HVAC Engineer

Job Title: Principal Engineers - HVAC Design

Education and Years of Experience: Ph.D. degree in applicable science or engineering discipline and 5+ years’ experience. OR A MS with 8+ years’ experience. OR A BS with 10+ years’ experience or more.

Top Required Skills:

- Candidate must demonstrate 10 years HVAC design experience in the nuclear or process chemical industry.

- Candidate must demonstrate knowledge of NFPA 90A, 90B, 91, and 801; ASHRAE Fundamentals; ASME AG-1, 509 and 510; SMACNA; and ARI 410, 430 and 450.

- Candidate must have the ability to walk down systems in the field

Nice to Have Skills:

- Candidate demonstrates experience in 2D MicroStation Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD).

Interview Process: Phone / MS Teams

Onsite or Remote? 100% onsite. Local candidates or willing to relocate at the candidate's expense.

DUTIES

Define scope of technical programs and develop effective, quality solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial problems. 

Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, cost-effective results. 

Give quality guidance and assistance to less senior professionals on related tasks. 

Apply technical experience in field of specialize on or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, to resolve complex problems. 

Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordinate on or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning. 

Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area(s) of technical expertise. 

Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs seeking new approaches to problems and new application of existing engineering or scientific principles. 

Evaluate the results of programs and prepare reports and recommendations based on these evaluations. 

Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodology are inadequate for solution. 

Keep informed of the advancement of technology as applied through one's area of technology. 

Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks identified by management. 

Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed. 

Communicate results and objectives verbally and in manuscripts form to customers colleagues and management. 

Occasionally prepare reports for external publica on. 

Enhance expertise in field through leadership in local technical societies. 

Demonstrate creative ability through medium of patent disclosures, problem solving, engineering reports, technical papers and articles. 

Primary responsibilities include: 

- HVAC design development and generation of design output documents including but not limited to calculations for equipment sizing, duct sizing, pressure drops, cooling tower sizing, heating and cooling loads, and air balancing. 

- Create/modify piping and instrumentation diagrams, system descriptions, mechanical equipment lists, integration with fire protection design, and vendor document reviews.

Additional Education - BS Degree in Mechanical, Chemical or Nuclear Engineering or current registration as a Professional Engineer in Mechanical, Chemical, or Nuclear Engineering.

Candidate must be able to perform weekly field walk downs of the job site for the engineering work being performed. These walk downs may involve construction sites with uneven surfaces and work in progress, walking for distances of over half a mile, climbing of ladders to access remote areas, and dressing out in protective clothing.