Remote Construction Engineer Jobs in Columbia, SC

Looking for challenging and rewarding work alongside some the best in the business? Energized by finding new solutions and technologies that benefit your clients, improve efficiency, and make buildings and the environment better? Eager to work in a setting where you can make a difference, be involved from strategy through implementation, and can see your ideas come to life? Do you thrive in an environment where initiative is rewarded with opportunity? If your answer to these questions was a Yes then our client may be the right fit for you.

And a few more things -- are you flexible in your work schedule and work location? Our work allows for some work from home, but it also requires us to be hands-on for our clients when and where they need us. Are you up for a little adventure? Our client performs work in some interesting places well worth visiting, and you might want in on that.

The Work:

The Mechanical Engineer will serve as a technical authority for our client. This individual will be a registered Professional Engineer and will lead facility engineering projects throughout the facility planning, design, construction, warranty, and operations lifecycle. The Mechanical Engineer will utilize their building design, construction and operations experience in complex mechanical systems to develop engineering solutions, ensure compliance, recommend best practices, and increase operational efficiencies for clients. The Mechanical Engineer will exercise considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments and supervises, coordinate, provide leadership to and review the work of assigned staff. Our client has built a reputation for excellence in our industry and the Mechanical Engineer will uphold that tradition by being diligent, proactive, solutions oriented and a facilitator of success for team members, both internal and external. This position offers a career path to a Senior Mechanical Engineering role, and eventually to Program Management. Moreover, it exciting opportunity to make an impact in the growing markets of sustainability, resiliency and cybersecurity with mission critical facilities.

• Perform energy management, HVAC and life safety surveys, and facilities management evaluations and condition assessments
• Prepare feasibility studies for design and construction
• Prepare engineering or repair/replacement estimates and schedules
• Present reports and explain findings to clients
• Conduct design reviews, submittal reviews, reviews and facilitation of training plans, and O&M manual reviews
• Prepare mechanical design calculations; utilize mechanical design software
• Write technical specifications and develop drawings and visual aids
• Review and provide comments on designs for configuration, reliability, redundancy
• Review equipment and controls technology selections and strategies
• Review and provide comments on equipment submittals, test reports, and manuals
• Provide quality assurance to ensure compliance with client criteria, codes, standards, and policies and procedures
• Provide equipment factory and field acceptance testing support
• Develop testing, maintenance, lockout tagout, and safety procedures
• Work with senior leadership to grow our mechanical practice
• Oversee any assigned staff
• Be responsible for the application of company policies

Here's What You Need:

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field is required
• FE/EIT Required, Professional Engineer (PE) registration preferred,
• 5 years of direct experience in facilities mechanical systems such as HVAC, Plumbing (domestic water) systems, Building Automation Systems (BAS), and testing adjusting and balancing (TAB) is required
  
• Experience in a supervisory capacity is desired
• Must have a superior track record of client satisfaction in mission-critical facilities and a passion for analyzing, troubleshooting, optimizing, and upgrading integrated systems in aging facilities and campus environments
• Must possess an in-depth knowledge of LEED requirements and industry standards and practices i.e. ASHRAE, BCA, ACG, GSA
• The successful candidate will be a Selfstarter who initiates action and can work independently or with a team while providing multidiscipline coordination.
• Effective communication and reporting skills at all working and management levels are essential
• Must be a creative, innovative, and solutions-oriented thinker with the ability to understand and achieve goals and anticipate client needs
• Experience using AutoCAD and/or Micro Station to prepare design plans is required, energy modeling experience is desired

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Talent Acquisition Concepts is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against anyone because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation.

Talent Acquisition Concepts is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

Other Employment Statements

Applicants for employment must be US citizens and be able to pass security screens, up to Top Secret level, due to the nature of who we work for.

Applicants must be able to work a full day on a project site, combined sitting, standing, walking, and in front of the monitor. We can guarantee you won't be bored!

Applicants must be able to stand, climb ladders, stairs, and get to wherever the problem is so you can see it for yourself.