Commissioning Agent - Henderson Building Solutions

Commissioning Agent - Henderson Building Solutions

Washington D.C., 4800 Westfields Blvd, Chantilly, Virginia, United States of America

Posted Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM

At Henderson, we're about more than just buildings We’re a company of problem-solvers and innovators known for our technical excellence and ability to provide come up with out-of-the-box solutions when it comes to design and construction. We love the process of bringing buildings to life – and keeping them in shape long after the doors open.

As an ESOP, each of our employee-owners are an essential part of our mission to lead the industry in innovation, sustainability, and client experience. With a vision to build a better world, Team Henderson has a people-first culture and diverse portfolio of world-class facilities.

We provide total building system design and construction services across multiple high-growth markets throughout the country for industry leaders. You'll get to use your talent to work on projects for some of the biggest names in mission‑critical, higher education, sports, healthcare, grocery, restaurant, and retail within the sectors we serve in business, community, grocery, health, retail, and venue.

We’re about more than just buildings. We’re about you. You, and the hundreds of passionate employee‑owners who make us who we are. We’ve always been committed to providing an inclusive workplace where people can bring their full self to work and helps people reach their full potential – both as professionals and individuals. Together, we provide dream up innovative solutions for our clients industry‑wide problems, design and construct spaces that become landmarks, and toast the good life at our happy hours.

Take a peek into what makes us different here:

Henderson Building Solutions is looking for a Commissioning Agent to join their Commissioning Team in Washington, D.C. This role will support a broad client base with a focus on mission critical and data center work. The Commissioning Agent is responsible for executing commissioning work, managing projects, and supporting proposal development. The employee is responsible for both client and team management at the project level, serves as a technical resource for other members of the commissioning team, and works to ensure all building systems are successfully commissioned and any issues are resolved.

The employee also trains team members, generates schedules, and determines staffing requirements.

• Develops and maintains client relationships.
• Creates proposals for work based on RFPs or owner requests.
• Setups projects and folders.
• Coordinates scheduling of site visits with contractors and clients.
• Determines staffing requirements to complete projects.
• Manages project billing and budgets.
• Creates and/or reviews owner project requirements and basis of design documents, construction plans and specifications.
• Reviews drawings and maintains a record of comments.
• Generates checklists and tests for equipment.
• Leads and attends commissioning meetings.
• Makes site visits to complete pre‑functional test checklists.
• Interacts with appropriate subcontractors.
• Generates site observation and issues reports.
• Reviews equipment submittals and maintains a record of comments.
• Creates custom functional performance test scripts for each piece of equipment to be commissioned using the approved submittal and design documents as a guide.
• Coordinates the review of these documents with the construction team prior to acceptance testing.
• Makes site visits to complete functional performance tests.
• Generates site observation and issues reports.
• Generates final reports.
• Makes presentations as needed.
• Identifies, secures, and/or manages relationships with outside organizations, potential clients and owners.
• Maintain high level of client satisfaction through project execution in order to gain repeat business.

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field of construction or engineering preferred. Common examples include Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Science, Construction Engineering or…