Senior Electrical/ Critical Systems’ Commissioning Agent

Description

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Interact with any applicable regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients in a confident and professional manner.
• Assist with commissioning and operational plans, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
• Assist with development and scoping of medium- to large-sized commissioning projects.
• Verify site characteristics and provide technical assistance on various design, installation, and integration issues relating to commissioning and retro commissioning of building systems including Electrical Switchgear, distribution, electrical backup systems and automation.
• Assist with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site during various construction phases, surveys, blueprints, schematics, data, technical drawings, flow diagrams, computer-generated reports, and other matrices for project energy auditing actions, validation, and commissioning.
• Develop and configure, testing specifications, and readiness plans; preparing and updating checklists/punch lists and cost estimates that require coordination with owners, other disciplines, sub-consultants, and clients.
• Assist cross-functional teams with executing project work on mid-level and/or multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, cost and quantities of materials/equipment/labor, technical calculations, permit applications, schematics, construction, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analysis memos.
• Involved from project inception to completion for commissioning work deliverables throughout the various project work phases including concept development, preliminary design, final design, procurement, integration, installation, and operation.
• Maintain quality control standards, document logs of control and equipment functionality testing and verification, and procedures for accurate and precise measurements, calculations, statistical analysis, and reporting.
• Assist with advanced technologies, monitoring, modeling techniques, design requirements, load calculations, and operating strategies to account for the proper installation and functioning of equipment and systems according to specifications, implementing future-ready solutions with building systems operating standards.
• Perform professional building and system commissioning work by conducting research and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, equipment, resources, layout, usage, and systems to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, codes, and installation or operating permits.
• Provide guidance and training to entry-level to mid-level commissioning staff.
• Prepare data and visualizations such as tables, charts, reports, sketches, calculations, cross-sections, technical drawings, spreadsheets, and other 2D/3D illustrations for the interpretation or presentation of more complex data, findings, or analyses.
• Analyze, evaluate, and interpret data obtained during site assessments, offering input with developing action plans for moderate- to high-level risk installation, equipment operations, and/or mitigation activities.
• Collaborate with other professionals, engineers, inspectors, project control, and technicians on public and privately funded building improvement and development projects, as well as proposal and business development opportunities.
• Prepare comprehensive technical reports and presentations that explain research, findings, and recommendations to navigate, improve, prevent, control, restore, or address design, and/or installation/operational issues or opportunities.

Requirements

• Experience with Uninterruptable Power Supply’s’ (UPS), Back Up Battery Systems, Static Switches (STS) and Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), Emergency Generators and Power Distribution Units (PDUs).
• Essential or enhancing professional licensure/certification.
• Knowledge of NETA, IEEE and NFPA-70 electrical testing standards.
• Knowledge of building commissioning principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to project work-related issues.
• Essential Professional Licensure/Certification.
• Remain current in latest commissioning techniques and practices.
• Experience with Short Circuit/Coordination/ Arc Flash Studies.
• Knowledge of Electrical systems’ coordination and SKM, E-Tap, E-Z Power for Short Circuit /Coordination /Arc Flash programs.
• Technical knowledge of HVAC and Electrical building systems to evaluate and test the performance of these systems
• Total facilities commissioning experience preferred
• Good understanding of the architectural, engineering and construction industry.
• Ability to work independently and provide supervision in a highly collaborative team environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Architectural Engineering or Construction-related field or equivalent years of related industry experience.
• Experience with witnessing and executing pre-functional, functional and integrated electrical testing.
• Experience with sustainable design practices or facilities operations is preferred.
• Proficient with 480-Volt electrical systems, executing / witnessing electrical testing utilizing equipment such as power quality meters, circuit breaker test sets, contact/insulation resistance meters and infrared cameras.
• 5-7+ years of relevant post education experience in discipline with prior building and systems commissioning experience.
• Experience with 5kV -26kV systems and protection relays is preferred.
• Master’s Degree is preferred.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance