Senior M/E Engineer, Power Market

JE Dunn; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional Non-Union

Job summary

JE Dunn Construction in Kansas City is seeking an accomplished Engineering Services leader to oversee mechanical, electrical, piping, and fire protection for power plant projects. You will guide technical design, ensure safety, quality, and schedule alignment, and coordinate with design partners, OEMs, and trade contractors.

This senior role requires 10+ years in construction management, a bachelor’s degree in engineering, and a track record delivering large power projects under an EPC style.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or related field.
• 10+ years construction management experience on major power generation projects.
• Experience leading MEPFP disciplines across project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for MEPFP on power sector projects.
• Lead coordination across disciplines and project phases.
• Oversee budgeting, scheduling, and quality control.
• Support commissioning and handover to owners.

Skills

Leadership

Reading plans

Construction management

Budget management

Scheduling

Power generation knowledge

EPC contracts

Safety compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Equivalent experience considered

Tools

MEP Estimating System

Job description

Role Summary

Primary Role Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership and execution support for the mechanical, electrical, piping, and fire protection (MEPFP) disciplines for power sector projects.
• Lead day‑to‑day development, coordination, and delivery of MEPFP systems across all phases of the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with project requirements for safety, quality, performance, budget and schedule.
• Work closely with project teams, field leadership, design partners, OEMs, and trade partners to resolve complex system challenges, support constructability, and ensure successful installation, testing, and commissioning of major power plant systems.
• Contribute directly to estimating, system development, bid analysis, scheduling, quality control, and commissioning, while ensuring engineering decisions are practical, executable, and aligned with project and commercial objectives.

Leadership Role Responsibilities:

• Report to Engineering Services Leadership Team.
• Lead initiative to strengthen the company’s technical capabilities within the power sector.
• Build and develop team of mechanical/electrical engineers while establishing consistent approaches, and reinforcing technical standards that enable scalable, high‑quality project execution.
• Lead the delivery of reliable outcomes and advance the company’s presence in the power generation.

Key Role Responsibilities - Core

• Learns and actively participates in all aspects of the company’s 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.
• Learnsto 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.

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

• Completes increasingly complex mechanical, electrical and field construction activities.
• Develops budgetary M/E estimates, based upon program and schematic design information.
• Reviews mechanical and electrical options, completes systems analysis, recommends best system for the project and provides value engineering suggestions.
• Coordinates the mechanical and electrical scopes of work during the bid process.
• Develops sequencing requirements of various systems and provides solutions to meet the schedule requirements. Provides scheduling input during projects.
• Reviews design documents and identifies potential quality problems. Helps develop quality control programs.
• Performs job inspections at various times in the project to ensure specifications and expectations are met and work is completed in a quality manner.
• Develops pre‑functional checklists and functional testing procedures. Verifies contractor’s performance of functional test.
• Reviews and approves shop drawings prior to submitting to the design team.
• Generates and issues the Commissioning Plan for approval to the appropriate parties.
• Verifies deficiencies are corrected and submits commissioning documentation to owners.
• Provides mentoring to less experienced co‑workers.
• Creates M/E tools and innovative solutions to continuously improve processes and work products.
• Negotiates subcontracts with subcontractors.
• Participates in interviews for winning work, presentations and business development efforts.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to conduct effective presentations (Advanced).
• Ability to read and understand plans, drawings and specifications.
• Ability to apply fundamentals of the means and methods of construction management to projects.
• Proficiency in required construction technology (Advanced).
• Proficiency in scheduling software (Intermediate).
• Ability to apply Lean process and philosophy (Advanced).
• Ability to manage budgets, maximize profitability and generate future work through building relationships (Advanced).
• Ability to prepare the project budget, GMP or hard bid.
• Maintain a deep understanding of power generation technologies.
• Ability to execute successful EPC contracts.
• Advanced understanding of natural gas and thermal power generation systems, including design, construction, and commissioning, specifically regarding electrical, mechanical, process piping, plumbing, and fire protection.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, architectural engineering or related field (Required).
• In lieu of the above requirements, equivalent relevant experience will be considered.

Experience

10+ years construction management experience (Preferred).

Proven track record managing major power generation projects for all aspects outlined above.

Expertise in EPC delivery model and risk management.

Established network of relationships with key industry stakeholders.

• Valid and unrestricted driver’s license required.

Benefits Information

The benefits package aligned to this position is Professional Non‑Union. Please click the link below for more details.

Equal Employment Opportunity

JE Dunn Construction is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and it is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. JE Dunn Construction is a background screening, drug‑free workplace.

JE Dunn provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for a job, please submit your request to [e-mail].

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