Commissioning Consultant II

­*This is a remote position but applicants must be located in the Raleigh-Durham, NC region. 

Who are we?

The TSS Family of Companies is a leading compliance, calibration, commissioning and certification service provider for laboratories, hospitals and pharmacies with locations across the United States. 

Cornerstone Commissioning is an industry-leading commissioning firm offering independent laboratory facility performance services for design teams and building owners by verifying facilities meet owner’s project requirements.  Cornerstone specializes in biocontainment facilities, including BSL-3 laboratories.

How will you make an impact?

Our Commissioning Specialists/Engineers are a key player in our organization with the ability to work on exciting life science and other mission critical projects. We are looking for a high potential leader ready to take on the challenge of independently leading and managing Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) commissioning projects from award to turnover to the client. You will have responsibility for fostering a high-performance culture, the satisfaction of your customers, loyalty of your co-workers, and the leadership and development of a best-in-class team of commissioning agents.

What will you do?

Develop fundamental commissioning practices and technical competencies related to building Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and building automation control systems. This includes:

• Supporting client relationships for multiple commissioning projects.
• Supporting reviews of MEP design documents: drawings and specifications and equipment submittals to ensure owner’s project requirements are met. 
• Reviewing MEP system controls sequences and participating in meetings to clarify and improve the sequences through final version.
• Proficiently generating all Cx documentation including commissioning plans, commissioning specifications and commissioning reports using company templates and standards in BlueRithm (Cornerstone’s commissioning software).
• Generating pre-functional checklists using company templates and standards, then performing and documenting pre-functional checks of installed equipment on site, coordinating, and building rapport with contractors in the process.
• Performing construction site visits to review installation progress and readiness of systems for testing and to identify and document discrepancies and issue resolution.
• Generating Commissioning Issues Reports (CIRs) to document issues and discrepancies discovered on site.
• Writing system-specific functional performance test scripts from equipment submittals and final control sequences, using company templates and standards.
• Possessing thorough knowledge and understanding of the Building Automation System (BAS) and being able to use and manipulate BAS independently from contractors/owner personnel to review trends, alarm history and perform zone (room) performance testing.
• Leading, documenting, performing, and troubleshooting integrated system tests (aka, system failure scenarios).
• Ability to travel 30% of the time.

• Salary range of $95,000- $140,000 annually
  (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with industry data.)
• Eligible to participate in the annual bonus program
• Medical, vision and dental insurance
• 401(k) plan with a company matching contribution
• Long-term disability, short-term disability, and life insurance
• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) and company paid holidays

What do you bring? 

Education and Experience

• Requires 2 - 8 years of experience in the commissioning or building controls industry.
• Demonstrate exceptional oral, written communication, and project management skills.
• Must have some technical competencies in Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and building automation systems.
• A combination of education, experience and training may meet requirements.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Demonstrate exceptional communication skills in all situations:

• Be effective at motivating project teams to engage in the commissioning process.
• Strong oral and group dynamic skills are required. Must be able to professionally lead meetings and technical projects with a broad audience of varying skills and backgrounds.
• Be a proficient writer who can succinctly communicate and manage information throughout all phases of a project (including commissioning documentation, reports, emails, etc.).
• Maintain a high level of transparency and open communication in a virtual, remote work environment.
• Conduct all communication in a winsome way.

Possess and continually develop technical competencies related to MEP, BAS, and associated specialty systems: 

• Be able to read and understand MEP and architectural construction documents. 
• Perform and collaborate with hands-on troubleshooting of MEP and BAS controls systems. “Hands-on” means connecting our PCs to a building control system to monitor and evaluate system performance. 
• Specific to Cornerstone: have a strong, fundamental knowledge of MEP and life safety systems related to biomedical research facilities.