Sr. M&E Project Engineer

Job Description:

The Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) Project Engineer ensures that the highest quality of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing construction work is in accordance with project-specific cost and schedule requirements.

The M&E Project Engineer serves as liaison between the Client, the M&E Project Manager, and Subcontractors to make sure a construction project proceeds safely, accurately and smoothly. The M&E Project Engineer has a delegated responsibility for those elements of a construction project that bring it from plans to close out. Elements include, but are not limited to document control, submittal management, RFI management, procurement, change order management, contracts administration, issue resolution, safety auditing, and support of field coordination.

A successful M&E Project Engineer must be detail-oriented, innovative, creative, proactive, and be able to manage and resolve conflict. M&E Project Engineers must be able to work collaboratively with project team members and managers and develop and maintain relationships with owners, vendors, suppliers, and other project stakeholders.

• A detailed understanding of contract documents (drawings and specifications), phasing plans, M&E systems interrelationships, construction sequencing and project schedule.

• Facilitate problem solving, as may arise, between M&E Subcontractors during construction.

• Assist in validating design issues related to M&E systems and work with the team to find alternative solutions.

• Log and post all M&E changes and as-built information on field drawings.

• Assist in the scope review, budgeting, and justification of M&E change work order.

• Direct, monitor and control the activities of M&E Subcontractor.

• Liaison with Consultant M&E supervisory Engineers, Inspectors, and relevant staff.

• Ensure that M&E Subcontractors provide and adhere to relevant Quality documentation/records.

• Ensure that M&E Subcontractors adheres to Project safety regulations.

• Assist in the testing and commissioning of M&E equipment.

• Develop subcontractor scope of work and detail scope delineation.

• Maintain job files (RFIs, specifications, addenda, construction documents etc.) in both hard and soft copy formats as the project requires.

• Prepare, review, and distribute RFIs, submittals, and other contract documents in a timely manner; ensure compliance with the contract documents.

• Purchase and monitor the delivery of all needed materials for the project(s) ensuring optimum prices, quality and conformance to specifications.

• Execute the project within initial established financial boundaries.

• Develop and manage job progress schedules and ensure that the construction of a project parallels the schedule.

• Make sure subcontracts are executed and insurance is in place; provide clear definitions of work responsibility to subcontractors and vendors from various trades and ensure that all phases of the work are covered; review and approve subcontractor and vendor