As a Senior Mechanical Engineering Designer, you will lead complex engineering design initiatives from concept through construction, delivering innovative mechanical system solutions that align with client goals and Performance Based Design principles. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, clients, and project stakeholders to develop high-performance building systems while ensuring quality, compliance, and technical excellence. In this role, you will also mentor engineering staff and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and technical leadership.
Deliver Results- Develop high-quality mechanical engineering designs and specifications aligned with project goals and performance objectives.
- Utilize advanced design tools such as Revit and AutoCAD to produce accurate and efficient documentation.
- Lead construction administration activities including RFIs, shop drawing reviews, and technical documentation oversight.
- Collaborate with project managers and multidisciplinary teams to define project scope, schedules, and technical strategies.
- Engage directly with clients to understand project objectives and translate them into actionable engineering solutions.
- Review complex engineering documentation to ensure compliance with industry codes, regulations, and internal quality standards.
- Mentor and support engineering staff while contributing to knowledge sharing and "lessons learned" initiatives across project teams.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
- Approximately 15+ years of post-graduation professional engineering experience in mechanical systems design.
- Demonstrated expertise with Revit and AutoCAD for engineering design and documentation.
- Strong understanding of mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, and fuel/gas codes and regulatory compliance.
- Experience developing HVAC, energy, and building mechanical systems, including energy modeling or performance simulations.
- Ability to communicate complex technical information through reports, presentations, and stakeholder discussions.
- Proven ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and mentor junior engineering staff.
People Matter
Each individual's background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.
Progressive Companies is comprised of people with a variety of abilities, races, colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, veteran statuses, and more. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements of innovative design. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.
The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today's needs and preparing for what's to come. We live by the idea that design isn't simply about beauty, it's about improving strategic outcomes-what we call Performance Based Design. Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities.
Sustainable and Inclusive
We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high performance, restorative, and regenerative strategies with a focus on climate responsive results to maximize positive impact in our industry.
Employee Owned
We act like owners-because we are. From modest beginnings of four original engineering partners in 1962, to almost 300 architects, engineers, designers, and consultants across multiple regional offices today, the energy, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset you expect from a CEO come standard with every team member.
Culture of Excellence
The firm is continually ranked as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation , with comprehensive benefits including an award-winning wellness program, hybrid work schedule, summer hours, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). We take our work seriously, but have fun along the way, which fuels the creative spirit and supports a focus on work and life integration.
Progressive Companies is committed to development and growth of team members through continuing education, mentorship, growth opportunities, and more. We are dedicated to giving back to our communities, with paid service-learning hours available to every employee and corporate sponsorship for a wide range of community organizations and activities.
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