DSJ Global is currently partnered with an industry leading Pharmaceutical Manufacturer based in the greater Raleigh, NC area who is looking to add a new Lead Facilities Design Engineer. The Lead Facilities Design Engineer will be responsible for driving the design, implementation, and optimization of critical utility systems that support largescale industrial manufacturing operations. In this role, you will serve as the technical authority for complex mechanical systems, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and seamless integration across a multifaceted production environment.
What You'll Do
- Serve as the primary engineer overseeing the design of essential utility systems, including Chilled Water, Steam, Heating Hot Water, Compressed Air, Natural Gas, and Plumbing.
- Develop robust, scalable solutions that support continuous industrial operations.
- Prepare detailed, codecompliant construction drawings, specifications, and engineering design packages.
- Ensure all documents align with industrial and commercial standards.
- Perform equipment sizing, selection, and specification for boilers, chillers, cooling towers, pumping systems, air compressors, tanks, skids, and other mechanical equipment.
- Provide subject-matter expertise during vendor qualification and technical reviews.
- Lead bid evaluations, review technical submittals, and participate in factory acceptance testing for major mechanical equipment.
- Support construction activities, respond to RFIs, and ensure installations adhere to engineering intent and design documentation.
- Participate in system startups, commissioning activities, and turnover documentation.
- Analyze current mechanical and utility systems, identify opportunities for improvements, and develop reconfiguration strategies for new or changing production needs.
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of industrial mechanical engineering experience (8+ years preferred).
- Demonstrated experience leading projects involving at least two core system types:
Steam, Chilled Water, Heating Hot Water, Compressed Air, Natural Gas, or Plumbing.
- Experience within highly regulated or highvolume industrial environments (manufacturing, chemicals, industrial utilities, etc.).
- Familiarity with AutoCAD, Revit, Plant 3D, PipeFlo, or similar design tools.
- HVAC system experience is a plus but not required.
Company Description
DSJ Global is a revolutionary search firm, specializing in the bespoke delivery of executive search solutions to clients.
Working across a number of niche industries and sectors across the US, UK, and Europe.
With offices in New York, Charlotte, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, London, Zurich, Berlin, Hong Kong and Singapore, DSJ Global operates on an international scale providing bespoke search packages which are unrivaled in the widespread recruitment market. Our aim is simple, to provide executive search level services which are flexible and tailored to the individual requirement of each client, on an unrivaled cost structure. We currently specialize in the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, OPEX, Finance and Human Resources.
We believe that every client should receive the benefit and accuracy of a search approach, whilst being able to dictate how, when and where it occurs, all on a fee structure to suit. Our revolutionary approach allows us to structure each assignment according to the requirements, time scales and budget available. We believe that for too long executive search firms have been too rigid in their approach and have been able to dictate how the search is conducted, leaving the client relatively powerless on the outcome.
Our service allows our clients to have increased control, direction and interaction in the search conducted on their behalf and has resulted in successful, on going relationships as search firm of choice with an ever expanding client group.