Senior Offsite Commissioning Manager
Holder ConstructionHerndon, VA
Full Time
Posted March 16, 2026
$123k - $175k· Est.
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Listing evidence and provenance
- Source
- Greenhouse View original listing
- Freshness
- Open in the current public read path; this is not an employer guarantee.Last observed October 5, 2026
- Classification
- Modern power-system classification not yet published for this listing.Legacy source industry field: Power Generation
- Pay provenance
- Estimated benchmark; not employer-provided
Job Description
Holder Construction is a nationally recognized leader in the construction industry, consistently ranked among the top firms on ENR’s Top 400 Contractors list.
Key Responsibilities
- We are looking for a Senior Offsite Commissioning Manager to join our MEP Department team in our Washington, DC office. This is a full-time, in-person.
- Review submittals, owner standards, specifications, and contract documents to ensure proper coordination with the onsite commissioning team.
- Review design documents, specifications, and submittals to verify commissioning requirements and test criteria.
- Review Factory Witness Testing (FWT) / Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) scripts and provide comments as necessary.
- Develop and manage the offsite commissioning plan, schedule, and resource allocation across multiple vendors and pre-fabrication sites.
- Develop and maintain commissioning checklists, test scripts, and verification documents.
- Develop and maintain touchpoints with vendors, integrators, owners, and onsite project teams to ensure equipment readiness and commissioning progress goals are met.
- Attend and host Factory Witness Testing (FWT) / Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), including creating formal reports and action items upon completion.
- Oversee component verification documentation and verify fabrication of equipment to ensure QA/QC oversight and compliance with specifications and owner standards.
- Validate equipment performance, integration points, controls programming, and quality standards prior to shipment.
- Manage vendor equipment reports for shipment approval prior to each equipment delivery and manage shipment deviation requests for equipment not completed prior to shipment.
- Identify issues or non-conformance early and drive corrective action with vendors and trade partners.
- Review L2 inspections including First of a Kind (FOAK) mock-ups, set-in-place inspections, pre-energization inspections, and final clean inspections.
- Ensure offsite commissioning activities align with project milestones and offsite production schedules.
- Travel as necessary to vendor or integrator facilities for scope verification, offsite testing, and commissioning activities.
- Monitor progress and escalate risks impacting downstream construction or commissioning activities.
- Provide regular progress updates and risk summaries to the project team and leadership.
- Implement mitigation strategies to protect project timelines and onsite commissioning phases.
- Work closely with project managers, design engineers, field commissioning teams, and quality control personnel.
- Ensure a seamless transition from offsite commissioning to onsite installation and commissioning activities.
- Coordinate with Site QA/QC/MEP Team Leads and trade partners for inspection paperwork and manage and train the team on software tools used to execute the quality program.
Requirements
- Familiarity with modular construction and/or equipment integration.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and support team members by enabling others to act and encouraging high performance.
- Experience fostering collaborative environments that emphasize individual contributions and team development.
- Ability to provide constructive feedback that supports team growth while maintaining professionalism and respect.
- Substance abuse testing and a background screening is a condition of employment and Holder Construction does not sponsor applicants for immigration status or benefits.
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