Commissioning Agent

M/E Engineering (now Salas O’Brien Consulting and Engineering Group of New York, Inc.) is interviewing for a 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 workforce needs 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 regarding proper system operation and…