Principal Operational Readiness Engineer

About the role

This role is focused on design compliance, operational readiness, and cross-functional coordination across all phases of design, construction, commissioning, fit-out, and operational handoff.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior technical leader responsible for stabilizing and driving execution of complex data center projects across CoreWeave’s infrastructure portfolio.
• Perform deep operational and technical reviews of projects to identify gaps in process execution, design validation, construction coordination, turnover readiness, and quality assurance practices.
• Evaluate whether critical infrastructure systems, construction activities, commissioning efforts, and operational handoff procedures are being executed in accordance with project requirements, standards, and best practices.
• Identify deficiencies, breakdowns in coordination, incomplete validations, and missing controls that could impact schedule, reliability, scalability, or operational readiness.
• Develop and drive corrective action, mitigation, and recovery plans through resolution for distressed or high-risk infrastructure projects.
• Partner closely with Design, Construction, Operations, Network Engineering, Commissioning, and external contractors to improve coordination, strengthen execution discipline, and ensure projects are delivered to CoreWeave’s operational and technical standards.
• Review project documentation including construction drawings, MEP designs, RFIs, submittals, schedules, turnover packages, and change orders to validate project readiness and execution quality.
• Monitor project dependencies, sequencing, and critical path risks across large-scale data center build and fit-out programs.
• Support the successful turnover of projects into operations by validating readiness, identifying gaps, and driving issue resolution before handoff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in data center design, construction, commissioning, or operational readiness within mission-critical environments.
• Strong technical understanding of mechanical and electrical infrastructure systems including power distribution, cooling systems, controls, generators, UPS systems, and critical plant operations.
• Proven experience managing distressed or high-risk infrastructure projects and driving corrective action plans to successful completion.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly assess active project sites, identify execution risks, and develop mitigation and recovery strategies.
• Deep knowledge of construction sequencing, scheduling, turnover planning, and fit-out coordination for large-scale data center projects.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating across design teams, general contractors, commissioning agents, vendors, and operations organizations.
• Strong understanding of project scheduling methodologies, construction dependencies, and critical path management.
• Experience reviewing and interpreting construction drawings, MEP designs, RFIs, submittals, and change orders.
• Proficiency with project management and scheduling tools such as Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.
• Ability to lead technical issue resolution and drive decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups in dynamic project environments.

Qualifications

• Preferred Professional Engineer (PE), PMP, or commissioning-related certification.
• Experience supporting hyperscale, HPC, or AI-focused data center environments.
• Familiarity with commissioning processes, integrated systems testing (IST), and operational turnover procedures.
• Experience working across global or multi-region data center deployment programs.
• Knowledge of industry standards including Uptime Institute, NFPA, ASHRAE, and IEEE.