Manager, Commissioning and Engineering Project

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

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Job Posting Title:

Manager, Commissioning and Engineering Project

Job Description Summary:

The Commissioning and Engineering Project Manager will provide field and technical support from design through the commissioning milestone for new and renovation capital projects. Additionally, the position will be responsible for executing Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing (MEP) and infrastructure focused capital projects

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Responsible for all aspects of all aspects of new and renovation capital project commissioning.

• Responsible for overseeing work performed by third party commissioning firms on large capital projects.

• Monitor progress of commissioning. Insure completeness and accuracy of close-out documents and deliverables.  Support the integration of project handover from capital project to maintenance thru process improvement.  Participate during inspections and follow up on resolution of deficiencies. Participate in the owner's meetings and reviews.

• Responsible for managing MEP and infrastructure focused capital projects.

• Establishes specific needs and project scope requirements; evaluates alternatives, prepares budget estimates, and obtains concurrence of initial scope of work.

• Prepares initial project scope, budget, and delivery schedule; secures project funding and procures service of design consultants or service vendors required to complete project scope of work; prepares and negotiates contracts; approves payments to vendors; ensures compliance with all applicable local ordinances, and state and federal codes and laws.

• Presents and reviews proposed solutions with educational department representatives, design consultants, and service vendors to ensure project scope meets client's needs; reviews design progress to ensure compliance with project budget, delivery schedule, and quality requirements in accordance with college standards.

• Directs and manages the overall design and construction phases to meet the established project scope, budget and schedule; meets with local community committees and stakeholders to resolve potential problems and address concerns.

• Schedules progress coordination meetings and periodic field inspections to ensure completed work in place is acceptable and in accordance with the design intent and satisfies the client's needs and completion timeline; addresses or corrects discovered conditions to ensure continued operation, life safety, and security of the educational environment.

• Prepares reports to update project status to internal and external project stakeholders.

• Reviews, suspends/rejects, o