HVAC Engineer - Senior

Work Location: Greenville, SC
Job Title: HVAC Senior Design Engineer
Job Description
The purpose of this position is to provide the essential administrative processes, technical knowledge and leadership as described below. This position has oversight of a specific area and acts as a representative of the engineering discipline ensuring technical accuracy in project execution in all phases. This is a lead position on assigned projects performing engineering assignments of advanced complexity.

- Under general supervision of the Discipline Lead Engineer, serve as an Area Lead providing guidance/supervision to other engineers and designers

- Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding technical solutions to problems of advanced complexity in accordance with project requirements

- Develop and review specifications and design criteria

- Perform and check engineering analyses and calculations; specify materials, equipment and systems; and solve technical problems of advanced complexity

- Coordinate technical issues with other disciplines, project management, vendors and clients

- Execute work in compliance with Project Quality Plan and procedures

- Execute work in accordance with the approved project scope, cost and schedule baselines

- Develop and review estimates, schedules and progress reports including effort-hour estimating and staff forecasting

- Establish, control and report on material key quantities; provide analysis and forecasts

- Provide technical support to activities associated with equipment and material procurement and subcontracting including scopes of work, technical bid evaluations and review of vendor submittals

- Provide technical support to activities associated with construction administration including response to construction requests-for-information and field changes

- Other duties as assigned

Basic Job Requirements

- U.S. Citizenship required

- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and minimum ten (10) years of work- related experience

- Working knowledge of applicable federal (including Department of Energy orders), state, and local codes and standards

- Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to project management, coworkers, clients, vendors, and subcontractors

- Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job

- Advanced knowledge of discipline codes and standards

- Ability to perform work in compliance with applicable local, state, and federal codes, statutes and guidelines

- Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner

- Intermediate computer and software skills to include proficiency in the use of word processing, e-mail, spreadsheet and electronic presentation programs

- Significant experience providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services on large industrial projects

- Proficiency executing large EPC projects utilizing engineering analysis, 3D modeling and 2D computer-aided drafting and design (CADD) automation tools in a multi-discipline environment

Discipline Specific Job Requirements

- Advanced engineering knowledge in the design of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems

- Development of HVAC load calculations

- Development of HVAC air flow diagrams and instrument diagrams

- Development of HVAC system sequence of operation narratives

- Sizing and specification of air handling units and other equipment

- HVAC main duct and distribution duct sizing and routing

- Development of black utility (chiller, boiler, custom AHU, air compressor and cooling tower) specifications based upon sizing data provided by Process

- Development of HVAC specifications

Preferred Qualifications

- Professional Engineer license

- Experience with design of systems, structures and components for nuclear facilities under the requirements of ASME NQA-1

- Advanced knowledge of commercial availability and cost of materials

- Demonstrated experience managing and leading large projects

- Proficiency with project set-up, development of control-level schedules, progress reporting and project close-out

- Practical field experience

- EPC project experience for the following industries:

- U.S Department of Energy or other U.S. Federal Government Agency

- Nuclear facilities under a nuclear quality assurance program

- Manufacturing, pharmaceutical or biotechnology