Senior Mechanical Engineer

EXP•Dallas, TX

About The Position

EXP is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join its Mission Critical & Data Center team in Dallas, Texas. The role involves mechanical design and project management for building projects, with responsibility for producing and reviewing calculations, drawings, specifications, equipment selections, studies, reports, and sequences of operation. The engineer coordinates with other disciplines, clients, project managers, and vendors; responds to RFIs; reviews submittals; resolves installation issues; and manages revisions and deliverables across multiple projects within planned schedules and budgets. The position performs at a responsible-charge level, ensuring EXP’s design and quality standards are met. It includes directing and mentoring designer-level staff, reviewing their calculations and code-related work, defining drawing and specification content, and developing and monitoring work plans with project managers. The engineer applies mechanical systems expertise to project design, including air-side and hydronic systems, psychrometrics, equipment selection, humid-climate design risks, and total-energy concepts.

Requirements

At least 8 years of project-management and/or mechanical-design experience.
Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Engineering degree.
Strong leadership skills.
Good communication capabilities.
Building-design experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the data center, mission-critical, and/or telecommunications industries.

Responsibilities

Prepare and review load calculations.
Apply codes and ensure design compliance.
Edit and develop project specifications and scope-of-work narratives, including schematic design narratives and basis-of-design documents.
Develop equipment-room sizes during schematic design and design development phases.
Select and schedule equipment, and meet with vendors to determine application requirements.
Coordinate with other disciplines, including MEP/FP, architecture, and structural teams.
Respond to project RFIs, review submittals, and solve installation problems.
Apply risk-management procedures to minimize EXP’s and clients’ exposure to problems.
Plan work and manage the design process within available work-plan hours.
Develop appropriate documentation for schematic design, design development, and construction-document phases.
Work with project coordinators, project managers, and clients to meet milestones across multiple projects.
Manage revisions, including ASIs, and prepare sketches according to numbering conventions.
Apply market-sector-specific engineering requirements and use relevant existing EXP details.
Direct and mentor designer-level staff in their daily responsibilities.
Perform at a responsible-charge level to meet EXP’s design and quality standards.
Conduct QA/QC reviews of designers’ calculations and provide guidance and mentoring.
Determine drawing and specification content for designers to meet project scope.
Develop and monitor work plans with other project managers.
Manage work plans and deliverables across multiple projects within budgeted hours.
Write studies and reports for project systems.
Write sequences of operation for AHUs, chilled-water, and hot-water systems.
Apply expertise in chilled-water, hot-water, water-source heat-pump, variable-flow, and constant-flow systems; air-side systems; hydronic systems; psychrometrics; equipment selection; humid-climate design risks; and total-energy concepts.