Senior Commissioning Agent

M/E Engineering(is now Salas O’Brien Consulting and Engineering Group of New York, Inc.) is interviewing for a Senior Commissioning Agent in our Rochester, NY office.

We are a full-service MEP engineering firm providing design and technology services to our clients. Our team of nearly 200 engineers and design professionals work to create built environments that support a sustainable future for the communities we live in, work in, and care deeply about. M/E Engineering is committed to leveraging the talent of a diverse workforce to create great opportunities for our business and our people.

• 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 workforceneeds 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.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

• 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…