Senior Mechanical Engineer

Senior Mechanical Engineer

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit and believes diversity is a strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we serve.

To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience while staying connected to a global network of professionals who believe we are a part of something bigger.

In this role, you will be a part of the Mechanical team for Hospitality, Entertainment & Healthcare projects throughout the United States supporting our Milwaukee, Wisconsin Office.

• Lead, mentor, and direct less experienced mechanical staff on all of their responsibilities.
• Perform at a “responsible charge” level in meeting EXP’s design and quality expectations.
• Perform QA/QC review of specifications, reports, code application, RFI and submittal review, equipment selection, deliverables and drawings.
• Review calculations by designers and provide guidance and mentoring.
• Determine content of drawings and specs for less experienced staff to meet scope of work.
• Review code-related items with designers and ensure compliance.
• Edit and develop basis of design narratives documenting project scope.
• Apply thorough understanding of psychrometrics.
• Understand and apply concepts of CHW, HW, WSHP, variable & constant flow systems.
• Advance equipment selection and analysis – including chillers, boilers, air terminals, cooling towers, HEPA filters, DX equipment, and water source heat pumps.
• Write new specification sections, develop new details as required for project needs.
• Write studies and reports for systems on projects.
• Perform life‑cycle cost analyses and energy/cost calculations for HVAC systems.
• Apply and modify appropriate controls diagrams for the project.
• Modify sequences of operation for air and water side equipment and systems.
• Meet with contractors during bid phase to review design details.
• Critically evaluate contractor pricing and cost estimates.
• Evaluate value engineering items with respect to EXP’s risk level.
• Apply risk management procedures daily to minimize EXP’s and client’s exposure to problems.
• Travel to project sites to review progress of work and solve problems within time and budget.
• Develop and monitor work plans.
• Manage work plans and deliverables on multiple projects within budgeted hours and guide designers on task hours.

• Bachelor’s degree in HVAC/Mechanical Engineering or related field with 10+ years of building HVAC and piping design experience.
• Experience designing HVAC systems for gaming, hospitality, entertainment, healthcare or commercial projects.
• Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) preferred.
• REVIT MEP proficiency required.

With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world’s built and natural environments.

Our heritage dates back to 1906 when the earliest of EXP’s predecessor companies started its engineering infrastructure practice. Today, thousands of creative professionals across EXP work together to deliver extraordinary experiences year after year.

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EXP is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer that fully and actively supports equal access for all people regardless of Race, Color, Sex, Religion, Gender, Age, National Origin, Veteran Status, Disability, Genetic Information or Testing, Family and Medical Leave, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression. Should you need any special accommodations, please contact us at  and we will arrange suitable accommodations based on your needs.