Commissioning Project Engineer-Mission Critical

Layton Construction Company•Eagle Mountain, UT

About The Position

The Project Engineer assists Project Managers to ensure that work installed on the project meets plan and specification requirements. This role champions "The Layton Way" by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers, and ensures that "Constructing with Integrity" is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work. The Project Engineer assures compliance by becoming intimately familiar with the assigned project plans and specifications, reviews shop drawings and submittters, and assists high-performing teams throughout the construction and commissioning lifecycle, especially for complex, mission-critical facilities such as data centers, hospitals, laboratories, and airports. They foster integration across disciplines—mechanical, electrical, controls, and operational technology platforms—to ensure seamless system performance. The role involves reviewing plans from the standpoint of value analysis and constructability, ensuring appropriate materials are utilized, and communicating inconsistencies to the architect. Additionally, the Project Engineer recommends labor-saving and other cost-saving methods to benefit Layton and/or the owner. They attend and take notes for project team meetings, including weekly Owner/Architect meetings and subcontractor coordination meetings, and distribute meeting minutes. The role also involves publishing weekly progress reports for assigned projects and following up for receipt, review, and distribution of information required for project construction, as well as updating project schedules as needed. The Project Engineer assists in bidding and developing scope of work for trade contractors, and works with the superintendent to prepare project schedules, including establishing dates for receiving shop drawings and milestones necessary to complete the project on time. They follow up for review and approval for shop drawings, samples, material lists, etc., and maintain logs reflecting the status of shop drawings, requests for clarification, change requests, and proposal requests. The role also includes advising on proper procedures for concrete pours, inspecting structural reinforcing, and coordinating standard slump and compaction testing to verify compliance to specifications. They review field procedures and final installation of structural elements to ensure compliance of the work, perform work sampling, and observe and analyze work methods, techniques, and procedures to advise the superintendent on improvement of production efficiency. Compliance with all safety policies, practices and procedures is required, and unsafe activities must be reported to a supervisor and/or Safety.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or related field
One year previous field experience.
The ability to read and understand blueprints.
The ability to understand and apply OSHA and company safety requirements.

Nice To Haves

Good written and oral communication skills. Expresses self clearly and effectively when talking with individuals and groups. Demonstrates poise and mastery of language.
Expresses ideas clearly in writing. Uses proper organization and grammar.
Working knowledge of Word and Excel.
Flexibility: Willing to modify plans and behavior when necessary to meet a goal.
Cooperation: Works well with other people. Takes time to help co-workers, customers and others achieve their goals and assignments.
Learning Ability: Has the ability and desire to quickly learn new job-related information.
Has integrity: maintains normal standards of ethics, conduct, and organizational policies in job-related activities.
Problem Solving: Solves practical problems and deals with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; interprets a variety of complex instructions.
Working knowledge of scheduling programs.
Ability to understand and convey basic Spanish commands, questions, and instructions regarding concrete construction.

Responsibilities

Assists Project Managers to ensure that work installed on the project meets plan and specification requirements.
Champions “The Layton Way” by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
Ensures that “Constructing with Integrity” is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.
Assures compliance by becoming intimately familiar with the assigned project plans and specifications.
Reviews shop drawing and submittters.
Assists high-performing teams throughout the construction and commissioning lifecycle, especially for complex, mission-critical facilities such as data centers, hospitals, laboratories, and airports.
Foster integration across disciplines—mechanical, electrical, controls, and operational technology platforms—to ensure seamless system performance.
Reviews plans from the standpoint of value analysis and constructability, ensuring appropriate materials are utilized.
Communicates inconsistencies to the architect.
Recommends labor saving and other cost-saving methods, which will save Layton and/or the owner money in actual construction.
Attends and takes notes for project team meetings, including weekly Owner/Architect meetings and subcontractor coordination meetings.
Distributes meeting minutes to participants.
Publishes weekly progress reports for assigned projects and follows up for receipt, review, and distribution of information required for project construction.
Updates project schedules as needed.
Assists in bidding and in developing scope of work for trade contractors.
Works with the superintendent to prepare project schedule, including establishing dates for receiving shop drawings and milestones necessary to complete the project on time.
Follows up for review and approval for shop drawings, samples, material lists, etc.
Maintains logs, reflecting the status of shop drawings, requests for clarification, change requests, and proposal requests.
Advises on proper procedures for concrete pours.
Inspects structural reinforcing.
Coordinates standard slump and compaction testing to verify compliance to specifications.
Reviews field procedures and final installation of structural elements to ensure compliance of the work.
Performs work sampling.
Observes and analyzes work methods, techniques, and procedures to advise superintendent on improvement of production efficiency.
Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures.
Report unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Safety.