Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Who We Are

Johns Manville is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality insulation and commercial roofing, along with glass fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. Our products are used in a wide variety of industries including building products, aerospace, automotive and transportation, filtration, commercial interiors, waterproofing and wind energy.

A proud member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, we serve customers in more than 80 countries around the globe. We are committed to delivering positive and powerful experiences, because we are successful only when our employees and customers thrive. We are passionate, we care about people, we perform at a superior level, and we protect others and our environments.

Pay Range

This is the base salary pay range that an applicant can expect to make upon hire.   Pay within this range will vary based upon relevant experience, skills, and education among other factors. In addition, this position is eligible for an incentive bonus. 

Position Overview: 

The Senior Mechanical Engineer is responsible for providing technical expertise including specification, design, risk assessment, and integration of various mechanical manufacturing equipment for large capital projects at various manufacturing facilities worldwide.  In addition, this role will provide focused expertise for multiple JM manufacturing systems including both proprietary and non-proprietary systems.  Expectations for this role include the ability to execute small to medium scale capital projects as the primary Project manager or provide temporary backup for various roles on large capital projects.

This position can be based out of our Littleton, CO Technical Center or remote as long as the candidate is based close to a JM manufacturing facility and/or near a major international airport. 

Your Day to Day:

• Provide engineering expertise for the development of scopes, design standard adherence, and full engineering execution or supervision of contract engineering on all types of capital projects.  In addition, coordinate institutional knowledge transfer of proprietary and non-proprietary mechanical systems to manufacturing locations within the corporation as well as providing technical guidance to senior leadership on specific engineered system scopes, costs, and schedules as required.
• Responsible for development of technical scopes or technical sections of larger project scopes of work as required with an understanding of the entirety of needed systems required for meeting larger project deliverables.
• Development of internal corporate standards, system guidelines, and general mechanical specifications to provide commonality and robustness of mechanical processes and project execution.  In addition, responsible for internal maintenance and archiving of same standards, guidelines, and specifications.
• Provide project estimates for various mechanical systems for inclusion in larger project estimates.  In addition, provide full project estimates on small to medium size projects that have significant mechanical systems as required.
• Provide MOC (management of change) engineering expertise as required on various mechanical systems.
• Participate and/or lead process safety reviews and/or risk assessments of mechanical systems including; PHA’s, MOC’s, FMEA’s, or other applicable risk assessments as needed.
• Operate with minimal supervision or guidance executing primary engineering responsibilities.
• Coordination of corporate and/or division process leads on proprietary mechanical systems ensuring necessary engineering is completed to meet process or equipment expectations.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on competitive bids for equipment and services from a technical perspective, balancing process or safety risk, process requirements, and capital budget/schedule impacts.  In addition, this position will help the JM businesses to understand the need for various sole source vendors and equipment as required.
• Ensure contractor/vendor requests for information are acted upon in a timely manner and develop bid request technical documentation and supplier lists as needed.
• Work with Project Engineering to evaluate potential engineering firms and contractors as required.
• Ensure that all safety procedures are followed, driving for a zero-incident environment.
• Continually provide recommendations to improve the operation, reliability, and life of equipment used in JM manufacturing processes with an understanding of how the recommendations can affect business productivity and/or project execution.
• Participate in process improvements and provide innovation and recomme