Mechanical Engineer

Design Tree doesn't just stand apart as a full-service expert, but also as an exceptional place to work. Our culture and opportunity for growth ensure everyone who touches any phase of a project is heard, respected, and fulfilled. We are a team of professionals aspiring to provide industry-leading service through a collaborative, quality-driven approach.

Our Culture

The relaxed, team-centered culture of Design Tree is one of our greatest advantages, and one that heightens the quality of our work on every project. We strive for work/life harmony, contributing to enjoyment and fulfillment in both aspects for every member of our team. We like to describe our philosophy as combining white-collar work with blue-collar culture. While our headquarters and roots are tied to rural Minnesota, we are experienced, motivated, and capable of delivering elite work on sophisticated urban projects.

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Design Tree Engineering & Land Surveying (Design Tree) is a multidiscipline engineering firm offering Electrical, HVAC, Plumbing, Structural, and Civil Engineering along with Land Surveying and Sustainability services. We provide expertise in engineering to lead planning and design processes in both urban and rural settings throughout the country. We have formed strong business-driven partnerships in the industry to deliver work that supports and improves both the built and the natural environment in the long term.

Through our open internal culture and collaborative approach, we are driven to achieve a better business model by providing value to Clients. At Design Tree we are guided by our core values of Responsive, Accountable, Trustworthy, and Excellent while instilling our Humble, Hungry, Smart character in every interaction.

Relationships matter to us. We are dedicated to forming and developing professional partnerships that make business sense – partnerships that will benefit both us and our clients in the long-term. Awards and recognition are nice, but we strive for client service and quality above all else. We know who we are – a right-sized, full-service engineering firm rooted in the joy and challenge of creation to help both our staff and our clients grow through innovative solutions.

Design Tree has embraced the concept of work-life balance. Design Tree realizes a person’s work life doesn’t solely define the individual, and as such, our culture is very employee centric. Our leadership takes pride in providing a place people want to work at and with. We support a progressive culture by offering a full remote-working environment. This allows people to join the Design Tree team while experiencing the perks of flexible schedules and being present for family and pets by working from a home office.

• Will grow into being the client contact for assigned projects.
• Understands critical factors needed to complete the tasks assigned, where critical factors are unknown, the Engineer asks the team leader, project manager, or client for clarity.
• Works with team members, management and project stakeholders to determine accurate budgets and schedules.
• Provides design support on all projects, including but not limited to drafting, modeling and calculations, design in Revit, and writing Specifications .
• Ensures projects are set up accurately within accounting software.
• Is responsible for ensuring project goals are met by managing project schedules, budgets and production of assigned discipline and among disciplines on multidiscipline projects.
• Is responsible for Mechanical system evaluation, selection and design for air-side and hydronic systems.
• Is responsible for Plumbing system evaluation, selection, and design.
• Coordinates resource needs with Team Leaders and effectively defines expectations when delegating work to supporting staff.
• Provides work direction and coordination to sub-contractors/consultants.
• Coordinates with all consultants to ensure needed information is provided in a timely fashion and all parties are aware of due dates and deliverables required.
• Coordinates…