Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

At Jacobs, we don’t settle – always looking beyond to raise the bar and deliver with excellence. We apply our expertise and knowledge as we look into the future with great optimism and focus. We don’t settle until we give our best and know that we’re making a difference.

We're looking for a Mechanical Engineer - REMOTE (with some travel) who is excited about working on projects that enable the heart of our clients’ business. Join us and you’ll have the chance to work on projects at some of the world’s most state of the art industrial and commercial facilities. You’ll be accountable for schedule and technical quality of challenging engineering tasks, as you gain familiarity with the client’s expectations, scope, budget and schedule. You’ll also provide on-site assistance during startup, coordinating work activities with other staff members and the discipline lead. Your multi-discipline, highly interactive team will successfully deliver on the design, development, application, evaluation, recommendation, and specification of engineered systems and products for building HVAC, Plumbing, and Fire Protection Systems.

Your role keeps our company connected and we’ll support you with what you need to be successful. Bring your creativity, ambitious spirit and extreme attention to detail, and we’ll help you grow, pursue and fulfill what drives you – so we can deliver extraordinary solutions for a better tomorrow, together.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for performing all aspects of mechanical engineering and design; independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis within the discipline. Develops designs that require innovation and ingenuity. Performs work with little to no supervision, reviews work of discipline team for adequacy on completion. Provides technical guidance to drafters/designers and engineers.

General Tasks Performed:

• Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and adaptation of advanced engineering techniques, procedures, analyses, and criteria for problems and methods.
• Performs a variety of engineering work in the initial planning and design phase of equipment, systems, or processes.
• Establishes design criteria in accordance with industry standards
• Writes scopes of work, estimates time and effort required to perform work, predicts staffing needs, completes staffing matrices, plans the execution of the project from kickoff through construction, completes equipment matrices, drawing list(s), etc.
• Prepares specifications and provides input to define necessary subcontracts and requisitions.

Skills:

• Has deep knowledge of multiple subject areas or disciplines as well as a thorough understanding of business objectives, priorities and strategy for own area, and understands industry practices and competitors.
• Requires extensive progressive experience in general engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to identify various options to solve technical problems, describe pros and cons of each option, present options/findings to entire internal design team as well as client technical staff (engineers, architects, operations, etc.)
• Has successfully acted as design engineer in all areas of discipline
• Successfully acts (or acting) as discipline lead on multi-discipline project

Reports to project manager at the project level. Reports to discipline coordinator and discipline manager at the discipline level.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• At least 4 years of practical application of mechanical engineering design in building systems, such as HVAC, fire protection, plumbing, and their construction.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Forward thinking, eager to learn best practices, and contribute with innovative ideas
• Displayed ability to learn quickly and driven to broaden knowledge base
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a variety of teams, including multi-disciplinary teams from preliminary design through site construction
• Passion for buildings and construction
• Minimum of 2+ years of semiconductor cleanroom expereince

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and Revit software
• 5-10 years of building mechanical design and construction experience
• History of excellent client and contractor interaction and support