Senior Commissioning Manager - Mission Critical

Big-D Mission Critical is looking for a Senior Commissioning Manager who has experience leading commissioning strategy across multiple projects, ensuring consistency, quality, and alignment with project objectives. This role oversees commissioning managers and commissioning agents, supporting execution, performance, and the successful delivery of project outcomes.

This is a great opportunity to start a career with a company that is on a mission to be the most sought-after company in the business. We seek and employ exceptional, hard-working, lifetime learners; we give them the tools to succeed when we find them. We have a culture of growth and achievement powered by innovation, supported by purpose and joy.

This position can be based in Salt Lake City, UT or in a traveling role.

Education/Experience Requirements

• 8+ years commissioning or mission critical systems experience


• Program-level leadership experience


• Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and building controls systems


• Strong understanding of industry standards and guidelines related to construction and commissioning


• Campus or hyperscale programs preferred


• Owner/Operator-side commissioning experience preferred


• CxAlloy preferred


• Experience with commissioning tools, equipment, and software applications


• Effective project management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously


• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders including clients, user groups, and commissioning agents


• Proficient use of all Microsoft Office programs

Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned to meet business and project needs)

• Leads commissioning strategy across multiple projects


• Oversees commissioning managers and commissioning agents


• Develop and implement commissioning plans, schedules, and procedures for construction projects with commissioning agents, user groups, subcontractors, and construction team members


• Coordinate with design and construction teams to review project requirements and ensure that commissioning activities are integrated into the master project schedule


• Manage the commissioning process for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, building controls and other critical systems


• Manage pre-functional and functional testing of equipment and systems to verify proper installation and functionality


• Manage documentation of commissioning activities, test results, and equipment certifications


• Collaborate with user groups to ensure a smooth transition from construction to operation


• Solution-oriented troubleshooting


• Schedule and review factory witness testing


• Help coordinate and verify site acceptance verifications


• Ensure all testing L1-L5 is properly performed and documented


• Work with various manufactures, subcontractors, vendors and customer for equipment energizations and start-up


• Prepare for and manage materials necessary for commissioning process


• Write and track RFI’s and document general best practices and procedures


• Submit and track change orders


• Manage commissioning teams for each scope including mechanical, electrical, controls and CxA


• Develop comprehensive commissioning schedule and prepare for recovery


• Hold prep meetings, safety briefings and commissioning coordination meetings


• Review and approve testing scripts with CxA/customer and ensure feasibility with subcontractors


• Participate in job closeout process


• Monitors and enforces, along with project team, safety and OSHA standards to maintain safe working environment for all employees and site visitors


• Understands and can build a commissioning schedule


• Works with project team and subcontractors to ensure detailed commissioning schedule is met


• Proactively mitigate foreseen constraints, and assist in implementing plans to maintain or recover schedule


• Communicate unresolved constraints and impacts in a timely manner as well as plans to mitigate impacts


• Help ensure most up to date project documents are supplied to subcontractors and CxA


• Assist with redlining and updating drawings as you progress through commissioning


• Full understanding of commissioning process and able to provide quality control review of plans/specifications and documentation


• Responsible to provide technical and procedural commissioning direction to internal and external shareholders


• Understands equipment issue priorities and their effect on process, drives issue resolution


• Strong understanding of LOTO and energy management throughout testing evolutions

Benefits

• 100% Medical & Dental premiums paid for


• Health Savings Account (HSA) with Employer Contribution


• PTO & Holidays


• 401k with match


• Life Insurance & Disability paid for


• Supplemental Benefits available


• Company Vehicle 

NOTE: Interested applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and become the property of Big-D Construction. #LI-Onsite