Senior Commissioning Lead

Altura’s Mission

Altura is a pioneer in leveraging data analytics and automation to transform the value of commissioning for building owners and project teams. We go beyond checking boxes to improve the overall construction delivery process to ensure buildings work as intended on Day One. Our Altura Analytics platform puts the right data in front of the right people at the right time. As a Senior Commissioning Lead, you will lead our Bay Area presence, build and enhance client relationships, manage project teams to high-impact outcomes and help grow the company. 

Your Impact: The First 12 Months

• Lead the Delivery of High-Impact Projects: Join multiple in-flight new construction projects and collaborate with the team to lead them across the finish line. Kickoff new engagements and build new client relationships and set the stage for successful delivery.

• Deploy Analytics Faster & Better: Learn how Altura deploys analytics as soon as systems come online to provide unprecedented visibility and early problem-solving on jobsites.

• Innovation: Bring your unique perspective and skillset to the team to expand capabilities and solutions for our clients. 

• Mentor & Scale: Lead our Bay Area office and mentor emerging engineers and project managers in client work and professional development.

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What you bring

We are seeking "T-shaped" engineers: deep technical expertise in mechanical systems and controls with a broad understanding of how building systems come together during construction and perform long-term.

• Baseline: 8+ years in Mechanical Engineering/Commissioning with a PE License (required) and CCP or BCxA certification.

• Engineering Mastery: Expert-level understanding of hydronic systems, air-side distribution, electrical systems and complex BAS logic/sequences.

• Digital Fluency: Experience leveraging Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) software and an ability to translate time-series data into engineering insights.

• Project Management Excellence: Proven track record delivering large and complex commissioning engagements.

• Client Communications: You can sit in a room with a Facility Manager and a CFO and explain the ROI of a $2M chiller plant upgrade with equal clarity.

Why Senior Engineers Choose Us

• Impact: Go beyond checklists and issues logs to make the building perform to its highest potential. Help clients translate lofty energy and carbon goals into real projects and proven performance.

• Work With the Best Tools: The Altura Analytics platform is a force multiplier on your time and talents as an engineer. Spend more time solving the hardest problems and less time writing reports.

• Growth: Altura offers diversified services spanning data analytics, master systems integration, commissioning and large scale program management, ensuring opportunities for both technical and leadership growth.

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Scope & Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of clients and projects, including client relationships, team leadership, technical oversight and schedule & budget management.

• Lead data-driven commissioning projects, leveraging Altura Analytics and industry software tools to deliver superior client outcomes and building performance.

• Maintain and grow a presence for Altura in Northern CA through active engagement in local industry associations, speaking engagements, and thought leadership.

• Lead business development efforts to grow Altura’s client base and expand services with existing clients. Client outreach, business development, and proposals are expected to average 20% of your time.

• Execute project work and manage internal teams to deliver: 

  • New Construction Commissioning and Performance Delivery Projects: Project management, design reviews, submittal reviews, Cx documentation coordination, contractor scheduling and Cx strategy support, functional testing, analytics-driven testing and analysis.

  • Existing Building Audits and Commissioning Projects: Project management, ASHRAE Level 1&2 Audits, field  testing, energy savings project development, analytics-driven analysis, calculation of energy conservation measure performance, project presentations, bid document development, implementation support, M&V.

• Work out of the Altura office in Oakland, CA on a hybrid in-office basis, with a schedule to be negotiated.

• Travel within the U.S. to engage with clients and manage projects as needed. Travel is expected to average 10-20% over the course of a year.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in engineering field (mechanical preferred), including building energy engineering (MEP and controls), commissioning and project management experience 

• 5+ years of client management experience

• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven track record of building collaboration within teams to solve complex problems

• Proven track record of developing client relationships and selling new work, including significant experience with proposal strategy, pricing, and authoring 

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or related discipline 

• P.E. (mechanical or electrical)

• Excellent technical writing skills

Key Attributes of Successful Candidate

We anticipate a candidate will be successful in this role if they have strengths in Altura’s Core Tenets:

• Tenacity: Drive resolution of technical, schedule and coordination challenges without significant support to deliver impact.

• Personal Responsibility: Natural tendency to take ownership of tasks, projects and teams and find intrinsic pride in their success, and will work to fix their failures.

• Collaborative Mindset: Ability to facilitate teamwork-based solutions with field, design, and owner stakeholders; proactive, clear and transparent communication.

• Innovation Always: Ability to see how systems and processes are resulting in issues and draw inspiration from all sources to find unique and tangible solutions to improve how we do our work and drive meaningful impact.

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Location:

Oakland, CA 

About Altura:

Altura is proud to offer a generous total compensation package that includes base salary, bonus potential, and a comprehensive benefit package that includes health benefits (medical and dental plans), paid time off (vacation, sick and holiday), financial benefits (retirement plan with both match and annual company contribution, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and commuter benefits).

Additional benefits for regular full-time employees include fitness reimbursement, healthcare and dependent care pre-tax spending plans, tuition reimbursement, back-up daycare and family support benefits, EAP, work life assistance and a holiday contribution program. Base salaries will be determined by factors such as geographic location, education, skills, experience, and market considerations.  For this role the annual base salary range is $160,000-$180,000 plus a performance bonus. 

We pride ourselves on our company’s unique entrepreneurial, high-energy culture and flat organizational structure which empowers employees to take action and achieve results for our clients.