Commissioning Specialist

Responsibilities

• Chairs or participates in commissioning meetings and provides updates to project leadership on commissioning progress, schedule status, risks, blockers, and system readiness.
• Coincides with construction teams, project management, trade contractors, QA/QC, engineering, and facilities stakeholders to align commissioning activities with project milestones.
• Reviews construction schedules and commissioning schedules to confirm prerequisites are met for system startup, testing, green tagging, blue tagging, energization, and turnover.
• Verifies that contractors meet commissioning and quality program deliverables, including inspection records, test documentation, punch list closure, equipment data, startup documentation, and turnover packages.
• Supports field walkdowns to confirm system completion, installation quality, access, labeling, cleanliness, safety readiness, and testing readiness.
• Reviews commissioning documentation for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and commissioning best practices.
• Tracks open items, deficiencies, punch list items, testing issues, and turnover blockers through closure.
• Coincides with construction and facilities teams to ensure live equipment and operating systems are protected during commissioning activities.
• Safely starts up and commissions new equipment and systems without impacting existing live systems or adjacent construction activities.
• Confirms equipment maintenance, preservation, and care custody requirements are maintained until formal handover.
• Supports warranty tracking and follows up on completion of warranty related corrective actions.
• Drives the transition of equipment and systems from construction to commissioning, then from commissioning to facilities ownership.
• Supports continuous improvement of commissioning processes, documentation quality, communication, and performance metrics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related technical field is preferred.
• Equivalent field experience in commissioning, startup, construction, facilities, QA/QC, or trade supervision may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting commissioning, startup, construction, QA/QC, or facilities turnover on large industrial, advanced manufacturing, mission critical, cleanroom, pharmaceutical, data center, or semiconductor projects.
• Semiconductor facility experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with one or more of the following disciplines is required: I&C, Life Safety Systems, Mechanical, HVAC, Process Systems, or Electrical.
• Strong understanding of construction completion, pre-functional checks, functional testing, system startup, commissioning documentation, punch list management, and turnover processes.
• Ability to read and understand construction drawings, P&IDs, single line diagrams, control drawings, specifications, equipment data sheets, test plans, and commissioning procedures.
• Knowledge of applicable codes and standards for industrial construction is preferred. Relevant standards may include ASME B31.3, NFPA 70, NFPA 54, IBC Chapter 17, and other applicable mechanical, electrical, life safety, and process system requirements.
• Experience working with commissioning software, document control systems, punch list tools, or project management platforms is preferred. Experience with PMWeb, Latista, BIM 360, Procore, or similar systems is beneficial.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate across contractors, field teams, engineering, quality, safety, project management, and facilities stakeholders.
• Able to work in a fast-paced construction environment with changing priorities, multiple systems in progress, and aggressive project milestones.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
• Preferred Experience: Previous semiconductor fab, cleanroom, tool install, subfab, process utility, or high purity facility experience. Experience supporting green tag, blue tag, system turnover, energization, startup, or facilities acceptance processes. Experience with advanced manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotech, battery manufacturing, data center, power, chemical, oil and gas, or other highly technical industrial facilities. Experience coordinating commissioning activities around live systems, energized equipment, cleanroom protocols, hazardous utilities, or high purity process systems.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be able to follow all site safety requirements, PPE requirements, access protocols, cleanroom protocols when applicable, and project specific commissioning procedures.
• The ideal candidate has hands-on commissioning or startup experience in a complex industrial environment and understands how to move systems from construction completion through testing, documentation, punch list closure, and final turnover.
• This person is organized, field-oriented, safety-focused, and able to coordinate across multiple contractors and project stakeholders while maintaining schedule, quality, and documentation discipline.