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Seeking an Mechanical Design Engineer to support our client in Houston, TX.
NOTE: US Citizenship is required to perform this contract.
Requirements:
The Contractor will provide essential technical knowledge and perform engineering work as described below. This position serves as a staff engineer performing engineering assignment of intermediate complexity.
• Under direct supervision of the Discipline Lead Engineer or Area Lead Engineer, analyze and make independent recommendations regarding technical solutions to problems of intermediate 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 intermediate 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
• 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
Specific Job Requirements
• Ability to prepare and review calculations and specifications for equipment in support of Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) development
• Demonstrated design experience in areas such as mechanical systems and equipment design and specification
• Demonstrated proficiency with 2D CADD applications such as Bentley MicroStation and Autodesk AutoCAD
• Establish equipment requirements and prepare equipment data sheets for mechanical equipment including unfired and fired heat transfer equipment, packaged equipment, pressure vessels, pumps and compressors, or packaged equipment
• Evaluate dimensions, equipment connections, and equipment performance including pressure profiles, heat transfer rates, and off-design cases
• Provide equipment sizing and application support to project development or process
• Participate in material selection for equipment
• Develop and revise equipment lists, narrative specifications, equipment standards, equipment general arrangement and outline drawings
• Participate in supplier / contractor bid clarification, negotiation, and/or award meetings
• Represent Mechanical in model reviews and closely monitor 3D equipment modeling activities
• Provide consultation during fabrication and witness testing of equipment
• Provide consultation and/or on-site assistance for the installation, commissioning, and/or startup of equipment
Qualifications:
• 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
• Intermediate 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
• Experience providing Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services on commercial or industrial projects
• Proficiency executing EPC projects utilizing engineering analysis, 3D modeling and 2D Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) automation tools in a multi-discipline environment
Education
• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and minimum five (5) years of work-related experience
Preferred:
• Professional Engineer license
• Experience with design of systems, structures and components for nuclear facilities under the requirements of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) NQA-1
• Practical field experience
• EPC project experience for the following industries:
o U.S Department of Energy or other U.S. Federal Government Agency
o Nuclear facilities under a nuclear quality assurance program
o Manufacturing, pharmaceutical or biotechnology
• Intermediate knowledge of:
o Equipment specification development
o Instrumentation and Controls (I&C) requirements for packaged equipment
o Design of mechanical equipment through all stages of a project from conceptual phase to design development, construction, and commissioning
o Mechanical equipment in one or more of the following specialties: rotating equipment, pressure vessels, unfired and fired heat transfer equipment, packaged equipment, or metallurgy and welding