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Senior Offsite Commissioning Manager

OUR PROMISE TO YOU

Holder is a performance-based company with an excellent career development program which provides our associates a great opportunity to increase roles/responsibilities quickly. We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package which includes paid time off, health, life, dental, vision, and a 401(k) retirement plan. We also offer differential pay for night and swing shift.

Flexible hours are available for interviews.

Holder is committed to Equal Opportunity Employment (EOE).

Substance abuse testing and a background screening is a condition of employment.

Senior Offsite Commissioning Manager

MEP Building Technology

Herndon, Virginia

Senior Offsite Commissioning Manager

 

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Review submittals, owner standards, specifications, and contract documents for familiarity and to ensure proper coordination with the onsite commissioning team.
  • Review design documents, specifications, and submittals to verify commissioning requirements and test criteria.
  • Review Factory Witness Testing (FWT) / Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) scripts and provide comments as necessary.
  • Develop and manage the offsite commissioning plan, schedule, and resource allocation across multiple vendors and pre-fabrication sites.
  • Develop and maintain commissioning checklists, test scripts, and verification documents.
  • Develop/maintain the proper touch points with vendors/ integrators/ owners and onsite project teams to ensure equipment readiness and commissioning progress goals are met.
  • Attend and host Factory Witness Testing (FWT) / Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT). Create, provide formal reporting, and action items upon completion.
  • Oversee component verification documentation. Verify fabrication of equipment and ensure QA/QC oversight and compliance with specifications and owner standards.
  • Validate equipment performance, integration points, controls programming, and quality standards prior to shipment.
  • Manage vendor equipment reports for shipment approval prior to each equipment delivery and shipment deviation requests for equipment that is not completed prior to shipment.
  • Identify issues or non-conformance early and drive corrective action with vendors and trade partners.
  • Review L2 inspections which include, First of a Kind (FOAK)mock-up, set in place inspections, pre-energization inspection, and final clean inspections.
  • Ensure offsite commissioning activities align with project milestones and offsite production schedules.
  • Travel as necessary to vendor/ integrator facilities to ensure scopes of work are on target as well as for any offsite testing or commissioning activities.
  • Monitor progress and escalate risks impacting downstream construction or commissioning activities.
  • Provide regular progress updates and risk summaries to the project team and leadership.
  • Implement mitigation strategies to protect project timelines and onsite commissioning phases.
  • Work closely with project managers, design engineers, field commissioning teams, and quality control personnel.
  • Ensure a seamless transition from offsite commissioning to onsite installation and commissioning activities
  • Coordinate with Site QA/QC/MEP Team Lead and trade partners for inspection paperwork, manage and train the team on software tools required to manage and execute the quality program.

 

Requirements for this position include:

 

  • Either a B.S. in Electrical/ Mechanical Engineering or related Construction/Engineering degree with the following:
    • 7 + years’ experience in commissioning, startup, or equipment testing experience (electrical, controls, integrated systems)

OR

  • High School Diploma with the following:
    •  10 + years’ experience in commissioning, startup, or equipment testing experience (electrical, controls, integrated systems)
  • Willingness to relocate to Herndon, VA
  • Travel to Manufacturing Facilities Required as necessary
  • Familiarity with a broad range of Mission Critical Data Center Equipment
  • Familiarity with Modular Construction and/or equipment integration
  • Ability to read and understand construction plans, specifications, and technical equipment submittals including identification of errors or redundancies for resolution by others.
  • Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage trade-offs, and evaluate new ideas with internal and external partners.
  • Experience in data centers, industrial manufacturing, semiconductor, or mission-critical environments.
  • Familiarity in utilizing and managing various Commissioning Management software’s such as CXAlloy and BIM360
  • Outstanding Communication and Time Management Skills
  • Proven problem-solving skills. Able to solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
  • Ability to work in a collaborative environment including:
    • Accepts and adapts to change in a professionally appropriate and thoughtful manner
    • Effectively communicates and listens
    • Looks to continually improve and grow
    • Presents ideas in a manner that is clear, concise, and easy to understand
    • Able to handle confrontation in a professional and constructive manner
  • Proven ability to develop the team around them including:
    • Enables others to act
    • Emphasizes the importance of people’s contributions
    • Engages others and encourages high performance
    • Engages in radical candor that develops others while being professional and respectful
    • Willing to accept constructive criticism from others to improve themselves

     

     

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