Lead Mechanical Design Engineer HVAC & Piping

Southland Industries, Inc.; Robinson (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Annual bonus

Life insurance

Disability insurance

FSAs

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

Training & memberships

Wellness program

Job summary

Southland Industries is seeking a senior design engineer for HVAC, fire protection and plumbing systems. You will provide conceptual design, calculations, drawings and specifications for projects and lead design discussions with the project team.

This 100% employee-owned company offers a robust benefits package, including a 50% company match 401(k), comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, paid parental leave and holidays.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field
• PE License required
• 8+ years of experience, including lead experience
• Excellent knowledge of applicable systems design, such as fire suppression, HVAC, plumbing, etc., as well as general understanding of system operations.
• Ability to read complex mechanical and plumbing plans
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to communicate with all levels of employees, clients and general contractors
• Strong public speaking/presentation skills
• Microsoft Office Products, including as Excel

Responsibilities

• Provides conceptual design for specific projects and performs calculations, drawings and specifications relevant to HVAC, plumbing or other systems.
• Serves as design professional at project team design meetings
• Prepares complex preliminary redline design layouts for estimating
• Performs more complex calculations for a project, such as heating/cooling loads, equipment selection and sizing, friction loss calculations, hydraulic calculations, etc.
• Performs site inspections to determine compliance with construction documents and resolves design issues during construction phase
• Supervises less-experienced engineers in performing HVAC, fire protection or other system design and documents production of small and large projects

Skills

HVAC design

Fire protection design

Plumbing design

Reading drawings

Client communication

Public speaking

Excel

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

PE license

Job description

Southland Industries is seeking a senior design engineer for HVAC, fire protection and plumbing systems. You will provide conceptual design, calculations, drawings and specifications for projects and lead design discussions with the project team.

This 100% employee-owned company offers a robust benefits package, including a 50% company match 401(k), comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, paid parental leave and holidays.