Mechanical Project Engineer

EwingCole • Philadelphia, PA

20h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Mechanical Project Engineer is responsible for the design and documentation of major projects, ensuring alignment with design intent, codes, and quality standards. This role supports project delivery from concept through construction, coordinating across disciplines, managing responsibilities across multiple projects, and identifying potential risks or liability concerns in coordination with the Discipline Director. The Mechanical Project Engineer also contributes to project planning efforts, including estimating hours for specific tasks and overall project scope, and provides mentorship and technical guidance to junior staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or Bachelor of Architectural Engineering
• 6+ years of experience
• Registered PE in at least one state with suitable credentials for registration in other states

Nice To Haves

• Excels in the guidelines of preceding roles including Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Guiding the modeling and creation of drawings used to accurately deliver projects, reviews key project decisions with Discipline leadership
• Understanding the software analysis to ensure accuracy in the design and modeling of mechanical systems
• Applying an understanding of construction methods to building design
• Progressing project work from schematic design through construction documentation, ensuring design and production efforts are completed within the project schedule and budget
• Knowledge of local and national building, mechanical, and energy codes, ensuring project designs and construction documents comply with applicable codes
• Promoting project quality through adherence to and the ongoing improvement of the company standards
• Conceiving projects with rigor to resolve energy and environmental impacts and meet sustainability goals
• Initiating the design approach to distinctive solutions which consider the totality of a project
• Selecting equipment and identifying appropriate applications that consider system performance, lifecycle, and project requirements
• Managing the construction phase through responsive coordination with the builder to maintain design intent and contractual requirements, including oversight of mechanical system installation and site observations
• Determining and applying calculation and analysis models to evaluate engineering conditions and guide project design decisions
• Analyzing construction cost estimates for alignment of design intent and approved budgets and develops alternatives for controlling project costs
• Communicating engineering design intent, technical decisions, and system impacts effectively to clients, consultants, and project teams.
• Defining the design intent for material qualitative requirements and performance standards to ensure contractually enforceable and accurate representation of the mechanical system design
• Developing effective spatial configuration options through analysis of adjacencies, phasing and expansion
• Effectively managing fees, resources, and the project delivery schedule to ensure the financial health of a project
• Provides mentorship and technical guidance to junior staff.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off
• 401(k) plan with company match
• tuition reimbursement
• flexible/hybrid work options
• paid parental leave
• excellent insurance offerings including medical, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, identity protection and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior