Mechanical Engineer - Cement and Minerals

Mechanical Engineer – Cement and Minerals

Department: Mechanical

Reports To: Mechanical Director/Supervisor

Flsa: Exempt, Full-Time

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM

Travel Required: Up to 20%

Location: Lakewood, Colorado

Management: No

EEO Statement: Professionals

Job Family: Professionals

ZAP is a full‑service engineering, design, and construction management firm servicing the cement, mineral and material processing, mining, heavy industrial, and oil & gas markets. From our Lakewood, Colorado office, we execute projects across North America spanning from California to Florida and Canada down to Mexico. Our projects range in size from simple engineering studies or maintenance repairs to full‑scale design of large facilities.

ZAP operates at a fast pace while providing a team‑centric approach to our work.

This is a hands‑on, full‑time position with day‑to‑day duties that include completing well‑defined mechanical engineering tasks within ZAP’s cement, mineral and material processing, mining, and heavy industrial projects. You will collaborate with project team(s) to complete deliverables in alignment with the project schedule, budget, and scope of work, or as assigned by the project manager or project engineer.

• Plan, organize and prepare quality technical project documents to support projects. The technical documentation should be prepared in a timely and professional manner and responsive to customer needs. Responsible also for coordination of technical changes/revisions to all project documents.
• Coordinate and/or produce mechanical engineering deliverables, equipment specifications, technical descriptions and other technical inputs and documentation required for completion of the projects, as defined by the RACI model (Responsible, Accountable, Consultative, Informed), in alignment with ZAP standard processes and procedures.
  • Produce equipment sizing calculations
  • Prepare technical specifications or datasheets for main equipment and auxiliary machinery
  • Determine / review equipment capacities and specifications for main equipment and auxiliary machinery.
  • Technical reviews and evaluations of vendor proposals
  • Develop and review equipment flow sheets, equipment layouts and/or systems and stackups, plot plans, and general arrangement drawings
  • Manage creation of bill of materials and/or material takeoffs
  • Provide feedback on equipment vendor drawing reviews
  • Generate pipe and valve specifications for services such as plant air, pneumatic piping, water systems, etc.
  • Generate mechanical equipment lists, valve lists, line lists
  • Prepare mechanical contractor bid packages
  • Participate in site visits and meetings with clients
  • Engineering support of construction efforts
  • Ducts and chutes routing and design support, produce datasheets for quoting and purchasing
  • Feasibility studies
• Technical Collaboration – Collaborates with project team members on interdisciplinary technical deliverables, as defined by the RACI
  • Reviews deliverables with peers and supervisors.
  • Ensures quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) procedures (intra‑ and inter‑disciplinary checks) are performed on deliverables generated.
  • Design Basis
  • PFD/P&, review, redlining
  • 3D modeling support and reviews
  • Produce project cost estimates
  • Reviews construction drawings and documents.
• Communicates with project team regarding overall project progress and status of mechanical‑specific deadlines and deliverables.
• Develop and improve knowledge of plant or facility processes and equipment to be better able to satisfy customers’ requirements.
• Other tasks as delegated or assigned by supervisor.

Work Week: 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. Hours may vary with workload. Overtime and weekend work may be required as needed to satisfy the requirements of the position.

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Accrued PTO
• Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability
• Basic Life / AD&D
• Voluntary Life / AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Aflac

• 5+ years of experience practicing discipline‑specific engineering on multi‑discipline project teams.
• Professional…