Mechanical Project Engineer

EwingCole; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible/hybrid work options

Paid parental leave

Excellent insurance offerings (medical

Dental

Vision

Accident

Critical illness

Hospital indemnity

Identity protection

Job summary

EwingCole is seeking a Mechanical Project Engineer in a hybrid Philadelphia setting. You will design and document major projects, ensuring alignment with design intent, codes, and quality standards.

From concept through construction, you will coordinate across disciplines, estimate task hours, mentor junior staff, and ensure project quality while managing multiple projects to meet schedules and budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or Bachelor of Architectural Engineering.
• 6+ years of experience.
• Registered PE in at least one state with credentials for registration in other states.
• Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam and the Microsoft Suite are used to deliver projects.
• Excels in the guidelines of preceding roles including Mechanical Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Design and document mechanical projects to align with design intent and codes.
• Coordinate across disciplines and manage responsibilities on multiple projects.
• Estimate hours for tasks and overall project scope; mentor junior staff.
• Ensure compliance with codes and quality standards; communicate decisions to teams.
• Oversee construction administration and site observations to maintain design intent.

Skills

Mentorship

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Architectural Engineering

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Microsoft Suite

Job description

Description

The Mechanical Project Engineer is responsible for the design and documentation of major projects, ensuring alignment with design intent, codes, and quality standards. This role supports project delivery from concept through construction, coordinating across disciplines, managing responsibilities across multiple projects, and identifying potential risks or liability concerns in coordination with the Discipline Director. The Mechanical Project Engineer also contributes to project planning efforts, including estimating hours for specific tasks and overall project scope, and provides mentorship and technical guidance to junior staff.

Job Type

Full-time

Description

The Mechanical Project Engineer is responsible for the design and documentation of major projects, ensuring alignment with design intent, codes, and quality standards. This role supports project delivery from concept through construction, coordinating across disciplines, managing responsibilities across multiple projects, and identifying potential risks or liability concerns in coordination with the Discipline Director. The Mechanical Project Engineer also contributes to project planning efforts, including estimating hours for specific tasks and overall project scope, and provides mentorship and technical guidance to junior staff.

Essential Functions

This role demonstrates advanced skills in:

• Documentation: Guiding the modeling and creation of drawings used to accurately deliver projects, reviews key project decisions with Discipline leadership
• Software: Understanding the software analysis to ensure accuracy in the design and modeling of mechanical systems
• Building Technology: Applying an understanding of construction methods to building design
• Project Delivery: Progressing project work from schematic design through construction documentation, ensuring design and production efforts are completed within the project schedule and budget
• Codes: Knowledge of local and national building, mechanical, and energy codes, ensuring project designs and construction documents comply with applicable codes
• Quality Standards: Promoting project quality through adherence to and the ongoing improvement of the company standards
• Sustainability: Conceiving projects with rigor to resolve energy and environmental impacts and meet sustainability goals
• Design Generation: Initiating the design approach to distinctive solutions which consider the totality of a project
• Equipment Selection and Research: Selecting equipment and identifying appropriate applications that consider system performance, lifecycle, and project requirements
• Construction Administration: Managing the construction phase through responsive coordination with the builder to maintain design intent and contractual requirements, including oversight of mechanical system installation and site observations
• Calculations: Determining and applying calculation and analysis models to evaluate engineering conditions and guide project design decisions
• Cost Consciousness: Analyzing construction cost estimates for alignment of design intent and approved budgets and develops alternatives for controlling project costs
• Design Communication: Communicating engineering design intent, technical decisions, and system impacts effectively to clients, consultants, and project teams.
• Specification Writing: Defining the design intent for material qualitative requirements and performance standards to ensure contractually enforceable and accurate representation of the mechanical system design

Exhibits Proficient Ability In

• Planning: Developing effective spatial configuration options through analysis of adjacencies, phasing and expansion
• Profitability: Effectively managing fees, resources, and the project delivery schedule to ensure the financial health of a project

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or Bachelor of Architectural Engineering
• 6+ years of experience
• Registered PE in at least one state with suitable credentials for registration in other states
• EwingCole currently utilizes Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam and the Microsoft Suite software to deliver projects
• Excels in the guidelines of preceding roles including Mechanical Engineer

Benefits Of Working At EwingCole

Generous paid time off, 401(k) plan with company match, tuition reimbursement, flexible/hybrid work options, paid parental leave, excellent insurance offerings including medical, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, identity protection and more.

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