Senior Commissioning Lead

Scope & Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients and projects, including client relationships, team leadership, technical oversight and schedule & budget management.
• Led data-driven commissioning projects, leveraging Altura Analytics and industry software tools to deliver superior client outcomes and building performance.
• Maintain and grow a presence for Altura in Northern CA through active engagement in local industry associations, speaking engagements, and thought leadership.
• Lead business development efforts to grow Altura’s client base and expand services with existing clients.
• Execute project work and manage internal teams to deliver:
• New Construction Commissioning and Performance Delivery Projects: Project management, design reviews, submittal reviews, Cx documentation coordination, contractor scheduling and Cx strategy support, functional testing, analytics-driven testing and analysis.
• Existing Building Audits and Commissioning Projects: Project management, ASHRAE Level 1&2 Audits, field testing, energy savings project development, analytics-driven analysis, calculation of energy conservation measure performance, project presentations, bid document development, implementation support, M&V.

Location

Work out of the Altura office in Oakland, CA on a hybrid in-office basis, with a schedule to be negotiated.

Travel within the U.S. to engage with clients and manage projects as needed. Travel is expected to average 10-20% over the course of a year.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in engineering field (mechanical preferred), including building energy engineering (MEP and controls), commissioning and project management experience.
• 5+ years of client management experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven track record of building collaboration within teams to solve complex problems.
• Proven track record of developing client relationships and selling new work, including significant experience with proposal strategy, pricing, and authoring.
• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or related discipline.
• P.E. (mechanical or electrical).
• Excellent technical writing skills.

Key Attributes of Successful Candidate

• Tenacity: Drive resolution of technical, schedule and coordination challenges without significant support to deliver impact.
• Personal Responsibility: Natural tendency to take ownership of tasks, projects and teams and find intrinsic pride in their success, and will work to fix their failures.
• Collaborative Mindset: Ability to facilitate teamwork-based solutions with field, design, and owner stakeholders; proactive, clear and transparent communication.
• Innovation Always: Ability to see how systems and processes are resulting in issues and draw inspiration from all sources to find unique and tangible solutions to improve how we do our work and drive meaningful impact.

About Altura

Altura is proud to offer a generous total compensation package that includes base salary, bonus potential, and a comprehensive benefit package that includes health benefits (medical and dental plans), paid time off (vacation, sick and holiday), financial benefits (retirement plan with both match and annual company contribution, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and commuter benefits).

Additional benefits for regular full-time employees include fitness reimbursement, healthcare and dependent care pre-tax spending plans, tuition reimbursement, back-up daycare and family support benefits, EAP, work life assistance and a holiday contribution program.

Base salaries will be determined by factors such as geographic location, education, skills, experience, and market considerations. For this role the annual base salary range is $160,000-$180,000 plus a performance bonus.

We pride ourselves on our company’s unique entrepreneurial, high-energy culture and flat organizational structure which empowers employees to take action and achieve results for our clients.