Entry Level Mechanical Engineer

Entry Level Mechanical Engineer

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Founded in 1975, Salas O’Brien is an employee‑owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients, our team, and the world. We design lasting solutions for pressing challenges across a variety of industries, including data centers, healthcare, science and technology, high‑rise buildings, clean energy, education, and more. Our technical expertise is paired with an exceptional team of business development, human resources, finance, information technology, and marketing professionals.

At Salas O’Brien we tell our clients that we’re engineered for impact. This passion for making a difference applies just as much to our team as it does to our projects. We’re committed to living our values every day: inspiring, achieving, and connecting as shared owners of our success with a focus on a sustainable future.

Building for the long‑term means that all of our team members can expect to work on amazing projects with a people‑first approach to problem solving. Each member has truly limitless potential to build a unique, meaningful, and high‑impact career—along with great total rewards.

Perform mechanical engineering work through the life cycle of equipment from design development, to construction, installation and maintenance for industrial, commercial, and aerospace facilities. Work will entail performing in‑field walk‑downs of sites and facilities, analyzing systems and components, preparing design concepts, sketches and drawings, compiling data and writing technical narrative reports. Assigned work tasks will be diversified and require successful candidates to “think outside the box” and work well with multi‑disciplinary engineering design teams.

• Assist with facility mechanical and/or plumbing design engineering (plans, specifications, calculations and cost estimates) for new facilities, facility modernization and aerospace ground support facilities and equipment projects.
• Perform system sizing calculations using engineering software and tools such as HVAC heat load calculations (Trane TRACE), pump sizing calculations, and plumbing system sizing under supervision.
• Perform facility condition assessments and capital asset management planning.
• Perform detailed construction cost analyses using RSMeans Cost Works and material take‑offs of a variety of building types and equipment types (both US and international locations).
• Perform field construction support.
• Learn and apply ASHRAE, NFPA, and international/local building codes.
• Write technical design narrative reports and engineering trade studies.
• Work with multi‑disciplinary design teams.

• Educational Background:
  Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from an ABET accredited program.
• Experience:
  
  Zero to two years’ experience. Prefer prior engineering co‑op/internship experience.
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  • Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams/Sharepoint and email applications.
  • Experience in Autodesk Revit (and experience with Autodesk AutoCAD, PTC Creo or Solidworks and other modeling/drafting software preferred).
  • Experience in construction cost estimation software such as Cost Works or design markup/take‑offs in Bluebeam preferred.

• Effective interpersonal skills and strong communication (written and verbal)
• Eager to learn designs outside of Mechanical discipline
• Confident and ambitious problem solver
• Creative and innovative
• Self‑directed initiative
• Dependable
• Understands the culture of business
• Detail oriented

• Valid/Unrestricted FL driver license

• Must be a US Citizen
• Ability to obtain a clearance from the Defense Security Service and other Federal Government Agencies.

• Performing inspections and providing construction support may require climbing ladders and stairs and accessing spaces such as roofs, basements, crawl spaces or utility tunnels.
• Industrial site investigations and field construction support may require extensive walking.

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