Eng-Electrical - Sr Project Engineer

HOK•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

The Sr Project Engineer is responsible for successfully delivering large building projects, including managing and mentoring engineers in a particular discipline, developing concepts and budgets, and producing designs. The role divides its time between project management and technical improvement initiatives (10%) and engineering projects (90%), particularly large or complex projects. The position provides engineering leadership from concept and schematic design through construction documents, construction, and commissioning. It supports business development as needed and contributes to project quality, timely delivery, budget performance, client satisfaction, team development, and the success of the engineering discipline and firm.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in engineering.
10 years of project engineering experience, from concept to opening, including completed high-profile projects.
Expertise in all aspects of the applicable engineering discipline, with a track record of recent successful major projects over $100 million and at least one major project over $250 million.
Professional Engineer (PE) license if an MEP Engineer; Structural Engineer (SE) license in states requiring it, or PE or CE/PE in other states, if a Structural Engineer.
NCEES record allowing registration in any state.
Experience leading or working in integrated teams.
Experience designing and delivering LEED Gold or Platinum projects.
Experience with architecturally significant buildings.
Ability to work creatively to solve complex problems.
Expertise in current sustainable technologies applicable to the engineering discipline.
Proficiency with Revit and AutoCAD.
Mechanical discipline: Experience designing and analyzing mechanical air and piping systems for large, complex buildings; large central plants and varied chiller and boiler types and configurations; controls; complex analysis tools and energy modeling; calculating, sizing, and specifying complex mechanical systems and equipment such as AHUs, pumps, and fans; heat-gain calculations; chilled beam, radiant, micro-climate, and underfloor air systems; project-specific specification editing; and construction administration and commissioning, including problem analysis and solutions.
Structural discipline: Seismic engineering experience, including through construction.
Electrical discipline: Experience with architecturally significant buildings, controls and commissioning, central plants, multiple emergency generator systems, and mission-critical buildings is preferred; experience designing electrical systems for complex buildings and campuses, mission-critical systems and performance criteria with clients, and fire alarm and life safety systems and complex control strategies for complex projects.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
LEED accreditation or Green Associate credential.
Mechanical discipline: Thermal Comfort Modeling experience.
Mechanical discipline: Natural ventilation design.
Structural discipline: Proficiency with analysis programs such as SAP, ETABS, SAFE, GSA, or similar; engineering steel and concrete superstructures, including long-span or high-rise structures.
Electrical discipline: Experience with architecturally significant buildings, controls and commissioning, central plants, multiple emergency generator systems, and mission-critical buildings.

Responsibilities

Improve engineering design and design processes within a particular discipline, including guiding development of Revit tools to improve productivity.
Devote 10% of time to project management and technical improvement initiatives, including estimating project manpower, supporting project communications and budget monitoring, organizing deliverables, and setting project delivery standards.
Develop typical details, specifications, drawing standards, and Revit standards in coordination with the BIM team.
Monitor industry and technology trends and recommend changes to approaches and services; improve analytic processes, documentation, and common and critical solutions.
Promote strong service to internal and external clients.
Devote 90% of time to engineering projects, particularly large or complex projects, from concept and schematic design through construction documents, construction, and commissioning.
Provide design inputs and review other engineers’ projects.
Attend client meetings and promote positive contact with current and prospective clients.
Participate as a team member, contribute ideas and solutions, and lead issues where appropriate.
Conduct site surveys to determine renovation engineering strategies and document and evaluate existing systems.
Visit construction sites to review quality, progress, and compliance with specifications and standards.
Review projects at all design stages and ensure quality, timely delivery, and adherence to budget.
Mentor engineering staff on projects.
Support business development as needed by writing up key project aspects, presenting work at industry events, and preparing discipline-specific fee estimates and assumptions for potential projects.