Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Join Our Team as a Mechanical Engineer at Dewberry! Are you ready to elevate your engineering career? Dewberry is on the lookout for a dedicated Mechanical Engineer to join our Jackson, MS team! In this pivotal role, you’ll provide technical guidance and mentor and train our design resources, ensuring top‑tier support across all mechanical engineering projects.

You'll be instrumental in assisting Project and Client Managers, lending your expertise to align with clients' needs and budgets while working on a diverse array of projects—spanning private, public, and federal sectors. Collaborating closely with architects, electrical engineers, structural experts, and more, you'll deliver comprehensive, innovative solutions to our local and regional clients.

This is your opportunity to make a significant impact by leading the mechanical engineering efforts that drive our commitments to excellence. Join us and be part of a dynamic team that values your expertise and encourages growth!

Dewberry is a leading, market‑facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. The Fairfax, Virginia‑based firm is locally and family‑owned. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. By joining our firm, you'll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry.

Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for over 60 years.

• Technical guidance and quality oversight, including code review, of all project work involving mechanical engineering.
• Technical training and development of staff.
• Establishing and improving standards, practices, guidelines, and specifications for the mechanical discipline area.
• Engineer of Record.
• Provide ‘on‑the‑spot’ advice and decisions—technical and cost estimates.
• Coordination with all of the disciplines involved, including outside consultants.
• Technical interface with code officials and contractors.

• Accomplished mechanical engineer/PE.
• 4+ years of progressive technical experience in the design of mechanical systems for healthcare projects.
• Experience should include technical oversight of multiple projects with proven success, providing technical oversight on projects that meet contract specifications and technical standards to the client on time and within budget.
• Self‑motivated with highly developed verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
• Well organized, takes good notes.
• At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
• Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
• Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.