Commissioning Project Manager

Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Architectural preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience in Mission Critical, Power Infrastructure, or Water Treatment
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with adaptability in various team dynamics
  • Strong understanding of HVAC, thermodynamics, and process engineering principles
  • Excellent communication and leadership capabilities
  • Highly entrepreneurial and self-motivated, able to work independently
  • Comfortable spending approximately 50% of time on construction job sites

Responsibilities

  • Perform commissioning on mechanical, electrical, controls, and process systems
  • Lead commissioning for ARCO's complex projects, managing pre-commissioning and troubleshooting
  • Engage with clients regarding commissioning progress and facility turnover
  • Guide issue resolution from discovery through troubleshooting to final resolution
  • Coordinate system design and installation with clients, subcontractors, and vendors
  • Develop and execute pre-commissioning checklists to ensure quality installations
  • Lead project commissioning meetings to coordinate schedules and set expectations

Benefits

  • Industry-leading performance-based bonus program
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Traditional and Roth 401k options
  • Company-supported relocation assistance
  • Tuition reimbursement for associates
  • Scholarship opportunities for associates' children up to $28,000
  • 1-month paid sabbatical after every five years, plus $5,000 for travel
  • 1-week paid volunteer leave each year
  • Charitable donation matching up to 100%
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid parental leave
Full Job Description
A Day in the Life:
  • Perform commissioning on mechanical, electrical, controls, and process systems.
  • Act as the commissioning lead for ARCO's largest, most complex projects. In this role, you will be responsible for all pre-commissioning, functional testing, and troubleshooting activities, with the resource backing of all ARCO assets and trade partners.
  • Work directly with ARCO customers and end-users regarding commissioning status, engagement of client operations staff, and facility turnover.
  • Troubleshooting is a major element in this role. Candidate will not only be responsible for identifying issues, but also guiding issues from discovery, through troubleshooting/root cause analysis, to final issue resolution. This must be accomplished by taking a hands-on approach and completely owning the issue through resolution.
  • Project types include Mission Critical, Advanced Manufacturing, Power & Gas Infrastructure, Municipal and Private Water Treatment, Waste-to-Value, Commercial, Controlled Environments Agriculture, and more.
  • Operate as the bridge between design and construction teams. Coordinate system design with installation between clients, subcontractors, and equipment vendors in a way that ensures the seamless turnover of ARCO's projects.
  • Create and execute pre-commissioning equipment checklists to maintain state-of-the-art quality system installations.
  • Create and execute commissioning test scripts that verify correct operation of the installed systems.
  • Lead project commissioning meetings that accurately set expectations and coordinate schedules for all trades.
  • Effectively convey information to onsite superintendents and subcontractors using employee's knowledge of the project's systems.


Necessary Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (with a focus in Mechanical, Electrical, or Architectural preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience in Mission Critical, Power Infrastructure, or Water Treatment preferred
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, with an adaptable and flexible style in working with different types of individuals
  • Strong understanding of engineering principles (HVAC, thermodynamics, heat transfer, process engineering)
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills
  • Highly entrepreneurial and self-motivated, with the ability to successfully work on own
  • Comfortable with spending time on construction jobsite - approximately 50%.
  • Familiar with construction practices and principles
  • Certification in building commissioning (QCxP, CCP, CxA or similar) is preferred but not required


What We Can Offer You:

We are dedicated to the well-being of our associates and are proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work. Our compensation and benefits package not only supports our associates and their families but benefits local communities and communities around the world.

  • Industry-leading performance-based bonus program
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Traditional and Roth 401k
  • Company supported relocation
  • Tuition reimbursement for associates
  • Scholarship for associates' children up to $28,000 per child
  • 1-month paid sabbatical after every five years of employment, plus $5,000 for travel
  • 1-week paid volunteer leave each year
  • 100% charitable match
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
  • Paid parental leave


Typical base compensation for the Project Manager role is between $84,000.00 and $160,000.00. Candidates with extensive experience may exceed this range. In addition to base salary, the role is eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation based on individual and company performance.

From recruiting, training, and hiring practices to selecting our subcontractors, we understand that diversity of all those involved in the construction process enhances our ability to deliver the best solutions to our customers. We hire the best and the brightest from across the country - constructing a team of experts in architecture, design, engineering, project management, and business services.

MAKE YOUR MOVE

We are proud to be one of the fastest-growing, privately-owned companies in America, celebrating over 30 years of experience as design-build experts. We have completed over 7,500 design-build projects nationwide. We ranked #9 on ENR's Design-Build Firms list and #34 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors list of 2026. Most importantly, our clients like us, trust us, and want to do business with us. We are looking for people with the same enthusiasm, passion, and respect for the hard work that brought us to where we are today. Are you a person who can make a difference at ARCO? If the answer is "Yes!" we look forward to meeting you.

ARCO does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies without pre-approval from ARCO's Human Resources team. Pre-approval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. ARCO will not be responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers. Agencies must have a fully executed vendor agreement in place as well as written approval to submit candidates from an ARCO TA Manager for a specific position before submitting candidates.

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