Traveling MEP Engineer - Data Centers

Turner Construction Company; Athens (GA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

HSA

Job summary

Turner Construction Company is seeking an Experienced Engineer for a full-time traveling role focused on Critical Facilities-Data Centers. The position involves managing mechanical and electrical systems, coordinating with multiple stakeholders, and ensuring project delivery on time, within budget, and to contract specifications.

The role requires strong leadership, a solid understanding of MEP systems, and a proven ability to navigate complex construction environments with 100% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering; 4+ years of relevant engineering experience or equivalent
• Strong leadership and communication skills to lead project teams and coordinate with multiple stakeholders
• Solid understanding of mechanical and electrical systems in large-scale facilities

Responsibilities

• Lead project team, subcontractors, owners' consultants and representatives to ensure alignment and efficient systems installation
• Prepare and manage contract item lists to keep ROJ dates in line with the project schedule
• Participate in schedule update meetings and provide up-to-date information for informed planning
• Evaluate and manage RFI processing and responses
• Manage budget reviews, evaluations, and change orders with subcontractors
• Mentor and coach junior MEP engineers
• Co-lead MEP coordination with the VDC Engineer to ensure design compliance and quality
• Prepare scope-of-work documents with division of responsibility for trades and temporary operations
• Collaborate with MEP Superintendent to resolve conflicts between mechanical and electrical systems and site logistics
• Co-lead turnover process including start-up, testing, commissioning and closeout
• Conduct regular project walkthroughs to ensure work aligns with contract docs and submittals
• Identify potential installation challenges early for proper planning
• Secure municipal and agency documentation for temporary certificates and system operation
• Create and implement a quality control plan with the MEP Superintendent

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Division: Critical Facilities-Data Centers

Project Location(s): Jacksonville, FL 32099 USA

Minimum Years Experience: 5

Travel Involved: 100%

Job Type: Regular

Job Classification: Experienced

Job Family: Construction

Compensation: Salaried Exempt

*** This position is for a full time traveling assignment supporting an Advanced Technology project, which includes our Data Center, Pharmaceutical, Industrial/Manufacturing, and EV/Battery/Renewables market segment groups (MSG). ***

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.

The salary range for this position is estimated to be 135,000.00 - 165,000.00 USD annualized.

Turner Construction provides flexible benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, financial benefits such as a 401(k) plan, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, wellness benefits, a voluntary legal plan, identity theft, life insurance, and short-term and long-term disability coverage.

In addition to our extensive benefits offerings, we provide paid vacation, wellness/sick time, holidays, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, employee referral bonuses, and end-of-year appreciation pay.

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.