MEP Engineer (Bay Area)

Turner Construction Company; San Rafael (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company is seeking an experienced professional to manage Mechanical and Electrical systems on a major Bay Area project. You will lead the project team, subcontractors, and consultants to ensure timely, safe, and quality installations in line with contract documents.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Engineering with at least six years of relevant experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and STSC certification within six months.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (or equivalent) with six years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to manage complex mechanical/electrical systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with good organizational ability.
• Experience with project budgets, change orders, and schedule coordination.
• STSC certification required within six months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Lead project team, subcontractors, and consultants to align systems installation with schedule and budget.
• Prepare and manage contract item lists to ensure ROJ dates align with the project schedule and approvals.
• Participate in schedule update meetings and provide accurate information.
• Evaluate and manage RFI processing.
• Manage budget including review, evaluation, and negotiation of change orders.
• Supervise and mentor Assistant MEP Engineers.
• Co-lead MEP Coordination with the VDC Engineer to ensure design compliance.
• Create scope of work documents and define responsibilities for trades and temporary operations.
• Co-lead turnover, start-up, testing, commissioning, and closeout.
• Conduct regular site walkthroughs to ensure work aligns with contract docs and submittals.
• Inform field staff of difficult installation requirements for proper planning.
• Secure municipal/agency documentation for temporary information and system operation.
• Develop and implement a quality control plan with the MEP Superintendent.

Skills

Project leadership

Schedule management

Budget negotiation

Verbal & written communication

Quality control

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Division: Bay Area Main

Project Location(s): San Francisco, CA 94104 USA

Job Type: Regular

Job Classification: Experienced

Job Family: Construction

Compensation: Salaried Exempt

The salary range for this position is estimated to be 130,000.00 - 190,000.00 USD annualized.

Position Description

Manage, evaluate, and assess information related to Mechanical and Electrical systems necessary to construct the project on time in a safe manner, within budget, and to the quality specified by the contract documents.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the Turner project team, subcontractors, owner's consultants and representatives to ensure optimal alignment and efficient systems installation.
• Prepare and manage the contract item's list for all components, materials, and systems to ensure that all ROJ dates are in compliance with the project schedule with the appropriate approval status.
• Participate in schedule update meetings and provide the latest information for an informed and accurate schedule.
• Evaluate and manage the processing of RFI's.
• Manage the budget including the review, evaluation, and negotiation of all change orders with understanding of the financial status of all subcontractors.
• Supervise, coach and mentor Assistant MEP Engineers.
• Co-lead the MEP Coordination Process with the VDC Engineer, ensuring overall installation is in compliance with the design requirements, operations and maintenance fundamentals, and quality standards.
• Prepare scope of work documents with a division of responsibility for trades and specific scopes of work for temporary operations.
• Partner with the MEP Superintendent to resolve conflicts between the mechanical and electrical systems with the site logistics plan and in compliance with the project schedule.
• Co-lead with the MEP Superintendent the overall turnover process including start-up, testing, commissioning and closeout.
• Conduct regular project walkthroughs with the MEP staff to ensure that work is proceeding in accordance with the contract documents, coordination drawings, and approved submittals.
• Identify and inform field staff of difficult installation requirements in sufficient time to allow for proper planning and execution.
• Manage and secure all municipal and agency documentation required for temporary certificates of information and system operation.
• Create and implement the quality control plan with the MEP Superintendent.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and a minimum of six (6) years of relevant engineering experience or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience relating to mechanical and electrical systems.
• Technical expertise and understanding of all mechanical and electrical systems that support the broad array of project types in our portfolio and how they interrelate with each other.
• Business acumen to plan, manage, and execute all the essential duties with excellent verbal and written communication skills, organizational ability, and proficiency with computer applications.
• Demonstrate the personal attributes of a leader to encourage the development of a high performing team.
• STSC certification is required and must be obtained within six (6) months of hire. Please follow up with your supervisor upon hire for next steps.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the duties will occasionally require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear (bells, whistles, etc.), stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

*May perform other duties as assigned. Where applicable, all activities will include disabled and veterans' organizations.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.