Mechanical Engineer, Buildings

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

Your Opportunity

Our Buildings team is looking for a Project Mechanical Engineer with a focus in HVAC design. You will work with direct supervision and general direction on tasks and smaller projects, and as a team member of larger projects under the guidance of a Senior Engineer/Designer. You will assist in evaluating, selecting, specifying, and engineering certain Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) building systems for a project verifying compliance with applicable codes and internal engineering standards / practices. You will perform a variety of tasks which may include Revit modeling, preparing design drawings, performing system calculations, ductwork design, piping design, specifying equipment, field survey work, and construction administration.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Work with a team of design colleagues to conceptualize and develop full documentation for new construction and renovation projects for multiple types of facilities such as\: healthcare, industrial, commercial offices, higher education, research laboratories or similar applications.
• Evaluate, select, specify, and engineer mechanical HVAC systems for a project.
• Engage in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Utilize Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies in development of three-dimensional models of building’s mechanical systems.
• Prepare and revise documentation in various mechanical phases including site plans, floor plans, diagrams, and details.
• Participate in project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors.
• Participate in client contact on projects to establish design criteria, review design progress as well as providing support through construction administration.
• Support the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents.
• Work on multiple projects.
• Conduct field surveys of existing conditions of building spaces.
• Prepare field reports and punch lists.
• Provide basic mentoring to junior staff.