Head of AI Factory Commissioning (AI)

Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; responsibility covers AI Factory projects across the Asia Pacific region.

Company

hirify.global Technologies designs, builds and operates energy-efficient AI infrastructure, including large-scale GPU cloud facilities and AI Factories.

What you will do

• Build, lead and develop the AI Factory commissioning function and its Commissioning Manager team.
• Define commissioning strategy, L1–L5 methodology, Integrated Systems Testing, acceptance criteria, standards and governance.
• Own the “ready for IT” gate and set handover standards covering documentation, training, known issues and operational readiness.
• Coordinate commissioning across Engineering & Technology, Construction/Delivery, Operations and AI Infrastructure Platform teams.
• Manage commissioning agents, budget, schedule, cost and portfolio risk while representing commissioning to executives, customers, partners and suppliers.
• Drive digital commissioning, automated testing, data-driven validation and lessons learned for future AI Factory designs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, or a related discipline.
• 12+ years of experience in mission-critical or data centre environments, including substantial commissioning programme leadership after a foundation in engineering design, delivery or operations.
• Experience leading and developing Commissioning Managers or multidisciplinary commissioning teams across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong understanding of L1–L5 commissioning and Integrated Systems Testing for large-scale critical power, liquid and air cooling, and controls systems.
• Experience building or maturing a commissioning function, methodology or standards in a growing organisation.
• Strong commercial acumen, including budget ownership and management of commissioning agents, contractors and OEMs.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and report clearly and credibly to executive leadership.
• Strong safety leadership record and an ownership and delivery mindset.

Nice to have

• Commissioning experience in high-density AI or HPC environments, including direct-to-chip liquid cooling combined with air-side cooling.
• Experience with hyperscale or GPU cloud builds and handover into IT or cluster commissioning.
• Experience introducing digital commissioning platforms and automated testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on AI Factories ranging from tens of megawatts to gigawatt scale across the Asia Pacific project pipeline.
• Build a culture focused on safety, ownership, technical rigour and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate across engineering, construction, operations, AI infrastructure and executive stakeholder groups.