Deputy Commissioning Manager (ESS-414)

Environmental and Safety Solutions•Chandler, AZ

About The Position

The Deputy Commissioning Manager joins a collaborative team delivering commissioning and start-up (CSU) services to clients, leading the critical transition of a semiconductor fabrication facility from construction to full-scale manufacturing operations. The role is accountable for planning, coordinating, and executing commissioning and system start-up activities for the facility base build, ensuring systems and infrastructure meet design intent, operational requirements, and readiness criteria for tool installation and production. From project inception, the role partners with Project Controls and Construction to integrate commissioning logic into the master schedule, align construction sequencing with system start-up, and plan phased turnover. It develops commissioning strategies, sequences, turnover plans, and cleanroom readiness strategies; leads commissioning, start-up, testing, performance verification, troubleshooting, documentation, and turnover; and supports operational readiness, process-tool integration, ramp-up, and facility-system stabilization. The role also coordinates with client stakeholders and project teams, communicates status and risks, supports performance reviews and improvement, scopes project drawings, and completes the RASCI matrix. The job posting also emphasizes collaboration, audience-appropriate communication, customer focus, timely decision-making, problem-solving, and serving as a positive role model who motivates others.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering, or Construction Management.
Minimum of 15 years in engineering or 20 years of experience in high-tech construction, cleanroom environments, or mission-critical facility commissioning.
Proven leadership in commissioning large-scale semiconductor or high-tech manufacturing facilities.
Deep technical knowledge of fabrication-facility systems, including HVAC, process utilities, electrical, and controls.
Strong understanding of semiconductor industry standards and commissioning practices.
Expertise in integrated scheduling, system completion, and start-up planning.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills for coordinating with engineering, operations, and client teams.
Proven leadership and supervisory skills, with a focus on mentorship and accountability.
Knowledge of ASHRAE Guidelines and Standards.
Leadership or supervisory experience; ideally, experience leading a Construction Automation Team on a jobsite.
Knowledge and understanding of cleanrooms.

Responsibilities

Develop commissioning execution strategies, sequences, and system turnover plans.
Define and integrate commissioning scope into overall project execution and scheduling.
Establish phased cleanroom readiness strategies to support progressive tool installation.
Coordinate with project scheduling to align construction, pre-commissioning, and start-up activities.
Identify and manage system interdependencies that affect commissioning and start-up sequences.
Drive readiness milestones and turnover gates tied to construction completion and system availability.
Lead system commissioning, start-up, and performance verification activities.
Oversee the development and execution of test plans, procedures, and validation protocols.
Manage troubleshooting and resolution of system deficiencies, including turndown and stability challenges under initial load conditions.
Coordinate with client stakeholders on commissioning objectives and acceptance criteria.
Communicate status, risks, and mitigation plans to project leadership.
Drive system completion, documentation, and turnover to operations.
Ensure operational readiness for manufacturing and integration of process tools.
Support ramp-up activities and stabilization of facility systems.
Scope project drawings.
Complete the RASCI Matrix.
Support reviews of performance curves, metrics, trackers, and feedback to identify trends and drive improvements.
Identify the owner's goals, needs, and expectations for building operation and function, and identify commissioning responsibilities.