diff --git a/command/monitor.go b/command/monitor.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a04bfc22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/monitor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package command
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/jrasell/levant/levant"
+	"github.com/jrasell/levant/levant/structs"
+	"github.com/jrasell/levant/logging"
+)
+
+// MonitorCommand is the command implementation that allows users to monitor
+// a job until it completes
+type MonitorCommand struct {
+	Meta
+}
+
+// Help provides the help information for the template command.
+func (c *MonitorCommand) Help() string {
+	helpText := `
+Usage: levant monitor [options] [EVAL_ID]
+
+  Monitor a Nomad job until it completes
+
+Arguments:
+
+  EVAL_ID nomad job evaluation
+
+General Options:
+	
+  -timeout=<int>
+    Number of seconds to allow until we exit with an error.
+
+  -log-level=<level>
+    Specify the verbosity level of Levant's logs. Valid values include DEBUG,
+    INFO, and WARN, in decreasing order of verbosity. The default is INFO.
+`
+	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
+}
+
+// Synopsis is provides a brief summary of the template command.
+func (c *MonitorCommand) Synopsis() string {
+	return "Monitor a Nomad job until it completes"
+}
+
+// Run triggers a run of the Levant monitor function.
+func (c *MonitorCommand) Run(args []string) int {
+
+	var timeout uint64
+	var evalID string
+	var err error
+	config := &structs.Config{}
+
+	flags := c.Meta.FlagSet("monitor", FlagSetVars)
+	flags.Usage = func() { c.UI.Output(c.Help()) }
+
+	flags.Uint64Var(&timeout, "timeout", 0, "")
+	flags.StringVar(&config.LogLevel, "log-level", "INFO", "")
+
+	if err = flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	args = flags.Args()
+
+	if err = logging.SetupLogger(config.LogLevel, config.LogFormat); err != nil {
+		c.UI.Error(err.Error())
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if len(args) == 1 {
+		evalID = args[0]
+	} else if len(args) == 0 {
+		c.UI.Error(c.Help())
+		c.UI.Error("\nERROR: Please provide an evaluation ID to monitor.")
+		return 1
+	} else {
+		c.UI.Error(c.Help())
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	// trigger our monitor
+	err = levant.StartMonitor(config, &evalID, timeout, &c.Meta.flagVars)
+	if err != nil {
+		// we have already reported the errors so we don't need to do it again here.
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index d3b9960d9..508a9cd0a 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ func Commands(metaPtr *command.Meta) map[string]cli.CommandFactory {
 				Meta: meta,
 			}, nil
 		},
+    "monitor": func() (cli.Command, error) {
+			return &command.MonitorCommand{
+        Meta: meta,
+      }, nil
+    },
 		"render": func() (cli.Command, error) {
 			return &command.RenderCommand{
 				Meta: meta,
diff --git a/levant/monitor.go b/levant/monitor.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a674f08e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/levant/monitor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+package levant
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	nomad "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/api"
+	nomadStructs "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
+	"github.com/jrasell/levant/levant/structs"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+// StartMonitor will start monitoring a job
+func StartMonitor(config *structs.Config, evalID *string, timeoutSeconds uint64, flagVars *map[string]string) error {
+	// Create our new deployment object.                                                           |~
+	levantDep, err := newLevantDeployment(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("levant/monitor: unable to setup Levant deployment: %v", err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// start monitoring
+	err = levantDep.monitor(evalID, timeoutSeconds)
+	if err != nil {
+		// we have already reported the error so we don't need to report it again here
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Monitor follows a job until it completes.
