Sr. MEP / Commissioning Coordinator

Sr. MEP / Commissioning Coordinator

Location: Spartanburg, SC
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $100,000 – $130,000 base salary + performance bonus
Benefits: 100% company-paid benefits
Work Arrangement: Fully On-Site

Overview

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Sr. MEP / Commissioning Coordinator to support MEP execution, QA/QC activity, and commissioning coordination for a large-scale mission-critical HPC facility in Spartanburg, SC.

This role will serve as a key on-site coordination resource across MEP construction, quality documentation, equipment startup, commissioning activities, and system turnover. The Sr. MEP / Commissioning Coordinator will work closely with the Construction Manager, General Contractors, MEP subcontractors, third-party commissioning agents, OEM startup technicians, QA/QC personnel, and construction leadership to ensure field execution aligns with project requirements, design intent, safety expectations, and operational readiness standards.

This is a fully on-site role for someone who is comfortable being in the field, tracking issues to closure, reviewing documentation, supporting commissioning milestones, and helping maintain alignment between construction, commissioning, vendors, and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

MEP Field Coordination

• Support on-site coordination of MEP scopes, including electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire alarm, controls, and related infrastructure systems.
• Work closely with the Construction Manager, General Contractor, MEP subcontractors, specialty trade contractors, and vendors to monitor field execution, scope progress, RFIs, submittals, and coordination issues.
• Review MEP installation sequencing against the construction schedule, identify potential conflicts, and escalate issues before they create schedule or quality impacts.
• Support the conversion and retrofit of large-scale industrial space into a mission-critical HPC environment, including high-voltage power infrastructure, low-voltage systems, cooling systems, controls, and high-density compute floor build-out.
• Coordinate with construction and commissioning leadership and supply vendors to help ensure site readiness aligns with equipment delivery, installation, startup, and commissioning schedules.
• Receive equipment packages from the program team and help confirm FAT/FWT documentation, O&M manuals, vendor startup requirements, and commissioning prerequisites are complete prior to installation.
• Attend FAT/FWT activities as required and support documentation follow-up.

QA/QC Support

• Support execution of the on-site QA/QC program in accordance with established project standards and owner expectations.
• Conduct regular field walks, quality reviews, installation checks, and punch-list verification activities.
• Document field observations, quality issues, corrective actions, and resolution status.
• Help manage QA/QC documentation, including inspection reports, non-conformance records, quality sign-off packages, punch lists, and system turnover documentation.
• Coordinate with third-party QA/QC personnel and consultants to help ensure field inspections, reporting, and corrective actions align with project expectations and applicable standards.
• Verify that work is being completed in accordance with design specifications, quality standards, applicable codes, and project requirements.
• Reinforce site safety expectations and support safe work execution in alignment with the Construction Manager’s safety plan.

Commissioning Coordination

• Support owner-side coordination of commissioning activities, working closely with the third-party commissioning agent, General Contractor, design engineers, OEM technicians, and operations stakeholders.
• Review commissioning plans, test scripts, Integrated Systems Testing procedures, and system validation documentation before execution.
• Help coordinate commissioning schedules, prerequisites, test readiness, vendor participation, documentation, and issue resolution.
• Attend and witness key commissioning milestones, review test reports and deficiency logs, and help track punch-list items through closure.
• Support commissioning of critical infrastructure systems, including electrical distribution, UPS, generators, cooling systems, controls, BMS/EPMS, and related infrastructure.
• Apply working knowledge of BMS/EPMS control systems, single-line electrical diagrams, and mechanical schematics to review findings, identify gaps, and escalate incomplete or inconsistent results.
• Help ensure systems are not accepted into service without proper validation, documentation, and owner sign-off.

CMOP, Energization & High-Risk Work Support

• Review Critical Methods of Procedure submitted for high-risk switching, energization, and live-environment work.
• Support first-time energization events, ensuring activities align with approved commissioning schedules, safety standards, and prerequisite checks.
• Review switching plans, load bank plans, energization procedures, and sequencing documents for completeness and alignment with design documentation.
• Help verify that personnel are properly briefed and compliant with CMOP requirements before work begins.
• Escalate deviations from approved procedures, safety expectations, or design intent as needed.

Reporting & Documentation

• Provide regular field updates to construction and commissioning leadership regarding MEP progress, QA/QC findings, commissioning milestones, open issues, risks, and documentation status.
• Participate in OAC meetings, construction coordination meetings, stakeholder updates, and commissioning reviews as a key on-site MEP and commissioning resource.
• Track third-party performance, schedule adherence, documentation gaps, punch-list status, and issues requiring escalation.
• Collaborate with Facilities and Site Operations teams to communicate construction and commissioning activities, access needs, sequencing, and risk mitigation plans.
• Help ensure construction and commissioning activities are executed without compromising operational continuity, safety, or long-term maintainability.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on MEP, QA/QC, commissioning, construction coordination, or field engineering experience in mission-critical or complex infrastructure environments.
• Experience supporting MEP construction and commissioning activities in data centers, HPC facilities, industrial facilities, power infrastructure, manufacturing, semiconductor, or high-availability environments.
• Working knowledge of commissioning processes, including CMOPs, load bank coordination, Integrated Systems Testing, first-time energization, switching procedures, and system turnover.
• Experience reviewing or supporting FAT/FWT documentation, O&M documentation, vendor startup requirements, and on-site equipment startup with OEM technicians.
• Strong working knowledge of MEP systems, high-voltage and low-voltage electrical systems, mechanical/cooling systems, controls, BMS/EPMS, and fire alarm systems.
• Experience coordinating with third-party commissioning agents, QA/QC consultants, contractors, subcontractors, and OEM technicians.
• Proficiency with construction and project management tools such as Primavera P6, Procore, BIM 360, or similar platforms.
• Strong documentation, communication, field coordination, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate as a hands-on, field-based coordinator in a fast-moving construction and commissioning environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• OSHA 30 and NFPA 70E certifications.
• Higher Certificate, Associate’s degree, or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Familiarity with NFPA, NEC, IEEE, ASHRAE, and applicable building codes.
• Experience in hyperscale data center, HPC, colocation, semiconductor, power generation, heavy industrial, or other complex mission-critical environments.