Senior Mechanical Engineer

EXP; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

EXP seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join their team in Chicago, focusing on innovative HVAC solutions across various projects. This role involves leading design efforts, mentoring junior staff, and ensuring compliance with industry standards while offering competitive compensation and a diverse work environment.

Benefits

Health insurance

Vacation time

401(k) retirement benefits

Qualifications

• 7+ years of building HVAC and piping design experience.
• Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.)
• Experience in designing HVAC systems for relevant projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and guide less experienced mechanical staff.
• Perform QA/QC review and compliance checks.
• Conduct life-cycle cost analyses for HVAC systems.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HVAC/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

REVIT MEP

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EMPLOYEE REFERRAL BONUS: $3,000

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Job Description

EMPLOYEE REFERRAL BONUS: $3,000

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Senior Mechanical Engineer

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the Mission Critical, Data Center and Aviation buildings of the MEP Buildings sector in Chicago, IL.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Be able to lead, mentor and direct less experienced mechanical staff on all of their responsibilities.
• Perform at a “responsible charge” level in regard to meeting EXPs design and quality levels.
• Perform QA/QC review of specifications, reports, code application, RFI and submittal review, equipment selection, deliverables and drawings.
• QA/QC reviews of all calculations by designers, and provide guidance and mentoring.
• Determine content of drawings and specs for less experienced staff in order to meet the scope of work.
• Review code related items with Designers, and ensure compliance.
• Edit and develop basis of design narratives documenting project scope.
• Thorough understanding of psychrometrics.
• Understand and apply concepts of CHW, HW, WSHP, variable & constant flow systems.
• Advance equipment selection and analysis – chillers, boilers, air terminals, cooling towers, HEPA filters, DX equipment, and water source heat pumps.
• Write new specifications sections, develop new details, as required for project needs.
• Write studies and reports for systems on projects.
• Perform life-cycle cost analyses, and energy/cost calculation for HVAC systems.
• Apply and modify appropriate controls diagrams for the project
• Modify sequences of operation for air and water side equipment and systems.
• Meets with contractors during bid phase to review design details.
• Critically evaluate contractor pricing and cost estimates.
• Evaluate value engineering items with respect to EXP’s level of risk.
• Apply risk management procedures daily to minimize EXP’s and client’s exposure to problems.
• Travel to project sites to review progress of work and successfully solve problems within time & budget
• Develop and monitor work plans.
• Manage work plans and deliverables on multiple projects within budgeted hours and guide Designers on management of task hours.
  
  

What Your Experience Looks Like

• Candidate should have an engineering Bachelor's degree in the field of HVAC/Mechanical Engineering with 7+ years of building HVAC and piping design experience.
• Experience in designing HVAC systems for Aviation, Transit (CTA), Federal, Mission Critical, Science/Technology and Commercial projects.
• Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.).
• REVIT MEP Proficiency required.
  
  

The salary range for this role is $110,000 to $145,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to the candidate's skill set, experience, certifications, and geographic location. Compensation may vary by location due to differences in the cost of labor.

In addition to competitive pay, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all full-time employees, including health insurance, vacation time, and 401(k) retirement benefits.

About Us

Our story

With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world’s built and natural environments.

Our heritage dates back to 1906, when the earliest of EXP’s predecessor companies started its engineering infrastructure practice. Today, thousands of creative professionals across EXP work together to deliver extraordinary experiences year after year.

What Makes Us Different

The passion, enthusiasm, diversity and industry-leading capabilities of our employees make us who we are. We’re committed to providing a challenging work environment that cultivates career growth, encourages creativity and rewards excellence.

Find out more about life at EXP by visiting www.exp.com .

About The Team

EXP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who fully and actively supports equal access for all people regardless of Race, Color, Sex, Religion, Gender, Age, National Origin, Veteran Status, Disability, Genetic Information or Testing, Family and Medical Leave, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression.

Should you need any special accommodations, please feel free to contact us at [e-mail] and we will arrange for the most suitable accommodations based on your needs.

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Employment type

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  Engineering and Information Technology

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