Mechanical Engineer

Company Description

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Job Description

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 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.

About Buildings + Places:  

Our Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building and system engineering, urbanism, and planning (inclusive of landscape design), strategy +, economics, technology solutions, asset advisory, and cost and program management.  This diverse team assists our clients from strategy through project realization, creating positive outcomes for those who occupy and use the buildings and environments we help to create.
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!

  Job Summary:  

As a Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be expected to:

• Serve as a Discipline Representative on projects
• Have substantial knowledge of the California Mechanical Code, Title 24, ASHRAE standards, and NFPA, in addition to experience with analysis and layout of HVAC systems, hydronic piping, air distribution and HVAC products and materials
• 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
• Switch between work on multiple projects daily

 The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:  

• 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, applying principles and techniques of mechanical engineering 
• 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 conj