Senior Mechanical Engineer
About The Position
EXP is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join their Mechanical team, focusing on Hospitality HVAC Design projects. This role is available in either the Coral Gables or Fort Lauderdale, Florida office. The position involves preparing designs, calculations, specifications, and equipment selections for HVAC systems, while also coordinating with other disciplines, managing project timelines, and mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of various HVAC systems, psychrometrics, humid climate design, and energy concepts, and will be responsible for ensuring the quality and compliance of designs.
Requirements
- Engineering Bachelor's degree in HVAC/Mechanical Engineering.
- 8+ years of building HVAC, plumbing and piping design experience.
- Experience in designing HVAC systems for Buildings Projects.
- Be able to lead a team of designers or engineers.
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.).
Nice To Haves
- REVIT MEP and Auto CAD Proficiency highly desired.
Responsibilities
- Prepare one-line diagrams.
- Prepare/Review calculations for loads.
- Edit specifications to reflect the project requirements.
- Develop equipment room sizes during SD and DD phases.
- Select and schedule equipment.
- Meet with vendors to determine specification requirements for application.
- Coordinates with other disciplines (mepfp, arch, struct, etc).
- Respond to RFI’s for the project, and accurately review submittals.
- Solve installation problems.
- Apply risk management procedures daily to minimize exp’s and client’s exposure to problems.
- Understand work planning and manage design process to the available hours in work plan.
- Understand proper scope of SD, DD, CD level documents – and deliver appropriate documentation.
- Work with PC, PM, and Clients to meet scheduled project milestones of multiple projects.
- Manage and deliver revisions (ASI’s, etc) and sketches according to proper numbering convention.
- Edit and develop scope of work narratives (SD narrative, basis of design, etc).
- Understands specific engineering requirements for applications within a market sector.
- Understand and properly provide existing exp details relevant to projects.
- Be able to direct and mentor Designer level staff on all of their responsibilities on a daily basis.
- Perform at a ‘responsible charge’ level of meeting exp’s design and quality levels.
- QA/QC reviews of all calculations by designers, and provide guidance and mentoring.
- Determine content of drawings and specs for Designers in order to meet the scope of work.
- Develop and monitor work plans in conjunction with other PM'S.
- Review code related items with Designers, and ensure compliance.
- Manage work plans and deliverables on multiple projects within budgeted hours.
- Write studies and reports for systems on projects.
- Writes sequences of operations for AHU’s, CHW and HW systems.
- Understands and applies concepts of CHW, HW, WSHP, variable & constant flow systems.
- Air side systems- CV, VAV, coil selection, fan selection.
- Hydronic Systems-hot, chilled condenser, steam.
- Thorough understanding of psychometrics and be able to apply to every project.
- Advanced equipment selection and analysis – chillers, boilers, air terminals, cooling towers, air valves, hepa filters, DX equipment, and water source heat pumps.
- Thorough understanding of humid climate design risks.
- Thorough understanding of total energy concepts.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
