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Mechanical Designer

Harriman is growing! We are looking for a Mechanical Designer for our Mechanical studio to join our team and join our full-service practice. If you are looking for a firm that understands the importance of work-life balance, enjoys working with lots of other people, and can work independently in our hybrid-work environment, then this is an opportunity that you need to look into!

Harriman’s growing multi-disciplinary practice is seeking a Mechanical Designer to join our team. With a holistic, ground-up approach to design, our architectural staff works closely with the firm’s integrated engineering groups to fulfill our mission to design relevant and innovative solutions to human needs. Our work is challenging, creative, and is based on the belief that design is a collaborative human endeavor centered on knowledge, ingenuity, and beauty.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Ability to act independently regarding engineering methods and complexities, applying sound and practical knowledge of engineering principles in a broad array of assignments
  • Plans and conducts work including evaluation, selection, and design
  • Assesses problems when encountered and provides guidance to engineers, interns, and other company personnel on project designs and solutions or unusual or complex issues or projects
  • May provide project oversight and management, supervision and guidance on overall objectives, critical issues, or new concepts
  • Organizes work to ensure all deadlines are met
  • Design of HVAC systems for commercial, industrial, municipal, institutional, and healthcare facilities
  • Perform HVAC building calculations, equipment selection, specification writing, etc.
  • Field-discovery skills and MEP troubleshooting experience
  • Assist or manage scope, schedule, budget, and delivery of projects
  • Researches new applications
  • Coordinate as a team with the other Harriman disciplines for building design

Requirements:

  • No previous experience as a mechanical designer is required
  • Familiar with the basic principles of engineering, knowledge, basic math, physics, and mechanical science applicable to the field
  • Undergrad Degree (2 years minimum) in Mechanical Engineering (other engineering or technical degrees to be considered on a case-by-case basis)
  • Able to work collaboratively in a team environment

Software Proficiencies:

  • Revit and/or AutoCAD
  • Ability to learn new software quickly
  • Newforma Project Center
  • PDF Editing software such as Adobe or Bluebeam.
  • Load Calculation software, Trane Trace 700/3D
  • Deltek Vision
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Zoom/Teams/Video Conferencing Software

General Expectations:

In addition to the required technical skills, we must work together collaboratively in a team environment to succeed. Some general expectations that are required for all staff members include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Strong work ethic
  • Positive attitude
  • Be a team player
  • Be flexible, adaptable, and open to new ideas
  • Actively seek out clarification via the expertise of colleagues when unsure
  • Be respectful of others and their opinions and ideas
  • Manage your efforts efficiently and effectively to complete tasks on time and with limited impact on co-workers’ schedules
  • Be prompt to appointments and meetings out of the office as well as in-house
  • Inform studio leader of PTO or unexpected time away from the office and record in studio PTO Calendar
  • Participate in meetings, trainings, and activities such as project team and committee meetings, all-office meetings (such as the Monthly Harriman Huddle), and studio-specific meetings
  • Ability to accept and learn from criticism
  • Avoid conflicts of interest
  • Market oneself and the company always by conducting oneself professionally: we all represent Harriman!
  • Communicate, communicate, communicate!

Benefits:

We offer completive salaries and a full benefits package including medical, dental, 401K program, hybrid work schedule, gym reimbursement, and a friendly, collaborative work environment. Harriman is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or veteran status.

To apply, email a current resume to hr@harriman.com