Mechanical Systems Engineer

Advanced Recruiting Partners; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Recruiting Partners is hiring a Mechanical Engineer in Raleigh, NC to own and optimize mechanical utility systems including HVAC, ventilation, and fire protection for our manufacturing operations.

You will review P&IDs, drawings, calculations, and vendor docs; size equipment; support installation, commissioning, and startup; and coordinate with process equipment suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation.

Qualifications

• Read and interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, specs, and vendor docs.
• Knowledge of fluid flow, pressure systems, and ventilation.
• Ability to work onsite during construction, commissioning, and startup.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical owner for HVAC, ventilation, and related systems.
• Support design, installation, commissioning, and startup of mechanical utilities.
• Review layouts, equipment needs, and operating parameters.
• Coordinate with suppliers, partners, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Provide field engineering support during construction, testing, and commissioning.
• Identify improvements to safety, reliability, and efficiency.

Skills

P&ID interpretation

Fluid dynamics

On-site support

Cross-functional coordination

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Job description

• Serve as the technical owner for HVAC, ventilation, compressed air, plumbing, and fire protection systems.
• Support the design, specification, installation, commissioning, and startup of mechanical utility systems and associated equipment.
• Develop and review system layouts, equipment requirements, distribution networks, controls, and operating parameters.
• Coordinate utility and environmental requirements with process equipment suppliers, engineering partners, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• Review P&IDs, mechanical drawings, specifications, calculations, submittals, and vendor documentation.
• Support equipment sizing, pressure drop calculations, ventilation requirements, system capacity evaluations, and equipment selection.
• Provide field engineering support during construction, testing, adjusting, balancing (TAB), commissioning, and startup.
• Troubleshoot system performance, capacity, controls, reliability, and equipment issues.
• Identify and implement improvements that increase safety, reliability, efficiency, maintainability, and production capability.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, operating requirements, equipment records, maintenance recommendations, and engineering standards.
• Support capital projects and facility modifications that affect mechanical utility systems.
• Track asset utilization, uptime, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to help ensure uninterrupted service for production operations.
• Own and manage operational costs for assigned systems, including utility consumption and lifecycle costs, while identifying opportunities to improve reliability and reduce total cost of ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Experience with mechanical utility, HVAC, ventilation, compressed air, or plumbing systems in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, mechanical drawings, specifications, and equipment documentation.
• Working knowledge of fluid flow, pressure systems, ventilation, and mechanical equipment.
• Ability to work onsite and support construction, commissioning, startup, and operational activities as business needs require.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with industrial HVAC and ventilation systems, including air handling, exhaust, make-up air, and environmental control.
• Experience with compressed air systems, including compressors, dryers, receivers, filtration, and distribution.
• Experience with plumbing systems, including potable and domestic water distribution, sanitary waste and vent systems, piping, valves, fixtures, and point-of-use connections.
• Experience with fire protection systems, including sprinkler, suppression, fire water, and associated pumping systems.
• Experience supporting greenfield manufacturing facility construction or major utility system installations.
• Experience with system commissioning activities, including pressure testing, leak testing, TAB, functional testing, and performance verification.
• Familiarity with applicable mechanical, fire, building, and industrial gas codes and standards.
• Experience troubleshooting airflow, pressure, capacity, controls, and system reliability issues.
• Experience reviewing P&IDs, equipment layouts, ductwork and piping drawings, vendor submittals, and control narratives.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Experience with AutoCAD and Bluebeam.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification, or other relevant professional certification is a plus.