Are you an experienced engineer looking for leadership in your role? Are you excited about design work and how it impacts others? Do you like solving problems and challenges? Are you interested in working with engaging and motivated colleagues? If so, we're looking for you. Come join our team of employee owners who share the same values.
We have an opportunity in our St. Louis studio for a talented and motivated Senior Mechanical Engineer who is driven by new challenges. As an integrated architecture and engineering firm, we partner with colleagues and clients to solve problems holistically and create solutions; solutions that improve lives. This senior consulting engineer role will lead project delivery from inception to construction on projects in addition to providing engineer leadership and mentorship to the MEP team in St. Louis.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for client satisfaction and design vision
Interfaces with client.
Responsible for all aspects of engineering design, specific to the discipline of HVAC engineering, within designated projects.
Perform engineering design evaluations and lead project engineering design, specific to the discipline of HVAC engineering.
Prepares engineering analysis of projects, to include: preliminary design, budget analysis, calculations, life cycle costs, and equipment selection.
Ensure that design standards, local codes and guidelines are met for quality documents
Prepares drawings, layouts, and other visual aids.
Prepares technical construction specifications.
Reviews the development of designs for compliance with applicable codes, adopted engineering standards, and good engineering practices.
Conducts surveys to gather field data.
Helps develop company standards, policies and best practices with respect to specific discipline.
Discipline Leadership
Manage the discipline as a business while creating a healthy work environment for all.
Coordinate the activities of the engineering design team.
Promote career development and staff advocacy.
Assist with annual staff hiring plan
Provide mentoring to other staff members as directed.
Minimize rework
Recommend alterations to development and design to improve quality.
Performs field inspections as part of the construction quality assurance process.
Secondary Duties and Responsibilities
Assist with project schedules and assign work to team as needed.
Assist with project budget and fees as needed.
Deliver technical presentations to internal and external audiences as required as part of the design process.
Promote company reputation through good client relations.
May be required to perform other duties as assigned
Critical Skills and Abilities
Strong analytical skills: Able to gather relevant data using appropriate methodologies and analyze that data to assist in making important business decisions; uses financial analysis to evaluate and identify financial directions.
Effective communication skills: Strong communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to read and interpret information.
Leadership Skills: Able to assume a role of authority, as necessary; sets an example for coworkers; delegates responsibility and empowers associates to make decisions and take personal accountability for decisions.
High Accuracy and attention to detail: Able to perform work and job function with precision and accuracy; carefully monitors processes; concentrates on details, organizes and maintains a system of records.
Strategic Thinking: Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; Understands organization’s strengths and weaknesses; Adapts strategy to changing conditions.
Design: Generates creative solutions; translates concepts and information into images; collaborate with others to modify design; applies design principles.
Code and Mathematical knowledge required: Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local building codes and safety laws. Work requires advanced math skills, special relationship abilities, and the ability to understand “abstract” principles behind math and physics.
Ownership Mentality: Possesses a sense of ownership in all deliverables. Utilizes knowledge and opportunity to continually strive for excellence within an empowering culture. Collaborates and supports fellow employee owners in ongoing improvements. Understands personal accountability within their role in the company.
Computer skills required: Microsoft Windows environment, Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel; Google: Mail, Calendar, Drive, Apps; familiarity with Deltek Vision preferred
Mechanical Engineer: Trace 700
BSA LifeStructures is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Experience
Required
10 year(s): Experience with healthcare and higher education preferred.
Education
Required
Bachelors or better in Mechanical Engineering or related field
