Lead LSS CSU Engr

Job Summary:

The Life Safety Commissioning Engineer serves as the senior technical authority and discipline lead for Fire and Life Safety Systems on large, complex, and mission-critical projects, including hyperscale data centers, semiconductor manufacturing facilities, and life sciences installations. This role is responsible for planning, coordinating, validating, testing, and commissioning critical life safety systems to ensure compliance with applicable codes, regulatory requirements, project specifications, and operational objectives.

Within semiconductor facilities, the engineer verifies and integrates highly specialized systems, such as fire detection and suppression, hazardous gas monitoring, smoke control, emergency communications, and related life safety infrastructure. The engineer ensures these systems function as designed and meet stringent safety, reliability, and operational requirements before fabrication facilities become operational.

Acting as the primary on-site technical lead, the position works closely with engineering, construction, operations, vendors, equipment suppliers, commissioning teams, and Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) to develop and execute comprehensive testing and validation programs.

• Leading commissioning activities for fire and life safety systems from construction completion through startup and handover.
• Developing commissioning plans, test procedures, integrated systems testing protocols, and acceptance criteria.
• Managing functional performance testing of fire alarm, clean agent suppression, sprinkler, foam, smoke control, emergency communication, hazardous gas detection, and related systems.
• Coordinating with contractors, vendors, design teams, operations personnel, and AHJs to resolve deficiencies and achieve system acceptance.
• Verifying compliance with applicable NFPA standards, International Building Code, International Fire Code, local regulations, and client-specific requirements.
• Supporting integrated systems testing to validate interactions between fire protection, building management, process safety, HVAC, emergency power, and control systems.
• Reviewing design documents, submittals, sequence of operations, and test results to ensure alignment with project requirements and operational intent.
• Ensuring complete turnover documentation, test records, deficiency tracking, and final acceptance documentation are maintained and delivered.
• Witnessing factory acceptance tests (FATs) and site acceptance tests (SATs) as required.
• Ensuring adherence to project safety requirements, safety protocols, and lockout/tagout procedures.
• Developing and implementing commissioning plans, test scripts, and acceptance criteria in alignment with project requirements.
• Reviewing and interpreting drawings, P&, control schematics, and project specifications.
• Coordinating with engineering, construction, QA/QC, and operations teams to ensure a seamless transition from construction to operations.
• Performing functional testing, performance verification, and troubleshooting of Control Systems to ensure compliance with NFPA, NEC, IEEE, and project specifications.
• Coordinating with the Commissioning Team, Design Engineers, Construction teams, vendors, and owner representatives to resolve technical issues.
• Scoping project drawings.
• Supporting reviews of performance curves, metrics, trackers, and feedback to show trends and drive improvements.
• Coordinating contractors, subcontractors, and vendors during testing and commissioning activities.

• Requires bachelor’s degree in Fire Protection Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Construction Management.
• 38+ years of hands‑on U.S. experience in fire construction, building life safety systems, or semiconductor facility management.
• Proficiency with NFPA 72 (Fire Alarm), NFPA 13 (Sprinklers), NFPA 20 (Fire Pumps), NFPA 25 (Inspection & Testing), NFPA 70 (NEC), NFPA 101 (Life Safety Code), and semiconductor‑specific fire code requirements for Group H‑5 occupancies.

• Fire Alarm Systems (FAS)
• Fire Suppression Systems (Wet Pipe, Pre‑Action, Deluge, Clean Agent)
• Smoke…