Senior Associate Principal Engineer

Southland Industries • Union City, CA

70d • $155,000 - $175,000

About The Position

Watch your engineering designs come to life! As a Senior Design Engineer at Southland Industries, you'll experience the excitement of working on design-build and design-assist projects in healthcare, education, biotech, mission critical, commercial and entertainment markets. You'll work hand in hand with our model coordinators, estimators, and trade staff through all aspects of a project to create a design that is practical, efficient and cost effective. You'll also have access to internal teams using the most innovative practices in virtual construction design (VDC) and computational fluid dynamics, along with just-in-time feedback from the field.

Requirements

• Four-year degree in Engineering or related field
• 5+ years experience
• PE License required
• Excellent knowledge of applicable systems design, such as HVAC, plumbing, etc.
• General understanding of system operations
• Ability to read mechanical and plumbing plans
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong public speaking skills
• Strong computer skills, including Revit, CADD, and Microsoft Office Products, such as Excel

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Related Engineering
• A minimum of 10-12 years of mechanical design and construction industry specific experience
• Experience on hospitals, data centers, central plants, cogeneration, life sciences manufacturing and laboratories
• Experience with integrated project delivery (IPD), target value design (TVD) and design-build (DB)
• Experience with the design and construction of emerging or alternative mechanical system (DOAS, TDV, UFAD)
• Experience with sustainable building design and building automation energy modeling
• Professional Engineering (PE) license
• Desired Industry participation: AEE, ASHE, ASHRAE

Responsibilities

• Serves as design professional at project team design meetings
• Prepares complex preliminary redline design layouts for estimating
• Performs more complex calculations for a project, such as heating/cooling loads, equipment selection and sizing, friction loss calculations, etc.
• Performs site inspections to determine compliance with construction documents and resolves design issues during construction phase
• Supervises or directs the workflow of less-experienced engineers in performing HVAC or other system design
• Provides conceptual design for specific projects

Benefits

• 401(k) Plan with 50% Company Match (no cap) and immediate 100% vesting
• Annual incentive program based upon performance, profitability, and achievement
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance - 100% Paid for Employee
• Term Life, AD&D Insurance, and Voluntary Life Insurance
• Disability Income Protection Insurance
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Plans (Health and Dependent Care)
• Holidays/Vacation/Personal Time/Life Events Leave
• Numerous training opportunities and company paid membership for professional associations and licenses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Specialty Trade Contractors
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees