Mechanical Designer/Engineer

Mechanical Designer/Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• EIT preferred
• A minimum of 1 years of experience
• Must have strong leadership skills and good communication capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Proficient with AutoCAD.
• Prepare/Review calculations for loads.
• Thorough knowledge of codes.
• Edit specifications to reflect the project requirements.
• Select and schedule equipment.
• Meet with vendors to determine specification requirements for application.
• Coordinates with other disciplines (MEP/FP, Arch, Struct, etc.).
• Respond to RFI’s for the project and accurately review submittals.
• Apply risk management procedures daily to minimize exp’s and client’s exposure to problems.
• Understand work planning and manage design process to the available hours in work plan.
• Understand proper scope of SD, DD, CD level documents – and deliver appropriate documentation.
• Work with PC, PM, and Clients to meet scheduled project milestones of multiple projects.
• Edit and develop scope of work narratives (SD narrative, basis of design, etc.).
• Understand and properly provide existing exp details relevant to projects.
• Be able to direct and mentor Design level staff on all of their responsibilities on a daily basis.
• Perform at a ‘responsible charge’ level of meeting exp’s design and quality levels.
• QA/QC reviews of all calculations by Designers, and provide guidance and mentoring.
• Determine content of drawings and specs for Designers in order to meet the scope of work.
• Develop and monitor work plans in conjunction with other PM’s.
• Review code related items with Designers and ensure compliance.
• Manage work plans and deliverables on multiple projects within budgeted hours.
• Write studies and reports for systems on projects.
• Write sequences of operations for AHU’s, CHW and HW systems.
• Understands and apply concepts of CHW, HW, WSHP, variable & constant flow systems.
• Air side systems – CV, VAV, coil selection, fan selection.
• Hydronic Systems – hot, chilled condenser, steam.
• Thorough understanding of psychometrics and be able to apply to every project.
• Advanced equipment selection and analysis – chillers, boilers, air terminals, cooling towers, air valves, heap filters, DX equipment and water source heat pumps.
• Thorough understanding of total energy concepts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred experience includes: data center, mission critical and/or telecom industry.
• Building design experience is a must