Senior Project Engineer

Brady Services•Morrisville, NC

19d

About The Position

The Senior Project Engineer is an experienced project development and design engineering position. The role provides technical analysis and oversight for project development activities, including site surveys, energy analysis, savings calculations, scope development, technical reports, and project design engineering. The position serves as an internal and external technical resource for complex projects and leads technical project development efforts involving multiple Associates on large-scale projects. The Senior Project Engineer performs and oversees engineering analysis, system design, energy modeling, site audits, data logging, troubleshooting, equipment selection, control-sequence development, project documentation, and construction scope development. The role coordinates with customers, sales teams, project managers, project superintendents, consulting engineers, subcontractors, and internal resources. It also supports commissioning, performance assurance, construction administration, project budgeting and scheduling, and utility rebate and incentive applications. The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, 10 years of project engineering experience, a Professional Engineer credential, and a valid driver’s license. The position works in a typical office environment with occasional job-site visits, travel, and overnight stays. Work outside normal hours and on weekends may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from a four-year college or university.
10 years of experience in project engineering.
Professional Engineer credential required.
Valid driver’s license required.
Expert proficiency with load-analysis and energy-analysis tools such as TRACE 700, System Analyzer, and Chiller Plant Analyzer.
Experience with Trane TRACE 700 and TRACE 3D Plus required.
Expert knowledge of site auditing, data logging, and system troubleshooting.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs and AutoCAD.
General familiarity with computer systems and ability to learn software applications as required.
Ability to read and interpret information and communicate effectively with management, contractors, coworkers, and customers.
Ability to perform technical engineering calculations.
Understanding of project financial calculations.
Ability to define problems, collect and interpret data, review facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to pass drug screening and prove U.S. employment eligibility.
Ability to travel to jobsites and work outside normal work hours or on weekends as required.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including occasional climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and lifting or moving up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Revit, MS Visio, MS Project, MS Dynamics SL or similar accounting software, and Procore or similar construction management software.
CEA, CEM, or PEM certification.

Responsibilities

Apply experience-based knowledge of engineering principles and practices.
Provide technical analysis and review for design-build projects involving HVAC, controls, lighting, and other building systems.
Serve as an internal and external technical resource for complex and advanced engineering projects.
Perform expert design engineering for building heating and cooling loads, building envelopes, zone airflow, pumps and fans, duct and pipe sizing and layout, equipment selection, drawings, project documentation, technical reports, and project submittals.
Manage the RFI process for projects.
Lead technical project development engineering efforts involving multiple Associates on large-scale projects.
Lead site audits to identify facility and equipment existing conditions, and assist with initial site visits and vetting new project opportunities.
Improve data-capture and analysis technology for the project engineering team.
Develop data-logging plans, including equipment specifications, point lists, trend intervals, trend durations, and subcontractor requirements.
Deploy and retrieve data-logging equipment to monitor, understand, and troubleshoot system operations.
Analyze data and trends to identify deviations, investigate and troubleshoot system deficiencies, and propose sequence improvements or service recommendations.
Lead scope identification and equipment selection and define the overall project basis of design.
Correlate energy-model simulations with real-world control sequences and setpoints.
Specify control sequences to improve efficiency, operational reliability, and interoperability between building systems.
Perform energy modeling using simulation software, hourly spreadsheet analysis, or other simplified spreadsheet analysis.
Customize software and spreadsheets to produce technical results, reports, standardized tools, and presentations.
Perform system layouts, equipment selections, basis-of-design work, and detailed system design for project engineering and cost estimating.
Manage project documentation drawings in AutoCAD, Revit, and/or MS Visio.
Manage third-party consulting engineers by developing scopes of work, identifying consultants, and reviewing work products.
Coordinate with consulting engineers on subcontracted energy or design engineering, supplying relevant data and reviewing their work.
Support commissioning and performance assurance through post-implementation site visits, troubleshooting, and updates to energy models or calculations when designs or facility operations change.
Lead development of detailed construction-pricing scope documents across mechanical, electrical, controls, lighting, equipment, TAB, commissioning, building envelope, and structural disciplines.
Apply understanding of construction pricing, processes, and schedules.
Assist Project Managers with scope development and project management tasks.
Assist the Preconstruction Manager with prime contract and change-order estimating.
Ensure projects comply with applicable building codes during development.
Lead utility rebate and incentive applications for construction projects and research and promote awareness of available incentives for HVAC, IAQ, energy, and sustainability projects.
Manage and perform technical tasks independently and work with the sales team to develop complex projects.
Manage internal engineering and non-engineering resources to keep projects on track.
Align scopes with customer expectations and contractual requirements and identify the need for breakout scopes.
Sign and seal technical project documents, including drawings, specifications, and commissioning reports, where required.
Maintain customer contact and lead engineering site visits, including scheduling, site access, and PPE requirements.
Communicate professionally with internal and external customers.
Create and manage project deliverables, milestones, budgets, and schedules; monitor engineering budgets and schedules and provide feedback when issues arise.
Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency by challenging existing processes.
Support Project Managers and Project Superintendents with construction administration.
Assist with project document administration in Procore.
Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and recommended best practices.
Collaborate with Associates to uphold the company’s mission and values.
Travel to project or job sites, including occasional overnight stays; work outside normal hours and on weekends as required.
Perform other duties as assigned.