Senior Mechanical Engineer

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Great Lakes office. Sit in Detroit, Minneapolis or Grand Rapids, MI and be part our international engineering practice. This highly motivated individual will design HVAC and plumbing for laboratories, clean rooms, healthcare, and high-tech clients. The ideal candidate will have a passion for designing custom solutions for unique projects, mentoring a team, interacting with clients, and developing calculations, construction drawings, design reports, and specifications to support mechanical, fire protection and plumbing systems in accordance with building codes.
AECOM was recently recognized by Fortune Magazine as the Worlds 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. Examples of work in our Great Lakes practice includes work with national labs, metro transit facilities, a county health clinic, and a campus electrification and decarbonization study. Our Michigan offices are embarking on a county-wide electrification and decarbonization study. Our unique combination of architectural engineering, transportation engineering, and environmental scientists means we work on the most unique and interesting projects in the industry! If youre curious about what a career at AECOM could look like, please get in touch.

Our Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building and system engineering, sustainability and decarbonization consulting, urbanism, planning and 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.

AECOMs dedication to sustainability is embedded in our culture. AECOM is committed to striving for better by reducing emissions and lowering energy use. Our sustainable legacies strategy has four key objectives: embed sustainable development and resilience across the companys work, improve social outcomes for communities, achieve net-zero carbon emissions and enhance governance. We are leading the change towards a more sustainable future by creating innovative tools to guide early-stage infrastructure decisions for cities, airports, transportation systems, water treatment and buildings. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. Were one global team 47,000 strong driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Job Responsibilities:

• The Senior Mechanical Engineer should be capable of working independently with limited supervision to complete both small and large projects and may serve as a Discipline Representative.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with internal and external clients is required.
• Candidate must be well organized, be able to demonstrate critical thinking to quickly recognize issues and be part of the solution.
• Have knowledge of the ASHRAE standards, NFPA and ICC codes.
• Have experience with analysis and layout of Plumbing and/or HVAC systems, hydronic piping, medical gas, air distribution and associated products and materials.
• Serve as technical advisor for team.
• Participate in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
• Perform quality control review of design calculations or drawings.
• Prepare technical specification sections.
• Provide input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements.
• Provide technical support and mentoring to junior engineers.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/BS + 6 years of healthcare facility, Laboratory, or other complex HVAC design experience or related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• PE License

Preferred Qualifications:

• Thorough working knowledge of relevant engineering software: REVIT, CAD, load calculation software, Excel
• Construction phase experience: submittal reviews, on-site inspections, RFIs, change orders, etc.
• Plumbing and Medical Gas design experience for hospitals and labs
• Experience preparing proposals, interviewing, communicating with clients

Additional Information

• Spponsorhsip is available for this role
• Relocaiton is available for this role

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 worlds 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 youre 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. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and youll 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 persons potential, and well help you reach yours.

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