Senior M/E Engineer - Houston

Role Summary

The Senior M/E Engineer will complete increasingly complex mechanical, electrical and field construction activities. This position provides overall management direction and expertise in estimating, scheduling, quality control and commissioning in the mechanical/electrical scopes of work for select projects and for M/E personnel. This position will be responsible for collecting and assembling data, developing estimates, generating systems and bid analysis, and developing new business opportunities.

• Autonomy & Decision-Making: Makes decisions on routine matters, provides recommendations to supervisor and refers all exceptions to supervisor.
• Career Path: Engineering Services Manager.

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. 

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

SENIOR M/E ENGINEER

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 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.
• Purchases equipment from equipment vendors for assigned projects.
• Builds relationships by being the direct face with the client.
• Participates in interviews for winning work, presentations and business development efforts.
• Represents the M/E department and JE Dunn at external community events. 
• Assumes responsibility for resource allocation, staffing of their assigned projects and ensuring reimbursability requirements are met.

• 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 (Advanced).
• Ability to conduct effective presentations (Advanced).
• Proficiency in MS Office (Advanced).
• Ability to read and understand plans, drawings and specifications.
• Proficiency in basic JE Dunn construction M/E tools and software.
• Ability to apply fundamentals of the means and methods of construction management to projects.
• Thorough knowledge of project processes and how each supports the successful completion of a project. 
• Ability to build relationships with team members that transcend a project.
• Proficiency in required construction technology (Advanced).
• Proficiency in scheduling software (Intermediate).
• Proficiency in BIM (Building Information Modeling) (Intermediate).
• Ability to apply Lean process and philosophy (Advanced).
• Ability to manage budgets, maximize profitability and generate future work through building relationships (Advanced).
• Demonstrated knowledge of ASE and Lens (Intermediate).
• Ability to construct a project from start to finish.
• Ability to prepare the project budget, GMP or hard bid.
• Ability to complete range estimates.
• Ability to assist Marketing team with presentation and marketing activities.
• Ability to manage a team.
• 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

• 10+ years construction management experience (Preferred).

Working Environment

Benefits Information

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

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