Commissioning Consultant II

Summary

Join Cornerstone Commissioning, a leading commissioning firm, as a Commissioning Specialist/Engineer. This remote position, based in Northern California, offers the opportunity to lead and manage MEP commissioning projects from award to client turnover. You will develop commissioning practices, support client relationships, review design documents, generate documentation using BlueRithm software, perform site visits, and lead integrated system tests. The role requires strong communication, project management, and technical skills in MEP and BAS systems. Cornerstone provides competitive salaries, a bonus program, comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401k, paid time off, and disability insurance.

Requirements

• Requires 2 - 8 years of experience in the commissioning or building controls industry
• Demonstrate exceptional oral, written communication, and project management skills
• Must have some technical competencies in Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and building automation systems
• A combination of education, experience and training may meet requirements
• Demonstrate exceptional communication skills in all situations
• Be effective at motivating project teams to engage in the commissioning process
• Strong oral and group dynamic skills are required. Must be able to professionally lead meetings and technical projects with a broad audience of varying skills and backgrounds
• Be a proficient writer who can succinctly communicate and manage information throughout all phases of a project (including commissioning documentation, reports, emails, etc.)
• Maintain a high level of transparency and open communication in a virtual, remote work environment
• Conduct all communication in a winsome way
• Possess and continually develop technical competencies related to MEP, BAS, and associated specialty systems
• Be able to read and understand MEP and architectural construction documents
• Perform and collaborate with hands-on troubleshooting of MEP and BAS controls systems. “Hands-on” means connecting our PCs to a building control system to monitor and evaluate system performance
• Specific to Cornerstone: have a strong, fundamental knowledge of MEP and life safety systems related to biomedical research facilities

Responsibilities

• Develop fundamental commissioning practices and technical competencies related to building Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and building automation control systems
• Support client relationships for multiple commissioning projects
• Support reviews of MEP design documents: drawings and specifications and equipment submittals to ensure owner’s project requirements are met
• Reviewing MEP system controls sequences and participating in meetings to clarify and improve the sequences through final version
• Proficiently generating all Cx documentation including commissioning plans, commissioning specifications and commissioning reports using company templates and standards in BlueRithm (Cornerstone’s commissioning software)
• Generating pre-functional checklists using company templates and standards, then performing and documenting pre-functional checks of installed equipment on site, coordinating, and building rapport with contractors in the process
• Performing construction site visits to review installation progress and readiness of systems for testing and to identify and document discrepancies and issue resolution
• Generating Commissioning Issues Reports (CIRs) to document issues and discrepancies discovered on site
• Writing system-specific functional performance test scripts from equipment submittals and final control sequences, using company templates and standards
• Possessing thorough knowledge and understanding of the Building Automation System (BAS) and being able to use and manipulate BAS independently from contractors/owner personnel to review trends, alarm history and perform zone (room) performance testing
• Leading, documenting, performing, and troubleshooting integrated system tests (aka, system failure scenarios)

Preferred Qualifications

Specific to Cornerstone: have a strong, fundamental knowledge of MEP and life safety systems related to biomedical research facilities

Benefits

• Salary range of $90,000- $132,000 annually
• Eligible to participate in the annual bonus program
• Medical, vision and dental insurance
• 401(k) plan with a company matching contribution
• Long-term disability, short-term disability, and life insurance
• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) and company paid holidays