Mechanical Engineer

About the position

AECOM is seeking an experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to join our downtown Sacramento office. Seeking a highly-motivated individual to join our dynamic Sacramento office and be part of our international engineering practice. This individual will direct HVAC and plumbing teams for healthcare, corporate office, clean rooms, labs, and high tech clients. The ideal candidate will have a passion for designing custom solutions for unique projects, mentoring a team, and developing calculations, construction drawings, design reports, and specifications to support mechanical and plumbing portions of design work in accordance with building codes. Our Sacramento office has recently completed projects including an Intelligence Building at Beale Air Force Base, the Stockton Wastewater Treatment Plant Personnel and Lab Buildings, the Santa Clara County Tuberculosis Clinic, and multiple confidential high tech clients including research and development labs. Our unique combination of architectural engineering, transportation engineering, and environmental scientists means we work on the most unique and interesting projects in the industry!

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Discipline Representative on projects
• Have substantial knowledge of the California Mechanical Code, Title 24, ASHRAE standards, and NFPA
• Evaluate, select, and apply standard engineering techniques, procedures, and judgement based on experience to design and construct HVAC and plumbing systems and equipment in buildings using building information modeling
• Coordinate HVAC&P systems with other disciplines to produce complete building designs
• Coordinate design and schedule with other disciplines such as architectural, structural, electrical, technology, clerical, and equipment suppliers
• Act as an adviser and review correspondence prepared by junior project team members
• Meet with clients, prepare proposals and presentations while maintaining good client relations
• Assist in project checking for quality control on other projects
• Mechanical engineering design from conceptual level through construction administration and post-occupancy
• Develops, designs, specifies, and witnesses the testing of mechanical systems, equipment, components, and materials
• Writing reports for internal and external purposes based on findings
• Stays current on codes and technologies appropriate to the Mechanical discipline
• Organizes and conducts site visits for the purpose of data collection and evaluation of mechanical systems, equipment, components, and materials for projects with and without well-defined scopes
• Coordinating with the client and multiple disciplines and acting as mechanical engineer point of contact to ensure that projects are delivered within budget and on schedule
• Assist in proposal preparation and discipline plans that meet project requirements in conjunction with senior leadership
• Manage and work on multiple projects with other team members, acting as mentor and reviewer of work

Requirements

• BA/BS in Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering or similar field
• +4 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Nice-to-haves

• Professional Engineer (PE) registration with 6+ years of experience
• Strong mechanical code knowledge including International Fuel Gas Code, ASHRAE standards, NFPA and other relevant codes and standards
• Experience in designing complex hydronic systems, steam, VRF systems and sustainable designs
• Experience in developing specifications
• Instrumentation and controls design/engineering experience is a plus
• Medical gas piping design experience is a plus
• Experience in the following markets: Corporate Workplace and Commercial buildings, Federal Civilian and DoD, Healthcare, Laboratories, Mission Critical, Justice, and Higher Education projects
• Excellent communication skills: articulate, assertive, and confident
• Analyze equipment energy use for optimizing systems selection
• Ability to use load calculation software such as Trace700, Carrier HAP and other energy modeling software such as eQuest; IES is a plus
• Experience presenting to Clients
• Revit experience
• BlueBeam Revu experience

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• AD&D
• disability benefits
• paid time off
• leaves of absences
• voluntary benefits
• perks
• flexible work options
• well-being resources
• employee assistance program
• business travel insurance
• service recognition awards
• retirement savings plan
• employee stock purchase plan