Travel CX Engineer-Mission Critical

Layton Construction Company•Eagle Mountain, UT

About The Position

The Commissioning (CX) Project Engineer assists Project Managers in ensuring that work installed on a project meets plan and specification requirements. The role supports high-performing teams throughout the construction and commissioning lifecycle, especially on complex, mission-critical facilities such as data centers, hospitals, laboratories, and airports. It fosters integration across mechanical, electrical, controls, and operational technology platforms to ensure seamless system performance. The engineer reviews project plans, shop drawings, and submittals for compliance, constructability, and value; communicates inconsistencies to the architect; and recommends labor- and cost-saving methods. The role coordinates project documentation, meetings, progress reporting, bidding and trade contractor scopes, schedules, approvals, and logs. It also supports field quality and production efficiency through structural inspections, testing coordination, work sampling, and review of construction methods and procedures. The position requires compliance with safety policies and practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related field.
Good written and oral communication skills, including clear expression, poise, and effective organization and grammar in writing.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
Flexibility to modify plans and behavior as needed to meet goals.
Ability to cooperate and work well with others, including helping coworkers, customers, and others achieve their goals and assignments.
Ability to read and understand blueprints.
Ability and desire to quickly learn job-related information.
Ability to understand and apply OSHA and company safety requirements.
Integrity and adherence to ethical standards, conduct expectations, and organizational policies in job-related activities.
Ability to solve practical problems with limited standardization and interpret a variety of complex instructions.
Ability to understand and convey basic Spanish commands, questions, and instructions regarding concrete construction.

Nice To Haves

One year of previous field experience.
Working knowledge of scheduling programs.

Responsibilities

Champion “The Layton Way” by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
Promote “Constructing with Integrity” through honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.
Become familiar with assigned project plans and specifications and assure compliance.
Review shop drawings and submittals.
Assist teams through the construction and commissioning lifecycle, particularly on complex, mission-critical facilities.
Foster integration across mechanical, electrical, controls, and operational technology platforms.
Review plans for value analysis and constructability, ensure appropriate materials are used, and communicate inconsistencies to the architect.
Recommend labor-saving and other cost-saving construction methods.
Attend and take notes at project team meetings, including weekly Owner/Architect and subcontractor coordination meetings, and distribute meeting minutes.
Publish weekly progress reports and follow up on information required for project construction.
Update project schedules as needed.
Assist with bidding and development of trade contractor scopes of work.
Work with the superintendent to prepare the project schedule, including shop-drawing receipt dates and project milestones.
Follow up on review and approval of shop drawings, samples, material lists, and related items.
Maintain logs for shop drawings, requests for clarification, change requests, and proposal requests.
Advise on proper concrete-pour procedures.
Inspect structural reinforcing and coordinate standard slump and compaction testing for specification compliance.
Review field procedures and final structural installations for compliance.
Perform work sampling.
Observe and analyze work methods, techniques, and procedures and advise the superintendent on improving production efficiency.
Comply with safety policies, practices, and procedures and report unsafe activities to a supervisor and/or Safety.