AI strategies, and be part of a high‑performing team that believes in each other, come build with us at Crusoe. About the Role: The Senior Director of Commissioning & Controls will lead the strategy, execution, and governance of the commissioning program and Building Management System (BMS)/Controls architecture across Crusoe’s hyperscale data center portfolio. This leader ensures all mechanical, electrical, and controls systems perform reliably, safely, and efficiently from design through operations. This role is central to Crusoe’s rapid hyperscale development program and is responsible for delivering consistent, concurrently maintainable, Tier III+ facilities that support AI/HPC workloads at industry‑leading PUE and uptime performance. What You’ll Be Working On: Commissioning Program Leadership (Cx / ICx) Own the end‑to‑end commissioning strategy for all Crusoe data center sites (400 MW hyperscale campuses). Develop and enforce Crusoe’s Commissioning Standards, documentation, test scripts, and functional performance tests for all MEP/controls assets. Lead Integrated Systems Testing (IST) and coordinate with design, construction, vendors, and operations stakeholders. Drive “startup readiness” for new sites, ensuring clear deliverables, redlines, turnover packages, O&M material, and lessons learned. Oversee third‑party commissioning agents, ensuring alignment with Crusoe standards, safety, reliability, and concurrency requirements. Enforce quality control for critical systems: medium voltage, UPS, battery, generators, switchgear, mechanical plants, CRAH/CRAC, pumps, valves, SCADA/BMS, and emerging AI cooling technologies. Controls & Automation Leadership (BMS/EPMS/SCADA) Own Crusoe’s global Controls architecture: BMS, EPMS, SCADA, PLC‑based sequences, and site‑level monitoring systems. Define and maintain standards for sequences of operation (SOO), alarming, redundancy, failover logic, and trending. Partner with Engineering to design future‑ready, scalable, secure controls systems for 400 MW campuses. Ensure cyber‑security, segmentation, and VLAN strategy for controls networks. Standardize controls vendors, protocols, and integration approach across all campuses. Build governance for change control across all facility controls programming and logic modifications. Pre‑Construction, Design & Engineering Support Review and influence design packages for controls, MEP systems, sensors, integration, and redundancy. Validate controls sequences for Tier III+ concurrent maintainability and safe failover behavior. Collaborate with Engineering on equipment selection, system modeling, and performance optimization for AI/HPC cooling loads. Operational Readiness & Turnover to Facilities Lead facility activation: hot testing, staff training, documentation transfer, and reliability validation. Ensure that all commissioning artifacts feed into Operations, Maintenance, Asset Management, and CMMS platforms. Develop operational playbooks, SOPs/MOPs for controls changes, and emergency response procedures. Continuous Improvement, QA/QC, and Reliability Build a structured quality assurance and controls audit program for all operating sites. Investigate failures, alarms, and system anomalies to drive root cause analysis (RCA). Benchmark controls and commissioning design performance to refine Crusoe’s standards. Lead lessons‑learned programs, feeding back into design, vendors, and construction partners. Leadership, Team Development & Vendor Management Build and lead a specialized team of commissioning managers, controls engineers, and integration specialists. Manage vendor performance for commissioning agents, BMS integrators, EPS/EPMS integrators, and OEM control teams. Represent commissioning and controls functions at key internal forums, executive reviews, and technical governance boards. What You’ll Bring to the Team: 10+ years experience in data center commissioning, controls engineering, or mission‑critical facility operations. Strong background with BMS, EPMS, SCADA, PLC logic, and MEP systems. Demonstrated experience leading commissioning programs for hyperscale/large‑scale campuses (≥50 MW preferred). Deep fluency in Tier III/Tier III+ design principles, redundancy strategies, and failover logic. Strong project management skills with the ability to drive multiple simultaneous sites. Proven ability to lead cross‑functional teams across engineering, construction, vendors, and operations. Bonus Points Experience with high‑density/AI cooling technologies. PE license, PMP, or CxA certification. Experience developing enterprise controls standards across multiple geographies. Previous experience in a fast‑growth, startup or scale‑up environment. Benefits: Industry competitive pay Restricted Stock Units in a fast growing, well‑funded technology company Health insurance package options that include HDHP and PPO, vision, and dental for you and your dependents Employer contributions to HSA accounts Paid Parental Leave Paid life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability Teladoc 401(k) with a 100% match up to 4% of salary Generous paid time off and holiday schedule Cell phone reimbursement Tuition reimbursement Subscription to the Calm app MetLife Legal Company paid commuter benefit; $300/month Compensation Range Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $XXX,XXX -$XXX,XXX + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers. Compensation to be determined by the applicants knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Crusoe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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