MEPFP Commissioning Manager

Commissioning Manager

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $8.1 billion in revenue for 2025, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for mission critical, industrial, life sciences, power & energy, aviation, commercial, institutional, residential and sports & entertainment related building projects.

The Commissioning Manager will implement, oversee, and manage all aspects of the Commissioning program. This includes documentation and inspections performed by testing personnel and any others required by contract. This role includes oversight of documentation and physical inspections, and close collaboration with in-house Project Managers, Superintendents, and external personnel to ensure the delivery of a high-quality product.

The Specifics of the Role

• Coordinate, document, and track preparatory, initial, and follow-up inspections.
• Periodically being on site to oversee all the MEP/FP construction process
• Assisting in managing subcontractors and ensuring that they are performing as required
• Liaises with government, state, city, or municipal inspectors on the standard requirements of the site in terms of local ordinance or code
• Works through the problem with the Subcontractor being cost and time effective
• Follows the project construction process to ensure that it is completed in time
• Ensure that quality is preserved in the construction process and that the schedule is maintained
• Writing project progress reports in liaison with the Superintendents and Construction Managers
• Continuously monitor productivity and percentage complete, identifying problems and potential delays, and provide solutions to overcome.
• Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills
• Inspects work for compliance with company standards. Requires poor work to be corrected immediately to minimize quality issues.
• Ability to identify, assimilate and comprehend the critical elements of a situation to extract and interpret implications of courses of actions to attend to details of a problem
• Effectiveness in planning and controlling work, motivating and developing subordinates, improving work methods and results, encouraging and supporting suggestions for work improvements, etc
• Breaks down problems into smaller components, understands underlying issues, can simplify and process complex issues, and understands the difference between critical details and unimportant facts.
• Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
• Ability to prepare and monitor realistic commissioning schedule and achieve full cooperation of superintendents, construction managers and subcontractors.
• Has good listening skills, builds strong relationships, is flexible/open-minded, negotiates effectively, solicits performance feedback and handles constructive criticism.
• Leads through change and adversity, makes the tough call when needed, builds consensus when appropriate, motivates and encourages others.
• Operates within the organization's formal and informal structures, builds allies and relationships across departments, uses allies to build consensus and create results, is appropriately diplomatic, understands others' roles and perspectives, and ideas across the organization.
• Collaborate with the project team to develop and implement the Quality Program.
• Provide leadership with ongoing updates and recommendations.
• Support quality teams in executing the quality program.
• Verify all materials conform to submittals, and are suitable for use.
• Participate in pre-construction meetings with subcontractors and superintendents.
• Track deficiencies and verify implementation of corrective actions.
• Understand city, county, and state inspection requirements to receive TCO and CO.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering is preferred
• 515 years of progressive construction experience with increasing responsibility.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to walk job sites and climb ladders.
• Ability to lift objects at least 50lbs
• Preferred Certification in NFPA 72, NFPA 70, NFPA 101, NFPA 13, Commissioning Authority (BCxA, CBCP, QxA, and etc.), and etc.
• Strong knowledge of construction principles/practices required
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with an adaptable and flexible style in working with all types of individuals
• Very experienced dealing with subcontracts, subcontractors and/or self-perform work
• Proficient at leading a successful project team, including development of employee and maintaining relationships with external entities
• Creative and results-oriented, with a strong sense of urgency

Some Things You Should Know

• Our clients and projects are nationwide Travel will be required.
• No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does.
• We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs.
• The pace is fast!

Why Clayco?

• 2025 Best Places to Work St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and Phoenix Business Journal.
• 2025 ENR Top 400 Top Data Center Contractor (Top 3).
• 2025 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).
• 2025 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors Green Contractor (Top 3).

Benefits

• Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!

Compensation

• The salary range for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.