Tower Pinkster
Commissioning Agent
Kalamazoo, MI - Full Time
Join our team at TowerPinkster and open a new door to an amazing career! TowerPinkster, an architecture, engineering, and interior design firm based in Michigan, is looking for a talented Commissioning Agent. This position is responsible for Building Systems Commissioning projects to ensure the Owner’s Project Requirements are met throughout the project.
Commissioning is a quality assurance service to ensure that building systems work as intended through a systematic, documented, and collaborative process involving peer review, construction observations, functional testing, and training.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES + EXPECTATIONS
GENERAL DELIVERABLES
- Serve as the Commissioning Agent for various commissioning efforts
- Write reports and create necessary documentation, as well as perform other administrative duties, including the Final Commissioning Report at the conclusion of each project.
- Development of commissioning plans and readiness schedules
- Conduct site observation surveys and prepare field reports on the status of projects and completion of projects with respect to compliance
- Ensure safe working conditions, while communicating project safety requirements per regulations
- Participate in professional trade associations and organizations
PROJECT PHASE DELIVERABLES
- Effectively execute required deliverables within every phase of the project
- Pre-Construction and Design Phase
- Review and provide constructive feedback on the basis of design document
- Create and carry out test procedures while diagnosing and troubleshooting faults and repairs
- Review equipment submittals and provide useful comments, ensuring the project requirements and specifications are met
- Develop pre-functional and functional test procedures
- Pre-Construction and Design Phase
- Construction Phase
- Schedules commissioning activities with the General Contractor/Construction Manager
- Conducts the commissioning kick-off and then regular meetings with the General Contractor/Construction Manager, contractors, and owner
- Provides clear and regular communications and consultations with all necessary parties
- Coordinates and directs the commissioning activities using consistent protocols and forms
- Maintains centralized documentation of the commissioning process
- Frequently updates timelines and schedules
- Review construction meeting minutes for revisions/substitutions relating to the commissioning process
- Conducts site observations, surveys, and prepares field reports on the status of projects and completion of projects with respect to compliance
- Attend selected planning and job-site meetings to obtain information on construction progress
- Prepare general condition survey reports
- Tracks and reports commissioning activities, test results, deficiencies, and checklists
- Witness tests and startups, and document results and provide reports to owners
- Reviews the TAB report and provides useful comments
- Analyze any functional performance trend logs and monitor data to verity performance
- Draft and assemble final commissioning reports and systems manual
- CLOSE OUT PHASE
- Conduct warranty walk through, document results, and report to owner
- Review owner training plan and provide useful comments
- Review the operations and maintenance manuals and provide useful comments
- Suggest improvements and offer guidance on operational procedures
- Before startup, gather and review the current control sequences and interlocks and work with contractors and design engineers until sufficient clarity has been obtained, in writing, to be able to write detailed testing procedures
- Review and comment on normal Contractor submittals applicable to systems being commissioned for compliance with commissioning needs, concurrent with the A/E reviews
- Witness all or part of the HVAC piping test and flushing procedure, sufficient to be confident that proper procedures were followed. Document this testing and include the documentation in O&M manuals. Notify owner's representative of any deficiencies in results or procedures
- Witness all or part of any ductwork testing and cleaning procedures, sufficient to be confident that proper procedures were followed. Document this testing and include the documentation in O&M manuals. Notify owner’s representative of any deficiencies in results or procedures
- Approve air and water systems balancing by spot testing, by reviewing completed reports and by selected site observation
- Conduct Commissioning Kickoff Meetings with clients, owners and contractors
- Work with clients to develop full scope of project requirements
- Work with clients to develop the owner’s project requirements
- Partner with clients to advise on problem resolution within the scope of the design
- Make improvements and offer guidance on operation procedures for clients
- Manage positive existing client relationships and develop relationships with future clients
- Partner with contractors for design specifications. Ensure that equipment operates as intended while meeting the basis of design and conforming to the owner’s project requirements
- Competent development of temperature control diagrams, point lists, and sequence of operations
POSITION COMPETENCIES
- Act with integrity and trust
- Possess a commitment to excellence
- Exhibit and promote teamwork
- Display excellent ability to communicate verbally, graphically, and in writing
- Have pride, passion, and purpose for the work you do, both with team and client
- Take responsibility for your own actions through being attentive and leading by example
- Diagnose problem situations and recommend solutions for improvement
- Display a willingness to make decisions based on accurate information
- Display problem-solving abilities through being resourceful and finding solutions
- Able to use your time effectively and efficiently, to not exceed the project’s budgeted hours
- Produce commissioning documentation without errors, conflicts, or omissions
- Able to carry oneself with confidence and adapt personality to others’ needs
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- Associate‘s or Bachelor’s Degree in HVAC, mechanical engineering or related discipline
- Four or more years of experience as a mechanical designer or in the field of commissioning
- Professional Licensure and relevant Commissioning Certifications a plus
- Ability to perform tasks with accuracy within Word, Excel, Bluebeam, and Google Suite software programs
- Knowledge proficiency of standards and codes, specifically:
- ASHRAE Standards: 202, 230
- ASHRAE Guidelines: 0.2, 0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 4
- Codes: Building, Mechanical, Plumbing, Electrical, Life Safety
- Knowledge and understanding of construction documents
- Knowledge of temperature controls
- Field HVAC experience is a plus
- LEED Accredited Professional is a plus
WHAT WE OFFER
We take a holistic approach to ensure the wellbeing of our team members. TowerPinkster is proud to support its team members with a robust compensation and benefits package, which includes:
- Industry-leading compensation package, including paid overtime, performance bonuses, and profit sharing.
- National award-winning culture and a supportive work environment that empowers employees to stay healthy, fulfill their interests and passions, and balance work and life goals.
- A collaborative work environment along with many culture connection events and wellness activities, to include walking challenges, fitness challenges, book clubs, in-office chair massages, and more. We offer a Thrive program providing incentives up to $400.00 annually.
- Flexible work hours with a work-life balance program providing six additional days off per year, and a healthy paid time off program.
- A comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, short-term and long-term disability benefits, and paid community service hours.
- Annual team training, professional development opportunities, and career growth planning.
- The opportunity to reach your career goals with an award-winning firm. We highly encourage licensure, certification, and professional organization memberships, which are fully paid.
- Continued educational opportunities and a tuition reimbursement program.
- Firm-paid life and wellness coach for individuals and families in partnership with Ulliance.
TowerPinkster is a firm of architects, engineers, and interior designers committed to design integrity, quality, and environmental responsibility. Our doors opened in 1953 with just six people, and now we have more than 250 of the best employees in Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky. At our firm, it’s our people who make us different. We have the freedom to explore new ideas, the tools to create innovative strategies, and the talent to inspire our clients through interactive design.
The Building Science team at TowerPinkster is a group of experts who focus on guiding sustainability through insight, collaboration and measurable impact. Commissioning is a fundamental element of this team to ensure envelope and system efficiency throughout all phases of a project.
We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that empowers each person to be their genuine self. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. For more than 70 years, we have made significant contributions to our communities through our commitment to quality, sustainability, and equitable design. Our active DEI committee is focused on driving initiatives within three areas: people, purpose, and process.
Our expertise and collaborative, client-centered approach means the best ideas rise to the top. TowerPinkster received the 2025 National 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for Award and the 2025 Best Firm Award from Zweig Group. We are proud of this achievement and are thankful for our client relationships, our generous communities, and all the employees who contribute to TowerPinkster’s exciting and creative culture! Our supportive work environment helps employees reach their career goals, and we have fun doing it.
www.towerpinkster.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
