Principal, Commissioning Consultant

Company : Stantec
Location : Irvine, CA
Posted Date : 7 October 2025
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Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.
Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.
Join us and design your place with Stantec.
Your Opportunity
The Principal, Commissioning Consultant brings deep building commissioning engineering and integrated team delivery experience and relationships in the A/E industry to contribute to the overall strategic and tactical leadership of the Stantec commissioning team, helping to grow and lead the existing commissioning practice in the US West and beyond. This position will lead strategic projects, be client facing, responsible for business development, contribute to project delivery standards and work processes, provide quality control, workload forecasting, financial performance accountability and collaboration with other disciplines. Principal supports business development including but not limited to establishing new business, maintaining existing accounts, reviewing proposals, client management and participating in projects where technical or client advisement/oversight is needed. The principal contributes to differentiating Stantec from other competing firms, and positions Stantec as innovators in the industry.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Be a primary contributor to the growth of Stantec’s Buildings Commissioning practice in the US West.
- Interface regularly with additional commissioning leaders in North America and contribute within the US West specialty services practice.
- Develop strategic and tactical business development and marketing plans for the commissioning practice and align with Business Center and regional Buildings group goals and strategies and brand position priorities.
- Sustain and grow top line revenue helping to achieve growth objectives in the US West and work collaboratively with the Regional Business Leader, Business Center Practice Leaders, and other Commissioning leaders in US to achieve key operational performance metrics.
- Develop and maintain industry relationships and visibility with current and prospective clients in the local and regional Commissioning industry.
- Assist with the development of the annual business plan and budget for the business center and working with the leadership team to achieve key performance indicators.
- Develop presentation materials and present to clients and at strategic industry events.
- Represent the firm through published articles, public speaking engagements and attendance at industry and community events, meetings, and conferences.
- Develop project proposals.
- Assist the marketing department with the development of commissioning marketing materials and content.
- Develop presentation materials and present to clients at strategic industry events.
- Represent the firm through published articles, public speaking engagements and attendance at industry and community events, meetings, and conferences.
- Develop project proposals.
- Assist the marketing department with commissioning marketing materials and content.
- Help hire and lead a team consisting of commissioning engineers and project managers
- In conjunction with other stakeholders, identify and forecast staff needs and assignments based on current and projected workload and SME requirements.
- Hold project team members accountable for technical excellence, delivery standards, and best practices.
- Responsible for managing the financial performance, quality control processes, and project delivery for mission critical projects.
- Ensure compliance with best practices, including Stantec PM Frameworks Project Involvement.
- Work with PM's and SMEs on key projects to develop and deliver commissioning specifications, presentations, reports, and other deliverables.
- Successfully lead projects of significant scope, complexity, and revenue budget.
- Apply buildings commissioning and project management knowledge while leading cross-functional resources to meet project requirements within established timeframes and budgets.
- Meet technical, contractual, schedule, budgetary and client service objectives for projects.
- Apply strong engineering skills, experience and knowledge to the oversight of the commissioning process for building projects.
- Manage and plan the production resources and workflow to produce the deliverables and onsite scope required for commissioning projects
- Act as a QC reviewer on specific projects.
- Serves as a Lead Commissioning Agent and internal technical expert on assigned projects.
- Reviews commissioning deliverables to meet project requirements
- Applies strong engineering skills and knowledge to research and develop solutions to complex engineering challenges.
- Supports project requirements by overseeing and sometimes performing the execution of the commissioning process from the pre-design phase through post occupancy phase
- Collaborates with project managers and supports commissioning staff as part of a coordinated team.
- Manages and/or actively participates in the development of junior level staff through work on projects as well as serving as a trainer, mentor, and resource.
- Maintain awareness of operational, technical, or regulatory changes within the buildings commissioning market sector and AEC community overall, disseminate such knowledge to staff and firm, and integrate into existing processes and standards.
- Oversee the maintenance and updating of commissioning specifications, technical documentation, and standards in collaboration with other senior technical resources in Stantec.
- Oversee commissioning delivery process and best practices and coordinate with other disciplines.
- Provide oversight for commissioning staff education and certification process & balance firm, studio and staff needs.
- Learning/Maintaining and Expanding Technical and Managerial Skills:
- Maintain current knowledge of technologies and trends impacting Stantec's core service offerings and markets and continually strengthens skills.
- Outstanding client service skills with ability to lead practice members in consistently delivering an exceptional standard of service to every client.
- Strong managerial skills with ability to hire, engage, develop, and retain top-tier talent.
- Strong business acumen with ability to identify, develop and map strategy, prepare, interpret, and manage budgets, and analyze business results.
- Business development skills with ability to identify and develop prospects, nurture key relationships, cross-sell services, negotiate, and engage business.
- Comprehensive understanding of building project components, project management and delivery systems; ability to continuously evaluate and refine processes to increase efficiency and client satisfaction.
- Ability to manage clients, projects, fee, scope, and teams to achieve budget, schedule and deliverable objectives while meeting key stakeholder critical success factors.
- Familiarity with, and ability to produce, project-related documents and documentation standards required of a Project Manager.
- Ability to integrate commissioning project elements with other disciplines.
- Strong knowledge of applicable codes and standards.
- A commanding knowledge of technical issues supporting delivered commissioning services.
- Deep technical understanding and working knowledge of buildings systems, including Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing and Control Systems.
- Strong knowledge of buildings communities including architects, engineers, contractors, and facilities, both stakeholders and key decision-makers.
- Deep understanding of and ability to apply sustainable design principles within projects.
- Outstanding consulting skills with ability to present a credible, engaging image in keeping with Stantec’s high service standards.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and polished presentation and public speaking skills.
- Deep knowledge of either power or cooling systems.
- Experience in identifying and managing items of risk that may occur on projects.
- Ability to identify and manage potential unanticipated scope.
- Successful history of collaboration with contractors for various types of commissioning projects such as new build, additions, renovations, retro-commissioning, re-commissioning.
- Travel may be required to meet engagement/client requirements; may include regional, national, or international based on the contracted requirement
- Must have all required travel documents.
- Must have valid driver’s license and a clean DMV record.
- Bachelor's degree in either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- 10 years related professional experience.
- Commissioning Certification required
- Management Professional certification a plus.
- LEED AP Credential a plus.
Pay Range
- Locations in MN, VT, & Various CA, NY Areas - Min Salary $ 124,800.00 - Max Salary $ 187,200.00
- Locations in WA, DC & Various CA areas - Min Salary $ 147,300.00 - Max Salary $ 220,900.00
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements
Primary Location: United States | AZ | Phoenix
Organization: 2804 Buildings-US West BSS-Phoenix AZ
Employee Status: Regular
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 02/07/ :07:10
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