Sr Project Engineer, Team Lead-Mechanical

HNTB; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB in the California Bay Area seeks a Mechanical Engineer with HVAC, plumbing or fire protection design experience for commercial, institutional and infrastructure facilities. You will lead design efforts from concept to final construction close-out and coordinate development with project teams.

The position requires a PE license, experience with Revit, AutoCAD and BlueBeam, and the ability to mentor staff while managing scope, schedule and budget across complex projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience, or
• Master’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience, or
• PhD in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design on projects from concept to final construction close-out
• Coordinate design development and provide technical direction to project team members
• Completes mechanical designs with minimal direction
• Writes technical reports and creates presentations of findings
• Strong communication of results in presentations and meetings
• Develops scope of work and level of effort and manages adherence to scope and budget on complex projects
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline
• Provides technical guidance and mentoring to team members to achieve project objectives

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD in Engineering

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

BlueBeam

Job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This opportunity is for a Mechanical Engineer with HVAC, Plumbing or Fire Protection design experience related to commercial, institutional and infrastructure facilities. Responsible for the completion of mechanical engineering-related tasks including research, development, calculations, design and delivery with minimal direction. Excellent engineering skills include interdisciplinary design coordination and technical analysis of complex project issues.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design efforts on a variety of projects from concept to final construction close-out
• Coordinate design development and provide technical direction to project team members
• Completes mechanical designs with minimal direction
• Writes technical reports and creates presentations of findings (samples may be requested)
• Strong communication of results in presentations and meetings

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 years of relevant experience
• Professional Engineering license (PE) in Mechanical Engineering
• Experience with Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, BlueBeam.

What You’ll Do

• Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider broad range of engineering solutions.
• Responsible for the discipline-specific planning, work distribution, and leadership and adherence to the schedule, and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Develops scope of work and level of effort and manages adherence to scope and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects within discipline.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline.
• Provides technical guidance and mentoring to team members to achieve overall project objectives on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Coordinates technical aspects of the project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Leads discipline delivery on larger, multi-disciplinary projects. Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Assists with coordination and planning of schedules, hours, and distribution of work for other disciplines on multi-discipline projects on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Recruits, hires, develops and retains staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession. Coordinates schedules and approves timecards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience, or
• Master’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience, or
• PhD in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience

What You’ll Bring

• Independently identifies and analyzes mechanical design issues, including: alternatives analysis and life cycle analysis
• Capable of representing the team to our clients
• Coordinates preparation of design details, plans, and drawings within HVAC, plumbing and fire life safety systems
• Conducts load analysis and duct design for HVAC systems including code compliance and equipment selection
• Performs calculations and hydraulic analyses related to fluid flow within piping systems
• Prepares process and instrumentation diagrams for control systems including control sequence of operations for pumping and ventilation systems
• Perform design reviews and quality assurance/control

Additional Information

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

• Oakland, CA
• San Francisco, CA
• San Jose, CA

The approximate pay range for the California San Francisco Bay Area is $137,981.08 - $215,816.57. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

Notice To Third-party Agencies

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Engineering Group