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Position Summary

Watch your engineering designs come to life! As a Senior Associate Principal Engineer at Southland Industries, you'll experience the excitement of working on design-build and design-assist projects in healthcare, education, biotech, mission critical, commercial and entertainment markets. You’ll work hand in hand with our model coordinators, estimators, and trade staff through all aspects of a project to create a design that is practical, efficient and cost effective. You’ll also have access to internal teams using the most innovative practices in virtual construction design (VDC) and computational fluid dynamics, along with just-in-time feedback from the field.

Position Details

• Serves as design professional at project team design meetings
• Prepares complex preliminary redline design layouts for estimating
• Performs more complex calculations for a project, such as heating/cooling loads, equipment selection and sizing, friction loss calculations, etc
• Performs site inspections to determine compliance with construction documents and resolves design issues during construction phase
• Supervises or directs the workflow of less-experienced engineers in performing HVAC or other system design and do
• Provides conceptual design for specific projects

Qualifications

• PE License required
• Excellent knowledge of applicable systems design, such as HVAC, plumbing, etc., as well as general understanding of system operations
• Ability to read mechanical and plumbing plans
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communication with all levels of employees, clients and general contractors
• Strong public speaking skills
• Strong computer skills, including Revit, CADD, and Microsoft Office Products, such as Excel
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Related Engineering
• A minimum of 10-12 years of mechanical design and construction industry specific experience a plus
• Experience on hospitals, data centers, central plants, cogeneration, life sciences manufacturing and laboratories
• Experience with integrated project delivery (IPD), target value design (TVD) and design-build (DB)
• Experience with the design and construction of emerging or alternative mechanical system (DOAS, TDV, UFAD)
• Experience with sustainable building design and building automation energy modeling
• Professional Engineering (PE) license
•  Desired Industry participation:
  • AEE
  • ASHE
  • ASHRAE

Benefits

As a 100% employee-owned company, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family:

• 401(k) plan with 50% company match (no cap) and immediate 100% vesting
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% paid for employee)
• Annual bonus program based upon performance, achievement, and company profitability
• Term life, AD&D insurance, and voluntary life insurance
• Disability income protection insurance
• Pre-tax flexible spending plans (health and dependent care)
• Paid parental leave
• Paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
• Training/professional development opportunities and company-paid memberships for professional associations and licenses
• Wellness benefits

About Southland Industries

As one of the nation’s largest MEP companies, Southland Industries is built on the foundation of great people. Since 1949, we have put our people first, enabling growth, professional achievement, and innovation. If you want to join a fast-paced environment where you’re engaged, challenged, and valued, apply now to join our dynamic team.

To learn more about careers at Southland, explore our career opportunities, follow us on social media, and check out our website.

Southland Industries and all its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing our employees with a safe work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Southland Industries are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, family care or medical leave status, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Southland Industries will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Pay: Final pay is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. For (Colorado/New York City/California/Washington/Maryland) this ranges from $155,000.00-$175,000.00 plus annual incentive, benefits, and retirement program as outlined above.

Contingent Employment: All employment offers are contingent upon successful drug tests, background checks, and professional reference checks. Roles that include driving as an essential job duty will be required to have a successful Motor Vehicle Record check (MVR). We are not able to offer sponsorship of employment at this time.

External Agency Announcement: Its Southland Industries' policy not to accept candidate submissions from recruiting agencies without an active and authorized work order. Candidate ownership can only be established after a bona fide work order is issued by a member of the Southland Industries Talent Acquisition team and the candidate is appropriately submitted through our Applicant Tracking System (ATS).