M/E Engineering · 1 month ago
Senior Commissioning Agent
M/E Engineering, now Salas O’Brien Consulting and Engineering Group of New York, Inc., is seeking a Senior Commissioning Agent in their Rochester, NY office. The role involves overseeing commissioning projects, developing plans, coordinating work phases, and ensuring compliance with project specifications and objectives.
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Responsibilities
Possesses a professional attitude showing interest in M/E's reputation and growth
A fully competent engineer in all conventional aspects of the area of their assignment
Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in independent evaluation, selection, adoption and modifications of standard techniques and procedures
Works with the Group Manager to finalize Project Scope and Schedule of tasks and deliverables
Is assisted on projects by other Engineers and/or Designers
Estimates workforce needs and schedules and assigns work to meet completion date
Assembles commissioning team and holds a scoping meeting to identify responsibilities for all parties
Develops commissioning plan and update as required
Chairs commissioning meetings as required
Reviews the owner objectives documentation for clarity and completeness
Coordinates the commissioning work during all phases of the project
Conducts reviews of the design, drawings, and specifications at various stages of development
Develops a design review report including all design related comments, suggestions, recommendations, and cost implications
Develops project commissioning specifications
Reviews and accepts contractor submittals applicable to systems being commissioned
Reviews trade coordination drawings or building model
Develops and distributes pre-functional checklists
Reviews and comments on contractor start-up and initial systems checkout plan
Performs site visits to observe project progress and attend selected jobsite meetings
Witnesses and documents HVAC piping pressure test and flushing
Witnesses and documents ductwork testing and cleaning
Documents construction checklist completion
Documents systems startups
Reviews air and water systems balancing reports
Develops functional performance test procedures for equipment and systems to be commissioned
Verifies accuracy of air and water testing and balance reports
Analyzes D.D.C. system trend logs
Coordinates, witnesses and documents functional performance tests performed by installing contractors
Maintains a masters issue log
Reviews equipment warranties and convey owner's responsibilities
Oversees and approves the training of the owner's personnel
Reviews and accepts the operating and maintenance manuals for commissioned equipment
Compiles a commissioning record, which includes a summary report, listing of all outstanding non-compliance items along with recommendations for improvements. Each non-compliance issue shall be referenced to the specific functional test, inspection, trend log, etc., where the deficiency is documented
Includes Issues log, commissioning plan progress reports, submittal and operating and maintenance manual reviews, training record, test schedules, construction checklists, start-up reports, functional test procedures, and trend log analysis
Coordinates and supervises required off-season or deferred testing
Conducts 10-month to 12-month warranty period review
Develops a pre-warranty expiration report outlining any deficiencies that should be brought to the attention of the representative contractor(s) prior to warranty expiration
Documents building current operating conditions
Performs site surveys of building systems
Develops retro-commissioning plans and testing documentation
Performs system diagnostics and field testing
Develops a final report addressing results of retro-commissioning process and recommendations for system improvements
Provides owner training regarding proper system operation and maintenance
Compiles a client system manual to use as a tool in long term system operation and maintenance
Performs all other related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Eight years of experience in project commissioning or design
Possesses at least one Professional Commissioning Accreditation
Preferred
Bachelor or Associate of Applied Science Degree
Preferably has a LEED AP BD+C
Company
M/E Engineering
M/E Engineering provides mechanical and electrical engineering services including initial programming, planning and feasibility studies; schematic design and systems life cycle cost analysis; design development and value engineering; engineers’ estimates of probable construction costs; and production of construction drawings and specifications.