Principal Engineer - HVAC Design (Energy Modelling)

Responsible for engineering, design, and modification activities related to mechanical equipment, vessels and tanks and piping systems including equipment and piping specifications and procurement. May be involved with the support of installation and operation & maintenance of equipment.

Discipline concerning air conditioning, refrigeration, ventilation, combustion, heat transfer, energy, power, fuels, propulsion, machinery, tools, manufacturing, fluids, plumbing, fire suppression systems and devices, water supplies and pumping systems for fire protection.

Discipline covers the ability to solve problems that deliver and optimise safe, sustainable and ethical solutions for the design, production and operation of devices, machines, structures, processes and systems involving mechanical elements.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Senior technical resource may serve as technical advisor for team
• Provides specialized technical input to studies and design for staffs specific area of expertise.
• Develops study and design procedures to facilitate high quality cost effective work by others.
• Participates in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
• Develops construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects.
• Uses expertise in all steps of completing discipline component of PS&E package.
• Performs quality control review of design calculations or drawings.
• Prepares technical specification sections.
• Provides input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements.
• Technical Excellence
• Identifies incremental improvements to existing procedures or processes that increase efficiency or work quality
• Performs a self-check of work products prior to submitting them to others.

Leadership

• Works independently and collaboratively with a lesser level of guidance needed for unfamiliar tasks
• Provides regular updates to the manager on project/assignment status
• May assist more junior staff members with aspects of their job and may coordinate activities of a small team.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering (with minimum 10 years experience) or Equivalent and specialising in HVAC Design.
• He/She should be well versed with ASHRAE/CIBSE/NFPA.