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Traveling MEP Engineer - Data Centers

Turner Construction Company

Louisville, KYFull-time$135–165K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$135–165K/yr
Location
Louisville, KY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Turner Construction seeks a traveling MEP Engineer to support advanced technology projects, including data centers, pharmaceutical, industrial and manufacturing, and EV, battery, and renewables work. The engineer manages mechanical and electrical systems information to help deliver projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and to contract quality requirements. The assignment involves 100% travel and on-site construction work.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Mechanical SystemsElectrical SystemsVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationOrganizational AbilityComputer ApplicationsLeadership

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Equivalent4+ Years Relevant Engineering Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Experience Required

4 - 20 years

Minimum Education Required

Bachelor's Degree

Compensation

$135,000.00 - $165,000.00 / yearly

Hours Per Week

40

Number Of Positions

1

Work Schedule and Shift Requirements

First (Day)

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 Education: 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:

Specifically relating to the mechanical and electrical systems:

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.

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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 - r ace, color, r eligion, s ex, s exual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Turner is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/s exual orientation/gender identity.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor

Job Type

Full time

Benefits Offered

Not specified

Veteran Preference

No

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

22087

How this job compares

Set against the 784 open Construction Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$135–165K/yr
  • US median$95–127K/yr407 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $150K, is 38% above the US median midpoint ($109K) — in the top quarter of Construction Engineer salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 784 open Construction Engineer jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Construction Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (590 postings).
Education
366 of the 784 open Construction Engineer jobs (47%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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