[Hiring] Commissioning Subject Matter Expert @IREN

Role Description

The Commissioning Subject Matter Expert sets the discipline standard for commissioning across every IREN region and site. You will:

• Write and own IREN's commissioning specifications, acceptance criteria, and the standard against which the Commissioning Authority's test scripts are approved.
• Be the technical escalation point for the campus commissioning teams.
• Review Commissioning Authority deliverables and first-of-kind installations.
• Provide Engineering and Procurement technical input on designs, equipment, and commissioning scopes.

This is a program-level, senior individual-contributor role that stays with the Director rather than with one project, and it is one of the first hires into the function. The standards you write will be applied on every IREN site, by IREN's own commissioning crews and by the Commissioning Authorities IREN engages.

Electrical covers the power chain from the medium-voltage service to the rack:

• 4.16–34.5 kV distribution
• Switchgear
• Transformers
• Protection
• UPS
• Generators and paralleling
• Battery energy storage and on-site generation
• Busway and power distribution units
• Energization, NETA acceptance testing, and load testing that prove them

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Controls, or a related engineering field.
• 10+ years of data center or mission-critical commissioning, start-up, or engineering in the discipline, including large-scale programs and full Level 1 to Level 5 delivery.
• Demonstrated authorship of commissioning specifications, test procedures, or standards that were used across more than one project.
• Deep knowledge of data center electrical systems: medium-voltage distribution, switchgear, transformers and protection, UPS, generators and paralleling, battery energy storage, busway and power distribution, including how they are energized, tested, and accepted.
• Working knowledge of integrated systems testing across electrical, mechanical, and controls, and of electrical power monitoring systems.
• Experience reviewing and directing third-party commissioning authorities and equipment vendors.
• Able to travel up to 25% to IREN sites.
• Authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• BCxP or CCP held, plus a discipline credential such as NETA certification; PE license or chartered status.
• Commissioning of 34.5 kV class switchgear, protection coordination, battery energy storage, and on-site generation.
• Experience standing up commissioning in a new region or with a new commissioning authority.

Company Description

IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference. IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe, and APAC.