Senior Design Engineer

Position Overview

Watch your engineering designs come to life! As a Senior Design Engineer at Southland Industries, you'll experience the excitement of working on design-build and design-assist projects in healthcare, education, biotech, mission critical, commercial, and entertainment markets. You’ll work hand in hand with our model coordinators, estimators, and trade staff through all aspects of a project to create a design that is practical, efficient, and cost effective. You’ll also have access to internal teams using the most innovative practices in virtual construction design (VDC) and computational fluid dynamics, along with just-in-time feedback from the field.

Key Responsibilities

• Serves as design professional at project team design meetings
• Prepares complex preliminary redline design layouts for estimating
• Performs complex calculations for projects (e.g., heating/cooling loads, equipment selection and sizing, friction loss calculations)
• Conducts site inspections to determine compliance with construction documents and resolves design issues during the construction phase
• Supervises or directs the workflow of less-experienced engineers in performing HVAC or other system design
• Provides conceptual design for specific projects

Required Qualifications

• Four-year degree in Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of experience
• PE License required
• Excellent knowledge of applicable systems design (e.g., HVAC, plumbing) and general system operations
• Ability to read mechanical and plumbing plans
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact across all levels
• Strong public speaking skills
• Proficiency in Revit, CADD, and Microsoft Office Products (e.g., Excel)

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: For (Colorado/New York City/California/Washington/Maryland), this ranges from $95,000.00-$125,000.00 plus annual incentive, benefits, and a retirement program.
• 401(k) plan with 50% company match (no cap) and immediate 100% vesting
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% paid for employee)
• Annual bonus program based upon performance, achievement, and company profitability
• Term life, AD&D insurance, and voluntary life insurance
• Disability income protection insurance
• Pre-tax flexible spending plans (health and dependent care)
• Paid parental leave
• Paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
• Training/professional development opportunities and company-paid memberships for professional associations and licenses
• Wellness benefits