Freese and Nichols, Inc. is seeking a professional Mechanical Engineer to join our Facilities group. Our Mechanical and Plumbing team provides a wide variety of services to the water and wastewater industry, municipal, government, federal, educational facilities, commercial, and private practice clients. As a mechanical engineer, you will leverage your technical experience to successfully execute and deliver projects from inception to successful start-up and turnover. In this role, you will work with multi-discipline and highly interactive teams to deliver study, design, and construction phase services to our clients. To be successful in this role, you should demonstrate strong leadership abilities, interpersonal skills, communication skills, teamwork, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

Serve as HVAC & plumbing engineer for facilities, pump stations, treatment plants, and drainage structures
Perform design and review calculations of others and seal drawings and reports, understand basic HVAC and plumbing design principles and sign documents per the state board of Professional Engineers sealing regulations and industry standard of care
Ability to work independently and mentor junior staff
Maintain effective communication with client, client’s staff, regulatory agencies and within project teams
Participate in business development activities including engineering scope and fee preparation and proposal preparation
Eagerly, earnestly, and proactively seek answers and assistance necessary to perform tasks and meet deadlines within budget
Occasional travel to client sites

Qualifications

Qualifications and experience:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent)
4+ years’ experience in HVAC and/or Plumbing engineering
Professional Engineer (PE) license
Ability to self-direct and work on multiple assignments at once while meeting project deliverable dates and completing other task-driven assignments
Demonstrated technical proficiency in HVAC and plumbing design per industry standards (ASHRAE, ASPE, IBC, NFPA)
Excellent written and oral communication skills

Preferred

6+ years’ experience in HVAC/Plumbing engineering
Project management experience
Pump station and treatment plant HVAC/plumbing engineering experience
Demonstrated technical proficiency in client-specific A/E standards and processes (federal UFCs and UFGS, city and state of employment processes)
CxA certification and/or commissioning and energy efficiency services experience

About Freese And Nichols

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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