Senior Coordinator, Quality and Project Commissioning

Duke Careers•Durham, NC

12d•$62,247 - $98,692•Onsite

About The Position

At Duke, we celebrate individuality and the unique perspectives that each member of our community brings. As the Senior Coordinator, Quality and Project Commissioning, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring Duke’s capital projects are designed, constructed, commissioned, and transitioned to operations in a manner that supports long-term reliability, maintainability, operational efficiency, and sustainability. The Senior Coordinator, Quality and Project Commissioning is responsible for representing Facility Operations on a variety of building and utility construction and renovation projects as a member of the Office of Project Management (OPM) Capital Project Teams. They will be involved in all phases of the project including design, construction, commissioning, project turnover, and warranty phase to the Operations Teams. This involvement is intended to ensure design and construction goals are aligned with the following operations goals: Deliver a fully functional, efficient, reliable and maintainable building, Minimize life-cycle cost of facilities, Early identification of issues, Construction projects are built to Duke’s specifications, Contractor means and methods are of high standard, Complete commissioning before move in.

Requirements

A.S. Degree in engineering technology, architectural technology, building maintenance, construction or other related field.
Minimum of seven (7) or more years of experience in commercial, industrial or institutional facilities design, construction maintenance or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience
Extensive knowledge of building and/or utility systems HVAC & Controls, Plumbing/Mechanical Piping, Electrical, Water, Chilled Water, Building Systems.
Ability to read and understand architectural and engineering drawings including process flow diagrams, P&ID's, and ladder logic diagrams, specifications, and materials and equipment submittals.
Ability to provide solutions to a variety of technical problems of moderate scope and complexity.
Excellent attention to detail, analysis and decision-making skills.
Strong problem solving and conflict resolution abilities.
Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences, including senior University management, faculty, trade employees, supervisors, staff from other departments, students, and others.
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

Participate as member of the project team.
Participate in project scoping meetings with the Project Manager, Building Coordinator and/or Facility Engineer(s), Designers at the beginning of a capital project to understand the scope of work, key customers and stakeholders goals, the project schedule, and potential impact on existing building systems and utility infrastructure.
Monitors and facilitates DUKE FMD’s High Performance Building Framework execution through Sustainable Building Coordinator, Cx Agent, and PM.
Escalate items which remain unresolved at the Project Team level to the Project Steering Team (PST).
Provide recommendations in a timely manner on key areas which impact the long term operation and maintenance of buildings and utilities, and the effective delivery of services to these facilities.
Review and provide written comments on drawings, specifications and submittmitals.
Review control sequence of operations and BAS graphics for compliance with Facilities Management Department (FMD) Construction Standards.
Review equipment accessibility for all maintenance and service activities including location of access doors, valves, disconnects and elevated surfaces.
Provides technical resources to all capital projects during construction and through the warranty period.
Review exceptions to FMD Construction Standards identified by the project team and provide input if request is justified or acceptable.
Review and comment on any value-engineering options being considered.
Review all project RFI responses to provide guidance to PM on impact and proper responses to support project goals.
Review integrated Project Construction Schedule with milestone and detailed events.
Assist in setting quality expectations by participating in coordination meetings; reviewing and commenting on coordination drawings, BIM models (where used) for interferences between various trades; discussing means and methods of installations.
Identify required Operations Teams support to project construction activities.
Assist in coordinating for shutdowns and service interruptions, understand timing & schedule impacts.
Perform project walkthroughs during construction as needed based on tasks, phase, complexity & speed of construction.
Documents and communicates issues via Duke Project Manager.
Review Change Orders for material, equipment, or design changes where applicable.
Reviews preliminary Test and Balance (TAB) reports and Controls Checkout reports.
Review Commissioning Scope of Work and Testing Plan including Commissioning RFP, and schedule of commissioning activities and Commissioning issues log and all updates.
Decides if the Capital Project Coordinator or other FMD representative wants to participate or witness certain acceptance or commissioning tests.
Coordinates and reviews applicable project training requirements for FMD shops on all capital projects.
Receive and review completed Asset spreadsheet provided by Commissioning Agent for FMD to incorporate into Inform EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) Work Order Management System.
Reviews Project Turnover documents and plans.
Provide backup for other Capital Project Coordinators to ensure coverage is maintained and to develop further operational and facility knowledge.
Identify, review and assist to develop solutions for all applicable warranty phase issues on capital projects.
Verify measures implemented correctly.
Performs other duties as required.