Mechanical Designer/Engineer

About the role

Be our next Mechanical Designer/Engineer for Mission Critical and Commercial building projects. Your work environment at EXP—an award-winning international engineering firm—is currently searching for an experienced Mechanical Designer/Engineer. This is an opportunity to get great exposure from our talented and experienced engineering staff in our Richmond, VA or Columbus, OH offices.

Responsibilities

• Proficient with AutoCAD.
• Prepare and review calculations for loads.
• Thorough knowledge of codes.
• Edit specifications to reflect the project requirements.
• Select and schedule equipment.
• Meet with vendors to determine specification requirements for application.
• Coordinate with other disciplines (MEP/FP, Arch, Struct, etc.).
• Respond to RFIs for the project and accurately review submittals.
• Apply risk management procedures daily to minimize EXP’s and client’s exposure to problems.
• Understand work planning and manage design process to the available hours in work plan.
• Understand proper scope of SD, DD, CD level documents—and deliver appropriate documentation.
• Work with PC, PM, and Clients to meet scheduled project milestones of multiple projects.
• Edit and develop scope of work narratives (SD narrative, basis of design, etc.).
• Understand and properly provide existing EXP details relevant to projects.
• Direct and mentor Design-level staff on all of their responsibilities on a daily basis.
• Perform at a “responsible charge” level of meeting EXP’s design and quality levels.
• Conduct QA/QC reviews of all calculations by Designers, and provide guidance and mentoring.
• Determine content of drawings and specs for Designers in order to meet the scope of work.
• Develop and monitor work plans in conjunction with other PMs.
• Review code-related items with Designers and ensure compliance.
• Manage work plans and deliverables on multiple projects within budgeted hours.
• Write studies and reports for systems on projects.
• Write sequences of operations for AHUs, CHW and HW systems.
• Understand and apply concepts of CHW, HW, WSHP, variable & constant flow systems.
• Air-side systems: CV, VAV, coil selection, fan selection.
• Hydronic systems: hot, chilled condenser, steam.
• Thorough understanding of psychrometrics and be able to apply to every project.
• Advanced equipment selection and analysis: chillers, boilers, air terminals, cooling towers, air valves, heat filters, DX equipment and water source heat pumps.
• Thorough understanding of total energy concepts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• EIT required, working toward PE preferred.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience.
• Strong leadership skills and good communication capabilities.

Qualifications

• Preferred experience includes: data center, mission critical and/or telecom industry.
• Building design experience is a must.