Commissioning-Engineer-Telecom-SME, Boise, ID

FusionIRX•Boise, ID

2d•Onsite

About The Position

FusionIRX is seeking a senior-level IT/Telecom Network Subject Matter Expert to support the Commissioning Team at a large-scale, high-tech memory manufacturing facility in Boise, Idaho. This contractor will provide technical leadership and commissioning expertise across information technology, telecommunications, structured cabling, network infrastructure, and related low-voltage systems. The role calls for significant experience with complex network systems in semiconductor, advanced manufacturing, mission-critical, data center, pharmaceutical, or similarly sophisticated environments. The IT/Telecom Network SME serves as a technical authority for the commissioning team, owner, contractors, design professionals, vendors, and operations stakeholders. The role helps ensure systems are correctly installed, fully tested, documented, integrated with related facility systems, and ready for reliable operation at turnover. The position is full-time and on-site in Boise, Idaho. The role covers technical design and installation reviews; commissioning planning and execution; field verification and quality oversight; testing and functional verification; integration and interface coordination; cybersecurity and network readiness; and review of commissioning, test, deficiency, inspection, drawing, and closeout records. Systems may include enterprise networks, structured cabling, fiber and copper systems, telecommunications spaces, network equipment, wireless and voice systems, data-center connectivity, operational technology interfaces, building systems, security and life-safety interfaces, monitoring systems, and supporting power, grounding, environmental, redundancy, and carrier-service infrastructure. FusionIRX provides Owner’s Representative and General Contractor support services for complex construction programs. Its capabilities include Quality Assurance and Control, Commissioning, Construction Management, and Virtual Design Capture, supporting semiconductor, alternative-energy, data-center, pharmaceutical, electric-vehicle manufacturing, and advanced industrial-manufacturing sectors. The company seeks professionals demonstrating integrity, strong ethics, technical excellence, compassion, and respect for others.

Requirements

At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in IT, telecommunications, network infrastructure, structured cabling, or related technical systems.
Extensive experience with complex construction, installation, testing, startup, commissioning, or system-turnover activities.
Demonstrated subject-matter expertise in enterprise network and telecommunications infrastructure.
Experience on semiconductor fabrication, high-tech manufacturing, data-center, mission-critical, pharmaceutical, industrial, or similarly complex projects.
Strong knowledge of network architecture, structured cabling, fiber optics, copper systems, telecommunications spaces, network equipment, grounding, redundancy, and system integration.
Ability to review technical drawings, specifications, submittals, test procedures, and commissioning documentation.
Experience witnessing, evaluating, and documenting system testing.
Ability to identify complex technical issues and provide practical, defensible solutions.
Strong understanding of construction sequencing, system completion, turnover, and operational-readiness processes.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to work effectively with executives, engineers, contractors, technicians, vendors, commissioning personnel, and owner representatives.
Strong organizational, documentation, and issue-management skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, schedule-driven project environment.
Willingness and ability to work full-time on-site in Boise, Idaho.
Proactive, decisive, thorough, and solutions-oriented approach; commitment to quality, safety, documentation, confidentiality, and accountability.
Ability to collaborate while maintaining independent technical judgment, communicate concerns constructively, and support issues through resolution.
Professionalism, honesty, respect, and alignment with FusionIRX’s culture and values.

Nice To Haves

At least 15 years of relevant IT/telecom or network-infrastructure experience.
Direct commissioning experience on semiconductor fabrication or advanced memory-manufacturing projects.
Experience with large-scale cleanroom, process-support, central-utility, or mission-critical environments.
Experience supporting phased turnover, startup, and production-readiness activities.
Knowledge of applicable standards and best practices, including BICSI, TIA, ANSI, IEEE, NFPA, NEC, and owner-specific network standards.
Experience with Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bluebeam, SharePoint, CxAlloy, or similar construction and commissioning platforms.
Relevant professional certifications, such as Registered Communications Distribution Designer, BICSI credentials, Cisco certifications, CompTIA Network+ or Security+, Project Management Professional, Certified Commissioning Professional, or other advanced network, cybersecurity, telecommunications, or commissioning credentials.
Recognition as a highly regarded IT/telecom or network-infrastructure expert and ability to serve as a trusted advisor to the owner and commissioning leadership.

Responsibilities

Serve as the Commissioning Team’s principal technical authority for IT, telecommunications, structured cabling, and network infrastructure.
Provide technical guidance throughout construction, installation, testing, commissioning, turnover, and operational-readiness activities.
Review project requirements, design documents, specifications, drawings, submittals, network and riser diagrams, equipment schedules, and control narratives.
Evaluate designs and installation approaches for functionality, constructability, maintainability, reliability, scalability, and compliance with owner requirements.
Identify technical risks, design gaps, coordination conflicts, and installation deficiencies, and recommend solutions.
Support project leadership with technical evaluations, decisions, issue escalation, and risk mitigation.
Provide commissioning oversight and subject-matter expertise for network, cabling, telecommunications, wireless, voice, data-center, operational-technology, building-system, security, life-safety, monitoring, and related infrastructure.
Develop, review, and support implementation of commissioning plans, procedures, checklists, test scripts, and acceptance criteria.
Confirm commissioning requirements align with owner project requirements, basis-of-design documents, specifications, applicable standards, and approved submittals.
Participate in commissioning planning, design and constructability reviews, installation-readiness reviews, and turnover discussions.
Set commissioning priorities and coordinate activities with construction management, quality assurance, electrical, controls, security, life-safety, facilities, manufacturing, and operations teams.
Review system boundaries, interfaces, prerequisites, turnover responsibilities, sequencing, schedules, trackers, completion matrices, and status reports.
Perform field inspections and walkdowns to verify installation quality and compliance, including equipment, cabling, labeling, routing, terminations, grounding, bonding, clearances, access, and environmental requirements.
Verify telecommunications spaces are complete, secure, clean, conditioned, powered, grounded, and ready for equipment installation or startup.
Review installation records, inspection reports, cable-test reports, equipment certifications, and quality documentation; identify deficiencies and track corrective actions through closure.
Witness and evaluate vendor, contractor, and integrator testing, including fiber-optic and copper-cabling test results.
Confirm equipment configuration, connectivity, redundancy, failover, monitoring, alarms, backup power, recovery, and fault-response functions are tested as required.
Support end-to-end verification of network pathways, devices, interfaces, and connected systems; evaluate results and coordinate troubleshooting and retesting.
Maintain records of witnessed tests, findings, corrective actions, and final acceptance status.
Coordinate IT/telecom interfaces with power, controls, building automation, process systems, security, fire alarm, life safety, and facility-management systems.
Support coordination between enterprise IT and operational technology stakeholders; review interface documents, addressing, protocols, port assignments, and connectivity responsibilities.
Identify scope gaps and conflicting responsibilities, resolve integration issues, and confirm integrated systems operate as intended under normal, abnormal, and failure conditions.
Coordinate with owner IT and cybersecurity teams to support project security requirements and verify approved standards and procedures are followed.
Support validation of network segmentation, device access, secure remote connectivity, system hardening, and resolution of default credentials, unauthorized connections, temporary devices, and unsecured access points.
Identify cybersecurity commissioning risks, escalate concerns, and maintain confidentiality of network designs, configurations, security requirements, and facility information.
Review commissioning records, test reports, deficiency logs, inspection reports, redline drawings, and final documentation.