Salary is based on years of experience and physical location (cost of living)
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
Additional Information:
Telecommuting is allowed.
MPC/Colmena Engineering is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support our California and Minnesota Projects and help grow the mechanical/plumbing branch of our electrical engineering firm. We have 25+ years of experience of design consulting electrical engineering and systems engineering with a diverse portfolio of design-bid-build and design/build projects. Our project sector is primarily in the transit industry with other projects extending into municipal, higher education and sports arenas. Ideally, the candidate will be located in the Bay Area as most of our projects require on-site inspections once the projects progress into the Construction phase. The ideal candidate is a registered Professional Engineer in MN and CA or at a minimum, can become registered within a 3 month time frame in both these states.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering plus six (6) years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
Licensed Professional Engineer - Mechanical
Preferably with ten (10) years of related experience in HVAC and Plumbing design (fire protection is a plus)
Excellent project planning, organizational and time management skills
Extensive understanding of HVAC engineering fundamentals including load calculations, conceptual systems analysis through construction documentation design, design and layout of equipment, duct, and pipe sizing
Experience with Design/Bid/Build, Design-Build and other Alternative Delivery practices
Excellent communication skills: articulate, assertive, and confident
Creative thinker with effective teamwork skills
Have a high degree of integrity, professional ethics, respect, and responsibility
Ability to analyze and provide solutions to complex challenges
Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently
Ability to incorporate Transit Agency Standards and Design Criteria to design drawings and specifications as they apply to various projects.
Instrumentation and controls design/engineering experience
Working experience of CA mechanical/plumbing codes and Title 24 Compliance
Ability to concisely express complex system solutions in very early design phases to share intent either internally for further development, or externally to assist design partners
Responsibilities
Project discipline leadership
Participation in marketing and development of proposals
Development of system narratives and specifications (writing, organizing the document, develop concepts)
Project mechanical, plumbing and fire protection systems design inter-disciplinary coordination lead, for coordination with other trades and consultants
Follow quality assurance and quality control procedures and documentation
Participate in Project Interdisciplinary Design Reviews
Interact and work with a diverse set of clients and subcontractors
Ownership of team metrics (utilization, finances, performance reviews)
Visit client sites for accurate existing conditions gathering
M-P Consultants, PC (MPC) was founded in 1996 to provide quality professional electrical engineering consulting services to architectural and engineering consulting firms and government agencies in the State of Minnesota. In 2011, MPC expanded their services operating in the State of California as Colmena Engineering. Our transit/transportation related specialties include power and lighting solutions for today's energy conscience environment, security solutions for the safety of personnel and the public, the most current communication and network design solutions for wayside facilities and control centers and train control design. Our successful past and current projects include station platform design, Park-n-Ride facilities, roadway lighting and ITS, wayside communications, maintenance facilities and rail control centers. Our experience also with municipal waste treatment and conveyance facilities also assist in supporting transit wayside facility electrical and control design. We expanded our services to include Mechanical (HVAC and Plumbing) in 2020 to better serve our existing and new clients to provide full MEP services in addition to our other Systems Design services.
