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.

AECOM was recently recognized by Fortune Magazine as the World's Most Admired Company in our industry and has a 100% Corporate Equity index rating by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. We are ranked the #1 Environmental Firm and the #1 Global Design Firm by Engineering News Record.

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 conjunction with senior leadership.

• Manage and work on multiple projects with other team members, acting as mentor and reviewer of work

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:  

• BA/BS in Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering or similar field +4 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Professional Engineer (PE) registration with 6+ years of experience

• Strong mechanical code knowledge including International Fuel Gas Code, ASHRAE standards, NFPA and other relevant codes and standards

• Experience in designing complex hydronic systems, steam, VRF systems and sustainable designs. This includes cooling towers, water cooled chillers, air cooled chillers, hot water and steam boilers, geothermal systems, heat exchangers etc.

• Experience in developing specifications

• Instrumentation and controls design/engineering experience is a plus

• Medical gas piping design experience is a plus

• Experience in the following markets: Corporate Workplace and Commercial buildings, Federal Civilian and DoD, Healthcare, Laboratories, Mission Critical, Justice, and Higher Education projects

• Excellent communication skills: articulate, assertive, and confident

• Analyze equipment energy use for optimizing systems selection

• Ability to use load calculation software such as Trace700, Carrier HAP and other energy modeling software such as eQuest; IES is a plus.

• Experience presenting to Clients

• Revit experience

• BlueBeam Revu experience

Additional Information

• Sponsorship is not available for this role

Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications. The expected range is $88,000.00 - $150,000.00.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10115211

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: West

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc