Senior Mechanical Engineer

Liberty Personnel Services - Rock Island, IL

Full-time - Senior

Rock Island, IL

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Senior Mechanical Engineer will play a crucial role in the design and project management of mechanical and electrical systems within a large, international MEP Consulting Engineering firm. This position requires extensive experience in MEP consulting, with responsibilities that include leading design efforts, making significant design decisions, and managing project quality control. The engineer will have the option to focus on technical leadership or project management, contributing to both large and small projects.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for complete design by discipline for projects of all sizes
• Makes major design recommendations and design decisions with little input from senior staff
• Plans design work by discipline for all project sizes and assigns duties to staff working on projects
• Reviews correspondence prepared by junior staff
• Actively participates in quality control of projects
• Contributes to leadership in some aspect of the Technical Operations Team for both large and small projects
• Acts as an advisor and analyzes technical problems/writes reports
• Plays a significant role in project reviews for quality control for large complex projects
• Provides technical assistance to help resolve field issues, must be able to visit project sites and resolve technical issues with very little assistance from other senior staff
• Effectively serves as Project Manager on large complex projects or multiple smaller projects
• Identifies prospective clients, assists in marketing to develop new clients and prepares proposals for services
• Consistently brings work into the firm with existing or new clients and participates in presentations to clients

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Professional Engineer license
• Minimum 18 years of qualifying experience

Nice-to-haves

• Leadership attributes with the ability to communicate clearly both orally and written
• Mastery of the technical aspects of one's discipline
• Demonstrated aptitude to design/manage major projects
• Ability to perform final quality control checks in the area of expertise