MEP Mechanical Engineer (PE)

Tom Green & Company Engineers; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit distributions

Ownership after 3 years

Forensic/expert witness work

Medical, dental, and vision

SIMPLE IRA with company match

Tuition assistance

Stability

Job summary

Tom Green & Company Engineers (TGCE) in Austin, TX seeks an MEP Mechanical Engineer (PE) to own the mechanical design from schematic through construction administration, including load calculations, equipment selection, and drawings stamped by you. You will lead forensic analysis and field investigations on projects.

Ideal candidates will have 5–20 years of HVAC and plumbing design experience, a Texas PE (or transfer), and comfort working in our Austin office on site.

Qualifications

• Active Texas PE license (or Texas comity transfer)
• 5–20 years designing building HVAC and plumbing systems at an MEP or A/E firm
• Projects owned end-to-end with ASHRAE standards and codes
• Comfort in the field and in the Austin office

Responsibilities

• Own the mechanical design from schematic design through construction administration: load calculations, equipment selection, air and hydronic systems, plumbing, and drawings stamped by you
• Lead technical analysis on forensic cases and inspect existing buildings for renovations/repairs
• Spend real time on job sites and maintain production responsibility at all levels of experience

Skills

Active Texas PE license

HVAC design

Plumbing design

Field work

End-to-end project ownership

Tools

ASHRAE standards

Mechanical codes

Job description

MEP Mechanical Engineer (PE) | Austin, TX | Full-time | $110,000 to $160,000 plus quarterly profit distributions

Why Tom Green & Company

Most mechanical engineers only ever see their own drawings. At TGCE you will also see everyone else's. A large and growing share of our work is forensic: construction defect and errors-and-omissions cases where we are brought in as the expert to find out what went wrong in a building and why. You will review other firms' designs, trace failures to their cause, and bring those lessons straight back into your own projects. It is, in effect, a graduate education in practicing engineering.

We are also owned by the people who do the work. Every quarter, a meaningful share of the firm's profit goes to our employees, and after three years you have the opportunity to become a shareholder. Several of our owners started here as interns. What you get out of TGCE, in skill and in pay, follows what you put into it.

About Tom Green & Company Engineers

TGCE is an MEP engineering firm founded in Austin in 1985. About 30 of us work together in our Austin office, and we have completed more than 1,600 projects across higher education, healthcare, research, K-12, civic, hospitality, and historic preservation, for clients such as the University of Texas and MD Anderson. Beyond design, we provide commissioning, troubleshooting, and forensic services. We run the business conservatively, with no debt, and our average employee has been here about ten years.

The role

You will own the mechanical design of projects from schematic design through construction administration: load calculations, equipment selection, air and hydronic systems, plumbing, and the specifications and drawings behind them, stamped by you. You will lead technical analysis on forensic cases, investigate existing buildings for renovations and repairs, and spend real time on job sites. This is a producing role at every level of experience. We need engineers who design, calculate, and solve problems, not people whose main job is managing others.

What we are looking for:

• An active PE license in Texas, or one that transfers to Texas by comity


• Roughly five to twenty years designing building HVAC and plumbing systems at an MEP or A/E firm


• Projects you have owned end to end, with ASHRAE standards and the mechanical and plumbing codes second nature


• Comfort in the field and the ability to work in our Austin office

What is in it for you

• $110,000 to $160,000 base, depending on experience, plus quarterly profit distributions


• An ownership opportunity after three years, with company stock


• Forensic and expert witness work that bills at a premium and teaches you things few engineers ever see


• Medical, dental, and vision, plus disability and life insurance


• SIMPLE IRA with a company match and tuition assistance


• Stability: a 41-year-old firm with no debt and people who stay

If you are a licensed mechanical engineer who wants to keep learning, keep producing, and own part of the firm you work for, we would like to hear from you.