Senior Plumbing Designer

Heapy•Dayton, OH

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Our Growing Team Powering a Sustainable, Well, and Resilient Future. Does this describe you? Do you like to be a leader in technical design? Do you like to drive innovation? Do you like to collaborate with colleagues to solve problems and drive success? Do you like to continuously learn? Do you like to build strong client relationships? Do you enjoy an environment where you are trusted to manage your projects and work? If so, now is the perfect time to join HEAPY — a growing firm driven by innovation, purpose, and people. We’re expanding to meet the needs of our clients and communities, creating exciting new roles and growth opportunities along the way. At HEAPY, our Colleague First approach means we invest in your career, well-being, and success. We’re committed to building a more sustainable world through thoughtful design and collaborative partnerships, and we’re looking for team members who want to grow with us while making an impact. HEAPY is seeking a Senior-Level Plumbing Designer to join our Colleague First culture in our Dayton office location in a hybrid arrangement. You’ll be empowered to do meaningful work, develop lasting relationships, and be part of a team where your ideas, growth, and authentic self are truly valued. While the qualifications listed below outline an ideal candidate, we encourage individuals to apply. We value rising talent! Click here to learn more about HEAPY! SUMMARY This colleague independently performs a variety of assignments involving the application of standard plumbing design engineering techniques for a small project or selected segments of a larger project. The incumbent must be capable of exercising independent judgment in evaluating, selecting, and applying standard design engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria to make minor design adaptations and modifications. This role requires the colleague to set assignments that have clear and specific objectives and require the investigation of a limited number of variables.

Requirements

This role normally requires a 4-year engineering degree from an ABET-accredited program and typically 6 - 9 years of related experience (or equivalent working knowledge/experience/advanced degree in engineering) related to plumbing engineering systems in the Built Environment.
This includes considerable experience in utilizing various computer software packages and automated engineering and design equipment.
An incumbent in this position should be in possession of a Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certification and be working toward Professional Engineering (PE) Registration or Certified Plumbing Designer (CPD) designation. This would be attained within the first 2 years of attaining this position level.

Responsibilities

Maintains clear knowledge of HEAPY Corporate Vision, Mission, and Core Values and demonstrates awareness of how those objectives relate to all position responsibilities.
Approaches all assigned tasks as an opportunity for growth and experience, modeling the way for other team members.
Continually advances technical education and personal development aligned with OKRI goals.
Responsible for the design engineering services following with Corporate Vision, Mission, and Core Values as well as Corporate ISO Systems View(s), and related professional standards, client requirements, and corporate objectives.
Collaborates with more experienced engineering colleagues to prepare basic plan details and outlines, cost estimates, and perform calculations in support of broader engineering activities involving the design of plumbing equipment, components, or systems.
Lays out full plan designs, plan details and outlines, identifies quantities of materials, cost estimates, and performs calculations for a detailed segment of a project.
Prepares technical specifications for review and approval.
Evaluates vendors’ bids and drawings to ensure compliance with specifications.
Reviews and approves plumbing design drawings for assigned segments of project.
Assists with development of design guides, guide specifications, and design control procedures when directed by Practice Technical Leader.
Prepares technical reports such as life cycle cost analysis, facility conditions assessments, and other Engineering guidance for clients.
Performs field tests & measurements, collects field data, as necessary.
Aids and support to proposal teams or proposal managers as requested.
Collaborates with and supports Design Engineers / Designer I & II colleagues on their technical development and professional growth.
Collaborates with field observation colleagues to perform field observations and tests, measurements, collect field data, and prepare field reports and related documentation.
Other duties as assigned.