Senior Design Engineer

Position Summary

Watch your engineering designs come to life! As a Senior Design Engineer at Southland Industries, you’ll work on design-build and design-assist projects in healthcare, education, biotech, mission critical, commercial and entertainment markets. You’ll collaborate with model coordinators, estimators, and trade staff to create practical, efficient, and cost-effective designs. You’ll also access internal teams using virtual construction design (VDC) and computational fluid dynamics, receiving just-in-time feedback from the field.

• Serves as design professional at project team design meetings
• Prepares complex preliminary redline design layouts for estimating
• Performs complex calculations for a project, such as heating/cooling loads, equipment selection and sizing, friction loss calculations, etc.
• Performs site inspections to determine compliance with construction documents and resolves design issues during the construction phase
• Supervises or directs the workflow of less-experienced engineers in performing HVAC or other system design
• Provides conceptual design for specific projects

• Four-year degree in Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of experience
• PE License required
• Excellent knowledge of applicable systems design, such as HVAC and plumbing, and a general understanding of system operations
• Ability to read mechanical and plumbing plans
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate with all levels of employees, clients, and general contractors
• Strong public speaking skills
• Strong computer skills, including Revit, CADD, and Microsoft Office products such as Excel

• 401(k) plan with 50% company match (no cap) and immediate 100% vesting
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% paid for employee)
• Annual bonus program based upon performance, achievement, and company profitability
• Term life, AD&D insurance, and voluntary life insurance
• Disability income protection insurance
• Pre‑tax flexible spending plans (health and dependent care)
• Paid parental leave
• Paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
• Training/professional development opportunities and company‑paid memberships for professional associations and licenses
• Wellness benefits

Final pay is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. For Colorado, New York City , California, Washington, and Maryland this ranges from $95,000.00 to $ plus annual incentive, benefits, and retirement program as outlined above.

All employment offers are contingent upon successful drug tests, background checks, and professional reference checks. Roles that include driving as an essential job duty will be required to have a successful Motor Vehicle Record check (MVR). We are not able to offer sponsorship of employment at this time.

Southland Industries and all its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing our employees with a safe work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Southland Industries are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, family care or medical leave status, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

Southland Industries will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.