C&SP Europe, Installation & Commissioning Regional Lead

The European C&SP Solution centeris a centralised organisation dedicated to Data Center business across all countries/zones across Europe.

Our team has extensive experience in executing Data Center projects through innovative ways to deliver gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability, all in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Our passionate members offer forward-thinking technical and commercial solutions that can provide advantages for our customers. For instance, we help them defining and selecting suitable technologies and equipment, to optimise the balance between initial capital expenditure and overall life cycle costs of electrical and automation systems.

Our team is involved in all phases of the customer project life cycle: Specifications review, Design optimization, Qualification test definition and management, Manufacturing follow-up, testing and commissioning, Project Execution and Transfer of the next phases to Zones Solution centres.

Your role

You will act as the focal point for all Installation & Commissioning activities across a dedicated strategic customer account portfolio. Working closely with Regional Project Managers, Service Organizations, and execution teams, you will ensure projects are properly planned, resourced, and supported from Tender through Commissioning.

You will play a critical role in connecting project planning with field execution, driving execution readiness, resource optimization, standardization, and continuous improvement across the account portfolio.

Your missions

Tender Support

• Validate Installation & Commissioning execution strategies.
• Assess site complexity, commissioning requirements, and execution risks.
• Review installation and commissioning scopes.
• Estimate commissioning resource requirements and site support needs.
• Define competency requirements and required field profiles.
• Challenge project schedules from an execution readiness perspective.
• Support the development of realistic commissioning plans and milestones.
• Contribute to customer confidence by ensuring deliverable commitments are executable.

Planning & Resource Management

• Maintain and continuously update the account commissioning resource plan.
• Forecast future commissioning demand across the project portfolio.
• Identify capacity constraints and competency gaps.
• Support resource allocation decisions together with Regional PMs and Resource Managers.
• Coordinate with regional and global service organizations to secure required field resources.
• Anticipate workload peaks and develop mitigation plans.
• Improve visibility of future commissioning requirements to enhance workforce planning.
• Support long-term competency and staffing strategies for strategic customer accounts.

Execution Support

• Support Regional Project Managers throughout project delivery.
• Monitor commissioning readiness and execution preparedness.
• Ensure standard commissioning methodologies are applied consistently.
• Review commissioning plans and critical project milestones.
• Facilitate issue resolution when challenges arise on-site.
• Coordinate technical expert and escalation support when required.
• Support recovery plans for projects experiencing commissioning delays or execution risks.
• Track Installation & Commissioning KPIs and execution performance indicators.
• Promote first-time-right execution and continuous reduction of site rework.

Continuous Improvement

• Capture and deploy Lessons Learned across projects and regions.
• Develop and maintain I&C best practices, tools, and frameworks.
• Support onboarding, coaching, and competency development of local execution teams.
• The role is based in Europe.You may be required to travel 40% of the time.

What we are looking for

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Installation, Commissioning, Field Services, or Project Execution.
• Proven experience in managing commissioning activities on large and complex projects.
• Experience working within Data Center, Secure Power, or Critical Power environments is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting multi-country project portfolios.
• Experience coordinating remote and cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of project execution lifecycle from Tender through Commissioning.
• Fluent in English.

Education

• University master’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical discipline.
• Project Management and/or Commissioning certifications are considered a plus.
• Knowledge of Schneider Electric Secure Power portfolio is highly desirable.

Your skills

• Strong leadership and influencing skills in a matrix organization.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Strong planning, forecasting, and resource management capabilities.
• Ability to identify and mitigate execution risks proactively.
• Deep understanding of commissioning methodologies and field execution best practices.
• Strong customer-focus and service mindset.
• Excellent problem-solving and escalation management skills.
• Ability to coach, mentor, and develop execution teams.
• Continuous improvement mindset with strong lessons learned discipline.
• Ability to work autonomously while driving alignment across multiple stakeholders.
• Knowledge of digital tools, reporting platforms, and project execution systems.
• We know skills and competencies show up in many ways and can be based on your life experience. If you do not necessarily meet all the requirements that are listed, we still encourage you to apply.

This role offers you

This is a unique opportunity to shape the Installation & Commissioning strategy of one of Schneider Electric's most strategic Cloud & Service Provider accounts. You will directly contribute to improving delivery performance, reducing execution risks, optimizing resource utilization, and enhancing customer satisfaction across a large-scale international project portfolio.

Information about the selection process

If you are interested in this position, please send us your CV in English language. We really appreciate your job application. Please mind we will contact only candidates meeting our job requirements.

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