Lead Mechanical Engineer

The purpose of your role

As a Senior Engineer, you will apply conceptual engineering techniques, design various types of mechanical systems from the ground up. You will be responsible for envisioning, designing, and delivering innovative design solutions that meet customer needs and increase efficiency and cost effectiveness in construction and operation.

Design Engineering Lead

• Partner with the Harris Design Studio team on overall design concepts and design presentation strategies.
• Provide design and documentation during completion and execution of design concepts.
• Work with estimating and construction groups to provide design information.
• Support Digital Design and BIM to prepare documents and drawings.
• Prepare specification for systems and equipment.
• Prepare and check calculations to understand energy usage, water usage, etc. for building systems.

Project Team Interfaces

• Support communication between project team, clients, and vendors.
• Conduct life-cycle cost analyses to compare initial costs of project alternatives to operating costs.
• Affirm recommendations for a level of system performance based on analysis of customer needs and preferences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required in Engineering.
• 4+ years of basic knowledge of construction equipment and techniques, drawings and specifications, building materials and required standards applicable to discipline.
• 4+ years of experience designing a variety of HVAC systems.
• Knowledge and experience of designing HVAC systems for different sizes and levels of complexity of buildings and facilities.
• Knowledge and experience of code compliant plumbing and mechanical systems designs for buildings.
• Knowledge and experience of building rating systems such as LEED, living building challenge etc.
• Experience with approaches and options for implementing low water, energy, high performance, resilient and sustainable design for mechanical systems.
• Active maintenance of up-to-date knowledge in innovative and advanced mechanical system design.

What We're Looking For In You

• Knowledge and experience of designing HVAC systems for different sizes and levels of complexity of buildings and facilities.
• Knowledge and experience of code compliant plumbing and mechanical systems designs for buildings.
• Knowledge and experience of building rating systems such as LEED, living building challenge etc.
• Experience with approaches and options for implementing low water, energy, high performance, resilient and sustainable design for mechanical systems.
• Active maintenance of up-to-date knowledge in innovative and advanced mechanical system design.

Company Culture

Your life at Harris: As one of the country's leading mechanical contractors, Harris offers you the best of both worlds: the stability, resources and opportunities of a national company, and the team culture, creative spirit and customer loyalty of a local business.

Harris Benefits + Compensation

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401K with company match.
• Vacation time, sick time, and paid holidays.
• Paid Parental leave.
• Short-Term Incentive Plan.

Contact Information

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