Senior Mechanical Engineer - Data Center
HDR
- Denver, CO
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Mentoring/Managing:
- Help grow a team that works together to create a collaborative environment that promotes career growth, the production of high-quality construction documents, client satisfaction, and acts as a safety net for each other.
- Coordinate the work of Mechanical Engineers, EITs, and BIM Specialists with the balance of a multidiscipline team throughout the entire project’s development.
- Mentor, organize, and facilitate the growth of junior staff.
- Coordinate workload through the entire project development to complete documents on schedule.
- Marketing:
- Establish client relations, and participate in marketing, design, and production meetings regarding mechanical systems.
- Assist Marketing and Business Development groups in developing fee proposals and scope of work documents for HVAC and Plumbing scopes of work.
- Technical:
- Assume the mechanical lead on data center/mission critical projects.
- Work with clients to understand their project specific requirements around reliability, growth increments, first cost versus life cycle costs, sustainability, construction schedules, and future flexibility.
- Providing detailed design and coordination with multidisciplinary team members
- Attending and leading design meetings with other team members
- Conduct schematic, design development, and contract document work sessions in conjunction with the Project Manager, Project Architect, and other disciplines.
- Performing QA/QC review of construction documents, specifications, and technical reports
- Participate in reviews with various governing agencies for code compliance.
- Design support during construction including field observations, submittal & shop drawing review, Request for Information (RFI) support.
- Perform other duties as needed.
- Travel: Some travel to job sites or other HDR offices could be required. This would be communicated in advance to give adequate coordination time with project work and personal life.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or closely related engineering discipline.
- Minimum of 10 years of consulting engineering experience in the design of high reliability mechanical systems.
- PE
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, MS Project and AutoCAD
- Demonstrated leadership skills, previous team coordination and project management experience
- Previous experience with an architectural/engineering or engineering consulting firm
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
- Previous Data Center/Mission Critical experience an architectural/engineering, or engineering consulting firm is desired.
- Strong desire to stay current with the trends of the fast-paced industry of mission critical.
- Working knowledge of the following standards: Uptime Topology standards, ASHRAE TC 9.9, ASHRAE 90.4, and the ISO standards regarding PUE, CUE, and WUE.
- Working knowledge of the following programs: Bluebeam Revu, AFT Fathom (or a similar piping analysis software), a HVAC loads program, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- General knowledge of the inputs required for CFD modeling.
- Working knowledge of Newforma Project Center and/or ProjectWise Document Management Software
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Strongly motivated and showing professional initiative.
- Focused on client outcomes.
- Working knowledge of current industry codes and standards
- Strong organizational and time management skills to effectively work on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Technical and specification writing skills.
- NCEES Registration
- Active participation in industry organizations is encouraged. Participation in professional development seminars, courses, workshops, or conferences is encouraged and should be approved in advance of attendance.
- Additional industry certifications are also encouraged such as Uptime ATD.
- Maintain continuing education requirements for any certification or license.