Walkdown/Turnover Specialist (Data Centers)

About the role

As a Walkdown/Turnover Specialist at Jacobs, you will coordinate and facilitate field verification and documentation of systems installed by Construction. This involves leading walkdown activities on an active construction site, guiding construction, subcontractor, and client personnel through multi-discipline system scopes. You will collaborate with field Quality and subcontractors to ensure adherence to testing and documentation requirements, confirm completion of pre-commissioning activities (megger, continuity, grounding, and voltage verification tests), and utilize the CXAlloy digital platform for punchlist entry and tracking, system testing reviews, and assembly of construction turnover packages. In coordination with project controls and construction teams, you will provide a planned, documented approach for final turnover of facilities, systems, and equipment to the CQV team per the P6 schedule. You will participate in setting logical system and partial system boundaries to facilitate timely installation, construction completion, and turnover. The role requires reading P&IDs, single line and wiring/connection diagrams, panel layouts, and arrangement drawings per system scope, and coordinating with the field construction quality team to resolve issues identified during system walkdowns.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate field walkdown activities on active construction sites with construction, subcontractor, and client personnel
• Verify and document installed systems across multiple disciplines
• Collaborate with field Quality and subcontractors to ensure testing and documentation compliance
• Confirm completion of pre-commissioning tests (megger, continuity, grounding, voltage verification)
• Manage punchlist entry, tracking, and closure using the CXAlloy digital platform
• Review system testing results and assemble construction turnover packages in CXAlloy
• Coordinate with project controls and construction teams to plan and document final turnover to CQV team per P6 schedule
• Define logical system and partial system boundaries to support installation, completion, and turnover sequencing
• Interpret P&IDs, single line diagrams, wiring/connection diagrams, panel layouts, and arrangement drawings
• Work with field construction quality team to resolve walkdown-identified issues and foster a problem-solving culture

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent years of experience in lieu of degree
• At least 2+ years of Construction Turnover experience focused on electrical systems on Data Center, Pharmaceutical, or Capital projects
• Ability to lead electrical walkdowns with subcontractors and clients to drive punch list closure
• Ability to spend continuous hours on an active construction site, including use of PPE, traversing stairs, standing meetings, and other physical exertion
• Required to be onsite for the duration of this work
• Knowledge of LOTO processes (nice to have)

Qualifications

• Familiarity with GDP requirements
• Ability to read electrical construction drawings (P&IDs, single lines, isometrics, electrical schematics, etc.)
• Understanding of systems-based scoping and turnover processes
• Knowledge of Construction Turnover Package assembly for electrical systems
• Experience with CxAlloy and/or Autodesk Construction Cloud

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Ability to purchase company stock at a discount
• Deferred compensation plan and Executive Deferral Plan (for eligible employees)
• Unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) for full-time salaried/exempt employees
• Seven paid holidays
• Caregiver leave
• Merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock (for certain eligible roles)

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $78,600.00 to $108,100.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Schedule

Onsite full-time; employees are expected to attend a Jacobs Workplace on a full-time basis as required by the nature of the role.