MEP Engineer (Southern California)

Turner Construction Company; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company located in Los Angeles, CA, seeks an experienced engineer to manage, evaluate, and oversee mechanical and electrical systems on a major project. You will lead the project team, coordinate with subcontractors and owners consultants, and ensure alignment with the schedule, budget, and contract documents.

The role emphasizes leadership, communication, and technical expertise across MEP disciplines, with responsibilities including RFIs, change orders, and turnover

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering with at least four years of relevant engineering experience or an equivalent combination.
• Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical systems and how they interact on complex projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational and computer skills.
• Proven leadership to foster a high performing project team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project team, subcontractors, owners consultants and representatives to ensure alignment and efficient systems installation.
• Prepare and manage contract items list to keep ROJ dates aligned with the project schedule.
• Participate in schedule update meetings and provide accurate scheduling information.
• Evaluate and manage RFIs and change orders with a clear view of subcontractor financial status.
• Supervise, coach and mentor Assistant MEP Engineers and co-lead MEP coordination with the VDC Engineer.
• Develop scope of work documents and define division of responsibilities for trades and temporary operations.
• Resolve conflicts between mechanical and electrical systems with site logistics and schedule.
• Oversee turnover process including start-up, testing, commissioning and closeout.
• Conduct regular project walkthroughs to ensure conformance with contract documents and submittals.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Budget management

RFI processing

Team mentoring

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

• Division: Southern Cal Main
• Project Location(s): Los Angeles, CA 90017 USA
• Minimum Years Experience:
• Travel Involved:
• Job Type: Regular
• Job Classification: Experienced
• Education:
• Job Family: Construction
• Compensation: Salaried Exempt

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:

Specifically relating to the mechanical and electrical systems:

• Lead the Turner project team, subcontractors, owners consultants and representatives to ensure optimal alignment and efficient systems installation.
• Prepare and manage the contract items 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 RFIs.
• 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.

The salary range for this position is estimated to be 95,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD annualized.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering and a minimum of four 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.

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.