HDR

Lead Mechanical Engineer

HDR • $100K — $130K *
Houston, TX 77084In-Person
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience
  • Professional registration may be required
  • Strong communication and listening skills
  • Ability to manage multiple assignments
  • Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills
  • Commitment to an employee-owned culture

Responsibilities

  • Lead mechanical aspects of multiple projects, ensuring on-time deliverables
  • Coordinate mechanical engineering tasks within a multidisciplinary team
  • Create mechanical design drawings such as P&IDs and piping plans
  • Conduct project calculations including equipment sizing and stress analysis
  • Support procurement with equipment specifications and bid evaluations
  • Travel for site inspections and client meetings as needed
  • Facilitate client design reviews, tracking decisions and scope changes

Benefits

  • Employee-owned culture
  • Diversity and inclusion initiatives
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Supportive work environment through Employee Network Groups
  • Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team
  • Chance to impact industrial innovations and environmental stewardship
Full Job Description
HDR is looking for a Lead Mechanical Engineer to join our Industrial team in Houston, TX, which provides engineering consulting services to industrial customers located across the U.S. This position includes leading and supporting a variety of projects involving various hydrocarbon storage and transporting facilities, including natural gas, liquified natural gas, and liquid petroleum products. The team is also expanding its footprint in the renewable energy and alternative fuels markets. This individual will work with a multi-discipline group of engineers and technicians providing engineering and design services to Oil & Gas clients. Typical projects will involve life extension and system upgrades of existing facilities as well as design of new facilities. On a day-to-day basis, the Lead Mechanical Engineer will be expected to:
  • Serve as the mechanical lead on multiple simultaneous projects including workload delegation through entire project development to ensure deliverables are issued on schedule.
  • Coordinate the work of Mechanical Engineers with the balance of a multi-discipline team throughout the project's development.
  • Produce mechanical system design drawings including P&IDs, piping plans, and isometrics.
  • Produce project calculations including equipment sizing, system hydraulics, stress analysis, and venting and relief device sizing.
  • Provide procurement support including preparing equipment specifications, construction standards, and vendor/contractor technical bid evaluations.
  • Periodic travel for project site inspections, client review meetings, and field support during installation/testing/start-up.
  • Perform feasibility studies and conceptual design evaluations.
  • Lead client design reviews while tracking decisions, action items, and possible changes in scope.
  • Work with management, marketing and business development teams to prepare client proposals including scope development, manpower loading, and project schedule.
  • Work with Project Managers to reduce scope creep and ensure project work is completed within the agreed-upon budget and schedule.
  • Assist project manager in keeping the project team focused on scope and identifying potential change order tasks.
  • Participate with the Project Manager, Regional Controller and Regional Director in project reviews with corporate management as needed.
  • Work with Project Managers and Discipline Leads to oversee the engineering efforts across all disciplines (electrical, instrumentation and controls, structural, civil, and mechanical) focusing on package integrity, design consistency, and client project updates.
  • Perform Project Manager duties for small capital projects.
  • Perform other duties as needed.
Qualifications Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • A minimum of 7 years experience
  • Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role
  • Strong communication and listening skills
  • Ability to handle multiple assignments
  • Good leadership and organizational skills
  • An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

About HDR

HDR is an architecture, engineering, and consulting firm based in Omaha, Nebraska. The company was founded in 1917 as Henningson Engineering Company and has since grown to become one of the largest engineering firms in the United States. HDR provides a wide range of services, including architecture, engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management. The company has worked on a number of high-profile projects, including the Hoover Dam Bypass and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. HDR is committed to sustainability and has been recognized for its efforts in this area by organizations such as the U.S. Green Building Council.
Learn more about HDR
Size
10,000 employees
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Founded
1917
* Ladders Estimates

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