Senior Engineer – Building Mechanical HVAC, Plumbing and Fire Protection

AFRY • Birmingham, AL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

AFRY is seeking a Senior Building Systems Mechanical Engineer to lead HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection design for new facilities and upgrades to existing systems. The role works on challenging industrial projects, conducting site investigations, engineering design, and overseeing modeling and drawing production for front-end and detailed engineering phases.

As a discipline lead on multidisciplinary project teams, the engineer leads engineers and designers in developing building systems designs, makes design recommendations and decisions, and oversees the quality and completion of construction drawings, specifications, reports, and other project documentation. The role includes serving as the engineer in responsible charge and sealing work. It requires an in-office presence, along with visits to project sites.

AFRY is an international engineering, design, and advisory company with more than 18,000 experts across 40 countries on five continents. Its USA practice supports process industry clients and provides services across the project lifecycle, including consulting, engineering design, construction support, and commissioning. This is a permanent position. Candidates must have the right to live and work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering or mechanical engineering.
• At least 10 years of experience in building mechanical engineering.
• Knowledge of applicable HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection codes and standards, including IBC, IMC, IPC, IFC, ASHRAE, and ASPE.
• Licensed Professional Engineer.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills for effective communication with clients, contractors, and employees, virtually and in person.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and time-management skills, attention to detail, and self-motivation.
• Ability to establish work priorities and deadlines while balancing multiple projects.
• Adaptability, problem-solving ability, and capacity to work under tight deadlines and learn and apply new technologies with minimal support.
• Ability to maintain and develop relationships with existing and potential clients, recognize their needs, and respond appropriately.
• Must have the right to live and work in the United States.
• Must be able to work in the office.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with facility insurance carrier requirements, such as FM Global.
• Knowledge of Revit, BIM, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office.
• Strong work ethic, analytical skills, adaptability, leadership, judgment, teamwork and cooperation skills, communication, and desire to educate and train.

Responsibilities

• Lead small and large projects with limited oversight, managing assigned staff’s production effort for quality, budget, and schedule from conceptual and feasibility work through detailed design and construction.
• Assist with proposals and marketing materials by defining and writing project scopes and describing activities on past projects.
• Establish project scope, building systems budgets, and design approach.
• Meet with client personnel to assist with preliminary planning and identify design concepts.
• Work with clients and professional counterparts to deliver projects on time and within budget, meeting or exceeding client expectations.
• Design building mechanical systems and components for a variety of industrial facilities in accordance with AFRY quality standards, applicable codes, and client requirements.
• Perform building systems engineering, detailing, analysis, and design, and write technical and study reports.
• Plan, design, or review plans in coordination with structural, process, electrical, architectural, and civil disciplines.
• Lead and mentor subordinate staff.
• Visit project sites to develop client relationships, collect design data, and observe construction progress.
• Oversee the completion and quality of project documentation, including construction drawings, specifications, reports, and sealing work as engineer in responsible charge.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Accident insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Identity theft protection
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays
• Competitive performance-oriented compensation
• Various forms of flexibility to help integrate personal life with professional commitments

What This Job Offers

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