The successful Senior Building Commissioning Engineer candidate will have ten or more years of project management experience with mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and building automation systems, including design, controls systems integration and implementation, troubleshooting, testing, adjusting, balancing and facility operations.

This person will have hands-on building automation controls commissioning, equipment start-up, and operations experience.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license

• Certified Commissioning Authority (CxA) or equivalent

• Completed Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field

• Strong controls experience

• Electrical systems experience preferred

• Demonstrated project management and leadership experience is a must

Past Experience

Qualified applicants will have experience in these areas:

• Commissioning of mechanical HVAC equipment, knowledge, and experience (at least 3 years of experience)

• Design of mechanical HVAC equipment, knowledge, and experience (at least 3 years of experience)

• Digital lighting controls (at least 2 years of experience)

• Digital HVAC controls (at least 2 years of experience)

• Developing mechanical and lighting controls sequence of operations

• Reading control diagrams

• Energy management system monitoring and control

• Energy auditing and analysis

• Leading contractor and consultant commissioning meetings

• Creating and maintaining commissioning issues logs

Qualified and experienced applicants will be expected to independently lead and manage building commissioning projects from award to close-out and turnover to client.
This includes:

• Performing advanced commissioning focused reviews of MEP design documents, 50% CD, 100% CD, and DSA drawings and specifications, building controls system sequences, and equipment submittals.

• Reviewing the Owner’s Project Requirements and Basis of Design documents.

• Reviewing MEP system controls sequences and participating in meetings to clarify and improve performance.

• Actively participating in design review meetings with Owners, Architects and Engineers.

• Scheduling and conducting various California Title 24 commissioning design review meetings.

• Compiling all mandated commissioning California Title 24 compliance form documents.

• Proficiently generating all supporting Cx documentation, including commissioning plans and commissioning specifications, project specific pre-functional and functional performance testing procedures, and writing commissioning reports.

• Developing, maintaining, and distributing both design and construction phase issues logs, with a focus on expediting issues resolution.

• Performing construction site visits to identify and document discrepancies, including generating site visit reports summarizing each visit through all project phases.

• Leading and completing functional performance testing with support from commissioning team members, as applicable.

• Possessing thorough knowledge and understanding of building automation systems (BAS) and being able to use and manipulate BAS independently from contractors/owner personnel.

• Demonstrating in-depth knowledge and understanding of systems and equipment to the extent

• Ability to read and thoroughly understand MEP and architectural construction documents, plans, specifications, etc.

• Strong familiarity with cloud-based construction and commissioning platforms (ProCore, Bluebeam, BlueRithm, etc).

• Demonstrating exceptional communication skills in all situations.

• Maintaining a high level of transparency and open communication in a virtual and remote work environment.

Demonstrate exceptional project management skills:

• Managing time and budget for each project to ensure tasks are completed in a timely manner, with enough planning to avoid delays, ensuring client and company needs are being met and avoid cost overruns.

• Providing clear, transparent and regular status updates on projects.

• Training junior-level staff (Cx specialists and Cx Engineers) to increase their technical knowledge of commissioned systems.

• Managing multiple projects of varying sizes and complexities.

• Coordinating commissioning activities into a project construction schedules.

Alpers Engineering Group serves clients throughout the Southern California region, and requires travel for this employment position. The successful candidate will work out of a home office in an 80/20 hybrid structure and be able and willing to travel to project sites regularly to complete work to meet project demands.

Alpers Engineering Group provides comprehensive benefits to employees including health, disability, and life insurance, along with a 401k plan with company-matching percentage. Alpers Engineering Group also promotes a flexible home office / remote work environment that encourages a healthy work-life balance.

Competitive salary, along with bonus structure, are commensurate with experience and qualifications.