Senior Engineer – Facility Design (NWS 00931)

Location: Livermore, CA
Title: Senior Engineer – Facility Design (NWS 00931)

North Wind Services (NWS) is a high performing, low risk company with a successful history of contributing to their client’s missions. NWS executes and manages a wide range of technical services such as environmental investigation and restoration, construction, demolition, radioactive and hazardous waste management, public communication/involvement, information management, health and safety, industrial hygiene, and emergency response/HAZMAT services.

North Wind Services is actively seeking individuals who can contribute to national security within the science, technology, and engineering fields as part of our supplemental labor team at vital federal research and development installations supporting the Department of Energy. Qualified applicants must be a US citizen, at least 18 years of age, and able to meet pre-employment requirements including any required physicals, drug screen, and/or background investigation to satisfy clearance requirements from the Department of Energy.

Successful candidates will be employees of NWS supporting the missions of their federal client, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in Livermore, CA. Pay, benefits, Human Resources, and employment management functions are all provided by NWS. As an NWS employee working at LLNL, within the client’s environment, you will complete day-to-day tasks, with direction from technical personnel directly employed by LLNL.

Due to operational requirements, the position may require overtime, shift work, weekends, alternate schedules, or other nonstandard work hours. Required on-site training must be completed before performing certain assignments.

Essential Duties
- Lead and perform facility design activities from conceptual development through detailed design, installation, testing, commissioning, and turnover.
- Develop and review facility layouts, equipment arrangements, utility systems, process systems, and infrastructure modifications.
- Prepare and approve, as authorized, engineering drawings, CAD models, specifications, calculations, bills of material, and installation documentation.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary designs involving architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, process, fire protection, safety, and operations disciplines.
- Contribute to design reviews, constructability reviews, field walkdowns, vendor meetings, installation support, and commissioning activities.
- Perform and review spatial coordination, interference checks, access and maintainability assessments, and tolerance evaluations.
- Develop or review structural, thermal, fluid, and other engineering analyses supporting facility design decisions.
- Evaluate existing facility conditions, drawings, surveys, equipment data, and as-built information.
- Establish design requirements, identify technical risks, and develop practical solutions for complex facility engineering problems.
- Mentor less-experienced designers, engineers, and technicians.
- Review and verify the technical accuracy, completeness, quality, and compliance of work produced by peers and other engineering disciplines.
- Coordinate with vendors and construction personnel to resolve technical issues and support project completion.
- Prepare engineering reports, technical presentations, design reviews, procedures, and project documentation.
- Support configuration management, document control, work planning, and compliance with applicable engineering standards and laboratory procedures.
- Independently prioritize assignments and deliver quality results within established schedules and cost constraints.

Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- Associate degree in engineering, engineering technology, drafting, or a related field, or equivalent applicable experience.
- Significant experience in facility engineering, facility design, engineering technology, or related discipline.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex facility design projects from conception through implementation.
- Broad knowledge of facility systems, including mechanical, structural, utility, process, electrical, and equipment integration requirements.
- Extensive experience developing and reviewing CAD models, engineering drawings, specifications, and design documentation.
- Experience coordinating multidisciplinary engineering and design teams.
- Knowledge of facility layouts, constructability, maintainability, installation, testing, commissioning, and operational requirements.
- Ability to interpret and integrate architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, process, and facility drawings.
- Demonstrated ability to perform or review engineering calculations, spatial