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Principal Mechanical Engineer

Jobot

A bit about us:

We are a growing engineering and project delivery firm known for executing complex, high-impact projects across industrial, energy, manufacturing, and mission-critical markets. With a strong reputation for technical excellence and long-term client relationships, this organization offers the opportunity to work alongside industry experts, influence major infrastructure projects, and help solve some of today's most challenging engineering problems.

Why join us?

  • Stable, well-established organization with a strong backlog of projects
  • Known for taking on technically challenging and highly visible work
  • Collaborative culture where senior engineers have a voice and can influence standards and best practices
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge infrastructure, critical facility, and advanced technology projects
  • Strong investment in employee development and technical growth
  • Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams on large-scale projects from concept through commissioning
  • Entrepreneurial environment where technical leaders help shape the future direction of the business
Job Details

In this highly visible role, you'll serve as the go-to technical expert for advanced mechanical systems, helping drive innovation in cooling technologies, sustainable design, and operational resilience. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, mentor engineers, and play a key role in expanding a rapidly growing market sector.

What You'll Do
  • Lead the design and technical direction of advanced cooling and HVAC systems supporting mission-critical environments.
  • Develop engineering standards, best practices, and scalable design approaches used across major projects.
  • Drive innovative solutions involving chilled water systems, air-cooled technologies, liquid cooling applications, and emerging thermal management strategies.
  • Partner with electrical, controls, and construction teams to deliver fully integrated infrastructure solutions.
  • Optimize system performance, energy efficiency, and resiliency through thoughtful engineering and design.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, presenting technical solutions and helping guide project strategy.
  • Evaluate equipment vendors and emerging technologies to ensure best-in-class solutions.
  • Lead design reviews, commissioning strategies, constructability assessments, and technical quality initiatives.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to the growth of a world-class technical team.
  • Support business development efforts and help expand a fast-growing practice serving critical infrastructure markets.
What We're Looking For
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) registration preferred.
  • Extensive experience designing complex mechanical systems within mission-critical, industrial, utility, energy, advanced manufacturing, or similar environments.
  • Strong understanding of cooling systems, HVAC infrastructure, redundancy strategies, and reliability-focused design.
  • Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering efforts and managing technically challenging projects.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with clients, project teams, contractors, and executive stakeholders.
  • Background working within EPC, design-build, consulting engineering, or integrated project delivery environments.

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