MEP Engineer (Southern California)

Turner Construction Company; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company seeks an Experienced MEP Project Lead in Los Angeles to manage mechanical and electrical systems on a major project, ensuring on-time, within-budget delivery per contract documents.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Engineering with 4+ years of relevant experience, strong leadership, and excellent communication; you will lead the project team, coordinate with subs and consultants, and drive quality and safety across the work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering and at least four years of relevant engineering experience.
• Technical understanding of mechanical and electrical systems and their interrelations.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Demonstrate leadership to build a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the 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 ROJ dates align with the project schedule.
• 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 review, evaluation, and negotiation of all change orders with understanding of the financial status of all subcontractors.
• Co-lead the MEP Coordination Process with the VDC Engineer to ensure compliance with design, operations, and maintenance standards.

Skills

Leadership

Verbal communication

Written communication

MEP 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 systemsnecessary to construct the project on time in a safe manner, within budget, and to the qualityspecified 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.

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

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s 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.