MEP Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer

DeBra-Kuempel is seeking to fill a Mechanical Engineer position in our Cincinnati, Ohio location. The Mechanical Engineer will provide knowledge and consultation developing HVAC system solutions for the customer's problems, including financial and performance-based solutions. This person will work with Project Managers, Piping/Plumbing Estimator, Sheetmetal Estimator, Piping/Plumbing Labor Superintendent, Sheetmetal Labor Superintendent, and Service Managers. The project scopes can be wide ranged; customers include but are not limited to office/welfare, healthcare/hospital, industrial, higher education, and science and technology labs. The system types include but are not limited to building HVAC, chilled/hot water, steam, dust collection, plumbing, drainage, and utility piping and equipment.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Ability to evaluate information and analyze problems logically to develop solutions
• Attend company meetings to discuss work in progress, budget plans, business plans, and marketing plans on agreed-upon schedules
• Engineer new, retrofit, repair, and replacement mechanical projects
• Prepare engineered drawings, equipment selections and technical reports
• Maintain relationships with existing customers, while developing new relationships and work alongside management and project/service managers
• Develop relationships with customer's organization which may include the facility manager, project managers, or purchasing agent
• Determine customer needs and develop an engineered solution
• Maintain a sufficient knowledge of products and design criteria needed to adequately analyze and market the department's services for related projects (Continuing Education)
• Take ownership of the design-side of engineered work through construction and start-up
• Identify problems on job site, gather information, and recommend cost-effective solutions
• Relay prospective solutions to customers and managers
• Comply with all company operating policies, procedures, executed Plans, and Programs
• Work collaboratively within the engineering department to create well thought-out solutions

Work environment characteristics include:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee should expect to sit for long periods in front of a computer and travel to field locations as needed.

While visiting field locations, the employee may be required to work outdoors, be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical and electrical parts; high, precarious places; dust, fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions, extended exposure to sunlight; cold and heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Physical demands include:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, see, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is regularly required to walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to commute to field locations. The employee must have the ability to navigate around job sites and be an approved driver per company Fleet and Driver policy.

Travel may require up to 30% same-day local travel to meet customers, attend meetings, entertain, etc.

Minimum qualifications include:

• 2+ years of engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in engineering is required
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proficiency with Excel, Word & other Microsoft Office Suite products
• Knowledge of mechanical systems and their application

Preferred qualifications include:

• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license is strongly preferred but not required.
• In lieu of a Professional Engineer (P.E.) license, an Engineer In Training (E.I.T.) certification may be considered
• High-level understanding of HVAC (air, hydronic, steam), plumbing, and piping systems
• Competency using Computer Aided Design (C.A.D.) programs such as Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD.
• Familiarity with industry-standard design software such as Bluebeam, Trace 3D Plus, etc.