Junior M/E Engineer - Construction & Field Experience

J.E. Dunn Construction Company; Social Circle (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

JE Dunn Construction seeks an entry-level M/E Engineer 1 to join the Advanced Facilities Group on national Industrial, Data Center, and Semiconductor projects. You will learn through hands-on construction activities and collaborate with a diverse team across locations.

This role emphasizes safety, quality plans, budgeting, bid support, and coordination of mechanical/electrical scopes. A Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 0–2 years of construction experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Idea: Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner.
• Communication skills, verbal and written (Intermediate).
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Ability to read and understand plans, drawings and specifications.
• Proficiency in basic JE Dunn construction M/E tools and software.
• Knowledge of the means and methods of construction management.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team.

Responsibilities

• Learns and actively participates in safety and quality plans and culture by demonstrating commitment to an injury-free environment through individual actions and mentoring others.
• Completes entry level and routine mechanical, electrical and field construction activities.
• Learns how to develop budgetary M/E estimates, based upon program and schematic design information using automated M/E estimating system.
• Assists in the review of mechanical and electrical options as part of the preconstruction process and completes systems analysis for select projects.
• Learns to develop the mechanical and electrical scopes of work used to coordinate during the bid process.
• Assists in the completion of bid analysis and provides input during the subcontractor selection process.
• Assists in developing sequencing requirements of various systems and providing solutions to meet the schedule requirements.
• Gains knowledge of design documents in order to identify potential quality problems to assist in developing constructability review reports.
• Learns to perform job inspections to ensure specifications and expectations are met and work is completed in a quality and timely manner.
• Learns and assists with the shop drawing/submittal process to comply with the contract documents.
• Assists with the commissioning process including developing pre-functional checklists, functional testing procedures and actual functional testing.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

MS Office

Plan reading

M/E tools software

Construction mgmt knowledge

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, architectural engineering or related field

Equivalent relevant experience considered

Tools

M/E estimating system

Job description

JE Dunn Construction seeks an entry-level M/E Engineer 1 to join the Advanced Facilities Group on national Industrial, Data Center, and Semiconductor projects. You will learn through hands-on construction activities and collaborate with a diverse team across locations.

This role emphasizes safety, quality plans, budgeting, bid support, and coordination of mechanical/electrical scopes. A Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 0–2 years of construction experience are preferred.