Senior Mechanical Engineer- Mission Critical, Traveler (AFG)

JE Dunn; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated ME Engineer to join their Advanced Facilities Group. This role involves engaging in cutting-edge construction projects, contributing to mechanical and electrical systems analysis, and ensuring quality and safety standards are met. You will collaborate with a diverse team, gaining valuable experience while promoting a culture of diversity and inclusion. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in a supportive environment that values innovative solutions and teamwork. If you are passionate about engineering and construction, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Diverse and inclusive work environment

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 5+ years of construction and/or engineering experience preferred.
• Ability to read and understand plans, drawings, and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Completes mechanical, electrical, and field construction activities.
• Develops budgetary M/E estimates and coordinates scopes of work.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Construction Management

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering

Tools

MS Office

JE Dunn construction M/E tools

Job description

Best People + Right Culture. These are the driving forces behind JE Dunn’s success.

By hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company’s rewards, we’ve found a sustainable way to grow in our industry for the last 100+ years.

Our diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places every day, and we need inspired people like you to join us in our pursuit of building perfection.

JE Dunn’s Advanced Facilities Group (AFG) combines Mission Critical, Advanced Industries, and Industrial & Manufacturing into one high-performing team focused on cutting-edge work to serve innovative clients on large Industrial & Manufacturing, Data Center, and Semiconductor projects. As part of the Advanced Facilities team, you'll work on some of the most advanced construction projects across the country, growing your career alongside our diverse team of industry professionals.

Key Role Responsibilities - Core

ME ENGINEER FAMILY – 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.
• 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.
• Leads, supports and promotes a culture of diversity and inclusion within JE Dunn. Understands JE Dunn’s policy of non-discrimination and ensures positive, proactive implementation throughout the organization.

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

In addition, this position will be responsible for the following:

• 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 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.
• Leads, supports and promotes a culture of diversity and inclusion within JE Dunn. Understands JE Dunn’s policy of non-discrimination and ensures positive, proactive implementation throughout the organization.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

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

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

• 5+ years construction and/or engineering experience (Preferred).
• Valid and unrestricted drivers license required

Benefits Information

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

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]

JE Dunn Construction Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of JE Dunn Construction without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of JE Dunn Construction Company. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Why People Work Here

At JE Dunn we offer our employees an inspired place to enrich their life and the lives of those around them.

Building on our rich history, our employee owners are shaping the future of JE Dunn. In our team-focused environment we do life together and are generously rewarded for our efforts.

About JE Dunn

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