Refrigeration Engineer or Designer

Position Description

As a Refrigeration Engineer or Designer at Cushing Terrell, you will design and deliver commercial refrigeration systems for national retail clients across grocery stores, distribution centers, and fuel centers. This is a fully on-site role based in Boise, Missoula, Minneapolis or Austin, depending on your location.

Position Responsibilities

• Lead full-system commercial refrigeration design from schematic concept through construction documents for retail clients including grocery stores, distribution centers, and fuel centers
• Consult directly with clients to define functional requirements, develop project scopes, estimate costs and construction timelines, and maintain relationships through project delivery
• Assign and manage work across a team of EIT staff, balancing workloads across a portfolio of roughly 20 active projects in various design phases
• Collaborate across disciplines to integrate refrigeration systems into broader building designs and produce coordinated drawings for contractor use
• Select equipment, prepare specifications, and apply applicable codes and jurisdictional requirements to all deliverables
• Conduct site visits and lead team meetings to support project progress, EIT development, and client relationship management
• Perform engineering studies and prepare reports as required by project scope

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
• 5 to 10 years of refrigeration design experience
• In-depth knowledge of refrigeration systems including standard DX, centralized, distributed, CO2, and advanced hybrid systems
• Experience developing fees, creating scopes of work, and managing multiple resources to deliver projects on budget and on schedule
• Intermediate proficiency in AutoCAD or Autodesk MEP Revit (Revit preferred); familiarity with Bluebeam and Microsoft Office
• Ability to lead design teams and manage design efforts for program-level accounts
• Strong client communication skills and quality control discipline

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE), or ability to obtain licensure by comity in the state of the hiring Cushing Terrell office
• Experience with transcritical CO2 (TCCO2), secondary overfeed CO2, propane, or A2L refrigerant systems
• Proficiency in Autodesk MEP Revit specifically

Position Salary Range

The expected salary range for this position is $70,000 to $90,000 annually.

Position Benefits

• Competitive benefits package
• Work opportunities in a variety of locations and markets
• A company culture that celebrates all the unique viewpoints and personalities that make up our talented team

Note to Recruitment Agencies

Cushing Terrell does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of Cushing Terrell without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of Cushing Terrell.