Senior Life Safety Systems Commissioning Engineer

Pay Range: $51.40hr - $66.71hr

Job Overview:

Our client is building a semiconductor manufacturing plant in New Albany, Ohio, partnering with North America Building Trades Unions and suppliers to create several thousand jobs and implement new training programs supporting the future talent pipeline. The organization offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the semiconductor manufacturing, electric vehicle, and data center markets.

The Life Safety Systems (LSS) CSU Engineer is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing commissioning, startup, testing, and turnover activities associated with Life Safety Systems throughout a large semiconductor manufacturing facility. The position is part of the Commissioning and Startup (CSU) organization and works for the EPC contractor responsible for delivering the facility from construction completion through operational readiness.

The LSS CSU Engineer will lead commissioning activities for fire detection, fire alarm, fire suppression, emergency communications, hazardous gas detection, smoke control, emergency power interfaces, and other life safety systems. The role requires close coordination with engineering, construction, vendors, authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), client operations personnel, and other CSU disciplines to ensure systems are tested, integrated, documented, and turned over safely and in accordance with project requirements.

The successful candidate will possess strong technical expertise, a commitment to safety, excellent communication skills, and the ability to troubleshoot complex integrated life safety systems within a mission-critical environment.

Core Competencies:

• Collaborate: Actively seeks out others' opinions and input and is open-minded to their views. Challenges others appropriately and is open to being challenged on their own views.
• Communicate: Effective at adapting communication style appropriately to the audience, providing context and using the right tone and level of information.
• Customer Focus: Prioritizes customer needs and puts these at the forefront of all interactions. Ensures that others within the team maintain this same approach.
• Deliver: Demonstrates making well-thought-out, timely decisions and prioritization that leads to successful outcomes. Includes the right people at the right time.
• Problem Solve: Accurately assesses a situation to find the best solution or way of working to resolve issues, focused on creating long-term fixes rather than short-term solutions.
• Role Model: Contributes to the culture by inspiring and motivating others through a positive approach and attitude, determined to perform well for the team.
• Adaptability: Deep understanding of interconnected technology systems and how to troubleshoot them while actively running.
• Compliance: Ensures all procedures and equipment setups meet regulatory, OSHA, and environmental safety standards.
• Troubleshooting & Diagnostics: Resolves complex failures involving computer hardware, network routers, switches, and software interfacing directly with control equipment.

Major Responsibilities:

Planning and Commissioning Execution

• Develop and execute commissioning and startup plans for Life Safety Systems.
• Prepare commissioning procedures, test scripts, integrated testing plans, and acceptance criteria.
• Review project specifications, drawings, cause-and-effect matrices, sequence of operations, and vendor documentation.
• Support constructability, operability, maintainability, and commissioning reviews during project execution.
• Plan and coordinate system walkdowns, punch list development, and turnover activities.

Testing and Verification:

• Lead functional and integrated testing of Life Safety Systems, including Fire Alarm Systems, Fire Detection Systems, Clean Agent Suppression Systems, Wet and Dry Sprinkler Systems, Pre-Action Systems, Emergency Voice/Communication Systems, Gas Detection Systems, Smoke Control and Purge Systems, Emergency Shutdown Interfaces, Emergency Power and Backup Power Interfaces, and Building Automation System (BAS) and Integrated Control System Interfaces.
• Witness and document Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) and Site Acceptance Tests (SATs).
• Verify system performance against project requirements, code requirements, and client standards.
• Support integrated facility testing involving multiple disciplines and systems.

System Integration and Troubleshooting:

• Coordinate with Electrical, Mechanical, HVAC, Controls, Automation, Process Systems, and Construction teams.
• Investigate and resolve commissioning deficiencies and technical issues.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective action development.
• Verify proper interaction and functionality between life safety systems and facility control platforms.

Compliance and Safety:

• Ensure commissioning activities comply with NFPA Codes and Standards, International Building Code (IBC), International Fire Code (IFC), applicable OSHA requirements, local AHJ requirements, project specifications, and client standards.
• Support permit-to-work, lockout/tagout, energization, and hazard control processes.
• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture throughout all startup and commissioning activities.

Documentation and Turnover:

• Manage commissioning documentation through approved digital completions systems.
• Track commissioning progress, system status, punch items, and readiness metrics.
• Prepare turnover packages and support handover to operations.
• Verify completion of required as-built documentation, operating procedures, and maintenance documentation.

Stakeholder Coordination:

• Coordinate activities with Engineering Teams, Construction Teams, Equipment Vendors, Client Representatives, Facilities Operations Personnel, and Local Authorities and AHJs.
• Participate in startup planning meetings and readiness reviews.
• Provide regular updates regarding commissioning progress, risks, and mitigation plans.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires a bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) in Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline and 5-8 years of relevant experience in mission-critical facilities, or 9-12 years of relevant work experience in mission-critical facilities.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of Fire Alarm Systems, Fire Suppression Systems, Hazardous Gas Monitoring Systems, Smoke Management Systems, Emergency Communications Systems, and Life Safety Codes and Standards.
• Strong understanding of control system integration and sequence testing.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, One-line Diagrams, Control Schematics, Cause-and-Effect Matrices, and Network Architecture Drawings.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced construction environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and commissioning management software.