+func (l *levantDeployment) monitor(evalID *string, timeoutSeconds uint64) error {
+
+	// set our timeout
+	timeout := time.Tick(time.Second * time.Duration(timeoutSeconds))
+
+	// close this to stop the job monitor
+	finish := make(chan bool)
+	defer close(finish)
+	// set up some communication channels
+	jobChan := make(chan *nomad.Job, 1)
+	errChan := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	// get the evaluation
+	eval, _, err := l.nomad.Evaluations().Info(*evalID, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("levant/monitor: unable to get evaluation %v: %v", *evalID, err)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// get the job name
+	jobName := eval.JobID
+
+	// start our monitor
+	go l.monitorJobInfo(jobName, jobChan, errChan, finish)
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-timeout:
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("levant/monitor: timeout reached while monitoring job %s", jobName)
+			// run the allocation inspector
+			var allocIDS []string
+			// get some additional information about the exit of the job
+			allocs, _, err := l.nomad.Evaluations().Allocations(*evalID, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("levant/monitor: unable to get allocations from evaluation %s: %v", evalID, err)
+				return err
+			}
+			// check to see if any of our allocations failed
+			for _, alloc := range allocs {
+				for _, task := range alloc.TaskStates {
+					// we need to test for success
+					if task.State != nomadStructs.TaskStarted {
+						allocIDS = append(allocIDS, alloc.ID)
+						// once we add the allocation we don't need to add it again
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			l.inspectAllocs(allocIDS)
+			return errors.New("timeout reached")
+		case err = <-errChan:
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("levant/monitor: unable to query job %s: %v", jobName, err)
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Retrying...")
+
+		case job := <-jobChan:
+			// depending on the state of the job we do different things
+			switch *job.Status {
+			// if the job is stopped then we take some action depending on why it stopped
+			case nomadStructs.JobStatusDead:
+				var allocIDS []string
+				// get some additional information about the exit of the job
+				allocs, _, err := l.nomad.Evaluations().Allocations(*evalID, nil)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error().Err(err).Msgf("levant/monitor: unable to get allocations from evaluation %s: %v", evalID, err)
+					return err
+				}
+				// check to see if any of our allocations failed
+				for _, alloc := range allocs {
+					for _, task := range alloc.TaskStates {
+						if task.Failed {
+							allocIDS = append(allocIDS, alloc.ID)
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				if len(allocIDS) > 0 {
+					l.inspectAllocs(allocIDS)
+					return errors.New("Some or all allocations failed")
+				}
+				// otherwise we print a message and just return no error
+				log.Info().Msgf("levant/monitor: job %s has status %s", jobName, *job.Status)
+				return nil
+			case nomadStructs.JobStatusRunning:
+				log.Info().Msgf("levant/monitor: job %s has status %s", jobName, *job.Status)
+				// if its a paramaterized or periodic job we stop here
+				if job.IsParameterized() {
+					log.Info().Msgf("levant/monitor: job %s is parameterized.  Running is its final state.", jobName)
+					return nil
+				}
+				if job.IsPeriodic() {
+					log.Info().Msgf("levant/monitor: job %s is periodic.  Running is its final state.", jobName)
+					return nil
+				}
+			default:
+				log.Debug().Msgf("levant/monitor: got job state %s.  Don't know what to do with that.", *job.Status)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// monitorJobInfo will get information on a job from nomad and returns the information on channels
+// once it has updated
+func (l *levantDeployment) monitorJobInfo(jobName string, jobChan chan<- *nomad.Job, errChan chan<- error, done chan bool) {
+
+	// Setup the Nomad QueryOptions to allow blocking query and a timeout.
+	q := &nomad.QueryOptions{WaitIndex: 0, WaitTime: time.Second * 10}
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-done:
+			// allow us to exit on demand (technically, it will still need to wait for the namad query to return)
+			return
+		default:
+			// get our job info
+			job, meta, err := l.nomad.Jobs().Info(jobName, q)
+			if err != nil {
+				errChan <- err
+				// sleep a bit before retrying
+				time.Sleep(time.Second * 5)
+				continue
+			}
+			// only take action if the information has changed
+			if meta.LastIndex > q.WaitIndex {
+				q.WaitIndex = meta.LastIndex
+				jobChan <- job
+			} else {
+				// log a debug message
+				log.Debug().Msgf("levant/monitor: job %s currently has status %s", jobName, *job.Status)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// inspectAllocs is a helper function that will call the allocInspector for each of the provided allocations
+// and return when it has completed
+func (l *levantDeployment) inspectAllocs(allocs []string) {
+	// if we have failed allocations than we print information about them
+	if len(allocs) > 0 {
+		// we want to run throuh and get messages for all of our failed allocations in parallel
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		wg.Add(+len(allocs))
+
+		// Inspect each allocation.
+		for _, id := range allocs {
+			log.Debug().Msgf("levant/monitor: launching allocation inspector for alloc %v", id)
+			go l.allocInspector(id, &wg)
+		}
+
+		// wait until our allocations have printed messages
+		wg.Wait()
+		return
+	}
+}