Commissioning Coordinator

Dürr Systems LLC

Dürr Systems USA has been present in the United States since 1970 and operates multiple locations across the United States, including facilities in Michigan and Wisconsin. The largest site is in Southfield, Michigan, which serves as the main center for operations. As of 2025, Dürr employs approximately 660 people across the country who support a wide range of market segments. Dürr Systems USA plans, builds, and installs complete, state-of-the-art paint shops and final assembly facilities, supported by DXQ, Dürr's digital products suite. The company also offers advanced automated painting, sealing, and gluing application technologies, as well as high-viscosity material handling solutions. In addition to serving the automotive industry, Dürr Systems provides premium application technology products for the general industry. In the field of electrode manufacturing, Dürr Systems enhances quality, cost efficiency, and speed to market lithium-ion battery electrode coating through its advanced development and manufacturing coating systems. Committed to innovation, excellence, and customized solutions, Dürr Systems addresses the diverse needs of its North American customers with precision and reliability.

Location: Southfield, MI

Position Summary:

Develop and coordinate electrical commissioning activities on large greenfield and brownfield installations. Direct and manage team of commissioning staff.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Development of commissioning plan and schedule in coordination with the Project Management Team
• Implementation of commissioning plan
• Scheduling of commissioning team
• Supporting commissioning team as needed
• Coordination with project management, engineering and senior site management
• Ensuring conformity to standards and specifications
• Support processing customer bulletins and field orders
• Participate in and support all safety and quality programs
• Resolution of minor installation coordination and engineering problems
• Participate in start-up and extend support as required
• Organize and attend meetings as required and issue minutes
• Generate change requests as needed
• Attend and contribute to site coordination meetings
• Coordinate providing commissioning staff for projects and products
• Willing to step in and conduct equipment start-up and debug as needed
• Project performance and data collection
• Generate reports as needed
• Provide standby and customer support
• Work as part of a team on major projects or individually on smaller projects

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in relative field preferred. 10 years of commissioning management as alternative
• Knowledge and experience in the field of electrical production / installation
• Knowledge and experience in large automotive installations
• Experience in the installation of electrical equipment of machines and plants
• Experience in installation and measurements of networks (e.g. Ethernet, Profinet)
• Experienced in handling valid EN/US guidelines and standards (e.g. EN60204-1, UL508A, NEC, NFPA)
• Extensive travel required (90%)
• Labor and union relations skills
• Working knowledge of OSHA regulations
• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Proficient with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Additional Requirements

• Pass a pre-employment drug test and be able to pass a drug test at any time during employment.
• Adhere to the policies and procedures outlined in the employee handbook

Supervisory Responsibilities

Direct supervisory duties, responsible for the supervision, management and support of the site commissioning team.

Physical Demands: While performing duties of job, incumbent is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close and distance vision. Additionally, the incumbent will be required to:

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Climb ladders or stairs
• Stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work vary based on need. Frequent evening and weekend work are required. May be required to work holidays. Overtime may be required.

Travel:

This position requires frequent travel, more than 90%. Travel can be both overnight and during the business day, and can be both local and international.

Other Duties:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Dürr Systems, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We maintain a drug-free work place and perform pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.

Note to all Staffing Agencies: Dürr has a team of dedicated Human Resources professionals who are responsible for all hiring needs. Our practice is to partner and work with our approved vendors on an as needed basis. We do not accept resumes from agencies that are not on our preferred vendor list and have not signed our Recruiting and Permanent Placement Contract. Any resumes submitted from unapproved vendors will be considered unsolicited, and Dürr will not be obligated to pay a referral fee.