Salas O'Brien · 3 hours ago
Plumbing and Fire Protection Designer
Raleigh, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelSalas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients, our team, and the world. They are seeking a Plumbing and Fire Protection Designer to proactively communicate and coordinate design work within the department, with other disciplines, and with external stakeholders, such as clients and vendors.
Industrial EngineeringMechanical Engineering
Responsibilities
Listen to our clients’ needs and independently provide value to them by evaluating options based upon the client’s needs and desires, first cost, and life cycle cost
Communicate your design recommendations to our clients, project team, construction contractors, and vendors in presentations, and meetings, via email and phone as necessary
Work on a project team with other technical staff to design and detail new systems that are needed, assuring that the work is accurate and coordinated and that the quality assurance measures have been followed
Participate in on-site observations, information gathering, and interaction with clients and contractors both during the design and construction phases of the projects to represent Salas O’Brien in the field
Design plumbing, fire protection, medical and laboratory gas systems, and industrial and process gas and water systems
Develop system concepts, and load analysis, equipment selection, system layout, and specification writing
Analyze data and observations to form recommendations for clients and senior internal staff members
Partners with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values
Design and engineering of effective and scalable network systems and solutions
Participate in evaluation, testing, selection, and deployment of foundational network elements for a network buildout
Ensure that solutions adhere to defined standards and best practices and/or assist in the development of these standards and best practices
Effectively design and communicate engineering solutions through detailed high- and low-level diagrams
Routinely research, analyze, test, retest, and troubleshoot complex problems. Able to work in a fast-paced environment, with strict deadlines, both as an individual contributor and team leader
Proven experience in knowledge transfer, documentation and information sharing while staying abreast of new technology/technical areas
Provide advanced technical experience for complex project work, including functional subsystem upgrades for mission critical network devices and services as well as strategic upgrades to the network
Design, plan, and implement complex networks
Establish requirements, provide analysis for network and services specifications, network design, network partitioning, and network architecture definition
Provide advanced expertise in the development of network test, validation, and integration plans on projects, and assurance of network integrity
Engage with Solutioning and Sales teams as a subject matter expert during customer calls
Ability to mentor junior engineers in advanced technology deployments
Time management and the ability to multitask between several ongoing projects; and
Assist with development of SoW and LoE documentation
Qualification
Required
U.S. Bachelor's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related
Experience designing either fire protection or plumbing systems meeting current codes and standards
Experience performing hydraulic calculations using software tools
Experience with AutoCAD design
Company
Salas O'Brien
Salas O'Brien is a national leading Facilities Planning, Commissioning, Construction Management and Mechanical, Electrical.
Founded in 1975
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Blackstone Group
2024-01-22Private Equity
Leadership Team
Paul Silva
Chief Operating Officer
Karl F. Frey
Retired
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