Mechanical Designer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Architectural Engineering.
• Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 7+ years of building HVAC design experience.
• Thorough understanding of psychrometrics and ability to apply it to projects.
• Thorough understanding of total-energy concepts.
• Knowledge of energy software applications.
• Ability to develop life-cycle cost analyses for project systems.

Nice To Haves

• EIT or Registered Professional Engineer preferred.
• Experience designing in Hospitality or Healthcare preferred.

Responsibilities

• Use Revit and work with 3D models.
• Prepare HVAC one-line diagrams and prepare or review HVAC load calculations.
• Interpret mechanical and energy codes and edit specifications to reflect project requirements.
• Develop equipment-room sizes during schematic design (SD) and design development (DD) phases; select and schedule equipment.
• Meet with vendors to determine specification requirements for applications.
• Coordinate with other disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, 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.
• Understand MEP/FP work planning, manage the design process within available work-plan hours, and deliver documentation appropriate to SD, DD, and construction-document (CD) scopes.
• Work with project coordinators and clients to meet milestones across multiple projects.
• Manage revisions, including ASIs, and sketches according to numbering conventions.
• Edit and develop scope-of-work narratives, SD narratives, and bases of design.
• Apply market-sector-specific engineering requirements and provide relevant existing EXP details for projects.
• Direct and mentor designer-level staff and provide day-to-day guidance.
• Perform at a responsible-charge level while meeting EXP 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; review code-related items with designers and ensure compliance.
• Manage work plans and deliverables for multiple projects within budgeted hours.
• Write studies and reports for project systems.
• Write sequences of operations for air-handling units (AHUs), chilled-water (CHW), and hot-water (HW) systems.
• Apply knowledge of CHW, HW, WSHP, variable- and constant-flow systems, air-side systems, and hydronic systems.
• Apply psychrometrics and total-energy concepts to projects.
• Select and analyze equipment, including chillers, boilers, air terminals, cooling towers, air valves, HEPA filters, DX equipment, and water-source heat pumps.
• Use energy software applications and develop life-cycle cost analyses (LCCA) for project systems.