Commissioning Engineer

Step into a pivotal Commissioning Specialist role with TAI, where you'll be the key to ensuring the smooth, on-time, and high-quality delivery of complex construction projects for clients in sectors like pharma, government, and mission critical. Leverage your commissioning experience and required CxA/BCxA certification to perform rigorous quality assurance, from reviewing designs and witnessing start-ups to executing functional performance testing. This is your chance to utilize your troubleshooting expertise to proactively address issues, minimize punch lists, and ultimately provide owners with the confidence to occupy their facility without delays or future headaches.

TAI is a full-service, multi-disciplinary engineering and construction firm built to scale; delivering mission-critical, integrated solutions across the full design–build–maintain lifecycle. For more than 35 years, TAI has partnered with leading organizations in advanced manufacturing, life sciences, food and beverage, energy, and government to design, build, and sustain complex facilities and infrastructure. TAI brings deep expertise across five core service pillars:
Engineering, Construction, Systems Integration, On-Site Services, and Technical Services. Our unified approach combines precision engineering, field execution, and technical depth to deliver end-to-end results that drive reliability, safety, and long-term value for our clients.

Team members at TAI are capable, well-rounded, flexible, and optimistic. We have found that the best employees are the ones who recognize the importance of what they do and the ones who let that guide them in the actions they take. More than any skill, we seek people who make decisions that support the common good. We work for our clients, and we work for one another.

• Ensure all tasks related to task planning and scheduling, design and document reviews, document development, field observations/inspections, witnessing of start-ups and contractor tests, functional performance testing, quality assurance/quality controls, training verification and documentation, final reports, warranty inspections, validation assistance, and conducting commissioning meetings are adequately executed.
• Review design documents, specifications, equipment submittals and shop drawings for functional capabilities, performance and monitoring capabilities and the ability of the systems to meet the design requirements.
• Work alone as an owner’s representative to ensure means and methods of construction meet the design intent to technical requirements.
• Interact with installing trade contractors and witness daily construction, start-ups, contractor testing, performance testing, document/track field inspections/observations & deficiencies and related reporting.
• Prepare commissioning plans, schedules and documents. Provide experience writing equipment/system protocols, pre-functional and functional checklists will be expected.
• Interact with installing contractors and manage/perform field execution of commissioning documents and generate field reports, punch lists, summary reports and final turnover packages; ETOPS and System Manuals.

• Minimum of 7 years of Commissioning experience with Total Building Commissioning of pharmaceutical, central plants, commercial, government, mission critical, and/or industrial facilities.
• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• CxA from ACG and/or BCxA from ASHRAE is required
• Experience in design, installation, programming and testing of Building Automation Systems, Testing and Balancing, or Mechanical equipment startup technician would also be beneficial for this position.
• LEED Certification is beneficial.
• General understanding of building systems across disciplines and fundamental knowledge in at least one discipline such as HVAC, plumbing, test and balance, energy management systems, electrical, lighting, instrumentation and controls, or building envelope systems.
• Knowledge of and ability to interpret codes, guidelines and standards related to commissioning, design and construction.
• Ability to combine personal judgment…