Commissioning Authority - DLR Group

We are an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.

DLR Group operates within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.

DLR Group’s Smart Buildings team has an opening for a Commissioning Authority.

Locations: Des Moines IA or Omaha, NE

Position Summary:

DLR Group’s Smart Buildings team is an award winning, multi-disciplinary, innovative group at the forefront of delivering smart, connected and high-performing buildings, bridging owner’s performance requirements across design, construction and operations.

In this position, you will be the Project Manager for multiple high-profile, national and international Commissioning projects across DLR Group’s core sectors including Workplace, Federal, Education, Hospitality, Healthcare, Justice & Civic, Mixed-Use and more.

As a Commissioning Authority, you will frequently travel to job sites to perform thorough design and construction reviews, functional testing, and building performance diagnostics. Expect to be traveling approximately 30 – 50% of your time in a typical month. In this role there is potential for rapid growth opportunities as we expand our Smart Buildings team.

As a 100% employee-owned firm; ownership is a core value and foundational element of our design culture. Everyone is empowered to use their design voice which inspires our culture and fuels the passion for the work DLR Group does around the world – come join us! (just wondering how Cx is expressed in design – both internal and external)

The successful candidate will:

• Act as a project manager and client leader for a variety of new construction commissioning projects
• Work on retro-commissioning projects, measurement and verification projects, and energy audit projects
• Work on a variety of monitoring-based commissioning projects where the use of a Fault Detection & Diagnostics tool (Skyspark) provides systems performance data to augment the traditional commissioning process.
• Work with Integrated Design teams of Architects, Engineers and specialty designers, providing commissioning expertise on projects across DLR Group’s core sectors
• Manage project execution and client expectations to adhere to budget, schedule, and scope
• Develop communicate, and update project plans including information such as project objectives, technical specifications, schedules, and staffing
• Conduct Commissioning site visits and travel as needed
• Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards
• Provide training and mentorship to staff and emerging engineers
• Perform a QA/QC review of the project deliverables
• Work with marketing and business development teams to develop scope and fee for new project opportunities
• Run projects independently with regular check-ins with a broader Commissioning team
• Have strong technical skills and a solid understanding of engineering concepts and advanced problem-solving skills expected of a bachelor level engineering degree or above
• Have familiarity with use of portable monitoring/metering equipment
• Be goal oriented with strong skills in problem solving, creativity, and attention to detail
• Be collaborative, client-focused and a clear communicator who can interact professionally with internal and external clients and demonstrate our reputation as an industry leader
• Be detail oriented, organized, and able to execute a quality commissioning process
• Possess a sense of self-direction and the ability to manage your own time and aid others to ensure projects are on schedule and within budget
• Share DLR Group’s common values of Commitment, Creativity, Environmental Stewardship, Fun, Integrity, Ownership, Sharing, and Teamwork
• Review equipment submittals and shop drawings for overall compliance with the design intent and owner’s requirements.
• Perform field observations of equipment and systems to document progress and attend selected jobsite meetings
• Develop pre-functional checklists and functional performance test procedures based upon industry standards and project design requirements.
• Perform functional testing of building MEP systems to determine that equipment is functioning in accordance with the design documents.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of full-time hands-on experience in Commissioning building systems
• Knowledge of the building design and construction industry with expertise in the building commissioning process is essential.
• A strong understanding of the Commissioning process for New Construction and Major Renovations
• A strong understanding of Existing Building Commissioning, Operations and Maintenance, specifically with energy use and indoor environmental quality
• Strong Technical knowledge of HVAC and building automation systems to evaluate and test the performance of these systems
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Strong organizational and computer skills are necessary

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Professional Licensure.
• Commissioning certification with a nationally recognized professional body is a plus (ACG, BCA or ASHRAE).
• Familiarity or a willingness to learn more about using SkySpark as a Connected-Commissioning/Monitoring-based Commissioning tool.

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

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