Plumbing Designer

SSOE, Inc.•Atlanta, GA

16h•$66,000 - $78,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At SSOE, you will engage with an innovation-driven culture where integrated delivery across architectural, structural, MEP, process, civil, and automation disciplines fuels impactful industrial and complex commercial projects worldwide. We are seeking a Mechanical Designer with experience in Plumbing and Fire Protection design in the Commercial, Education, Aviation, and Healthcare industries. Career advancement paths are clearly defined, enabling you to grow your technical and leadership capabilities while contributing to projects that shape critical infrastructure. SSOE’s commitment to social responsibility, safety, and integrity ensures your work promotes sustainable, safe, and resilient built environments. As part of our commitment to innovation, all team members will be trained on Microsoft Copilot and empowered to use it as a core tool in their everyday work.

Requirements

Associate degree in the engineering or architectural fields preferred.
Minimum ten (10) years related designer experience with former employer(s).
Experience with the design and specification of various types of piping systems such as compressed air and medical gas.
Experience with Fire Protection design (wet, dry, clean agent, etc.) and domestc cold and hot water, sanitary and vent.
Proficiency in REVIT required.
Experience working with AutoCAD is required.
Working knowledge of International Building Codes, ASHRAE Standards, ASPE Standards, and NFPA Standards.
Experience in Commercial, Education, Aviation, and Healthcare projects, mainly.

Nice To Haves

Certified Plumbing Designer preferred
Experience with Navisworks, PIPE-FLO or similar hydraulic modeling software is a plus.
Experience with Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide mechanical design and 3D Revit support for multiple projects in the Commercial, Healthcare, and Education industries.
Interprets, organizes, executes, and coordinates assignments with the overall responsibility for budget and schedule adherence, quality control and inter-discipline coordination.
Responsible for creating, influencing, and finalizing designs involving plumbing systems including but not limited to domestic cold and hot water systems, sanitary and vent systems, natural gas systems, compressed air systems, fire protection systems including but not limited to sprinkler systems (wet and dry type), and clean agent systems.
Will work with the design team, Engineers, Project Managers, Clients, and other stakeholders on specific assigned objectives, complex features, and aid in deriving possible solutions to unusual problems.
Coordinates with the project engineer for design guidance as required.
Coordinate needs, designs, and develops an understanding with other design disciplines (Civil, Architectural, Structural, Electrical, etc.) for design package needs.
Serves as a job captain on single discipline projects.
May devise new approaches and solutions to problems encountered and communicate them to the team.
Performs field verifications / site walks to identify, verify, resolve, and incorporate solutions into design packages. May troubleshoot design problems in the field during construction.
Completes design work on engineering/architectural projects ranging from small to large scope.
Reviews project construction submitts for conformance with the contract documents.
May represent the firm in meetings and conferences to resolve important questions and to plan and coordinate a project.
Travel required
Valid driver's license required.