Principal Mechanical Engineer

About the role

Startup business unit adding a principal to build out a datacenter team.

About us

We're an engineering and fabrication company serving energy and industrial clients, with mechanical, electrical, and controls capability under one roof. We're standing up a mission-critical/data center practice from the ground up — building the team, standards, and processes before the volume arrives, so our first projects are executed flawlessly.

Why join us?

• Build it, don't inherit it — you'll own the mechanical standards, templates, and procedures from a blank page
• Real ownership and room to grow a team beneath you as the practice scales
• Leadership that's tenacious, hands-on, and checks ego at the door — you won't be told "this is how we've always done it"
• The stability of an established, profitable business behind a startup-style build

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical design standards, Revit/Navisworks templates, and QA/QC procedures
• Partner closely with electrical so both disciplines produce one consistent set of drawings and standards
• Contribute to existing energy and power generation work while the data center pipeline develops
• 15–20% travel once projects are live

Qualifications

• Principal or Lead Mechanical Engineer level experience
• Mission-critical facility design background

Skills

• Revit and Navisworks proficiency
• CFD analysis experience a strong plus — an in-house capability we're looking to build

Pay

$180,000 - $250,000 per year

Schedule

Houston or remote