Mechanical Engineer

About the Role:

We’re seeking a skilled and motivated Mechanical Engineer to join our team at our new Northern Virginia office and contribute to exciting design projects across multiple markets (Candidates also encouraged to apply if they are interested in our Owings Mills MD office). Markets include commercial, life sciences, mission‑critical, data centers, and industrial. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the full design lifecycle, including planning, organizing, and performing detailed engineering design, as well as developing engineering specifications and reviewing the work of the project design team.

This role is perfect for someone who is passionate about taking a project from initial concept to final completion, coordinating with other disciplines, and ensuring all work meets applicable industry standards and codes.

About TAI:

TAI is a full‑service, multi‑disciplinary engineering and construction firm built to scale; delivering mission‑critical, integrated solutions across the full design–build–maintain lifecycle. For more than 35 years, TAI has partnered with leading organizations in advanced manufacturing, life sciences, food and beverage, energy, and government to design, build, and sustain complex facilities and infrastructure. TAI brings deep expertise across five core service pillars:
Engineering, Construction, Systems Integration, On‑Site Services, and Technical Services. Our unified approach combines precision engineering, field execution, and technical depth to deliver end‑to‑end results that drive reliability, safety, and long‑term value for our clients.

Team members at TAI are capable, well‑rounded, flexible, and optimistic. We have found that the best employees are the ones who recognize the importance of what they do and the ones who let that guide them in the actions they take. More than any skill, we seek people who make decisions that support the common good. We work for our clients, and we work for one another.

Here’s a glimpse into your day to day:

• Individuals in this position are responsible for planning, organizing, and performing detailed engineering design.
• This position receives general administrative direction from the division manager and is responsible for the mechanical design of a few projects of varying complexity.
• Individual may support other engineers or project managers.
• Research applicable industry standards, prepare engineering studies, analysis of systems, preliminary and detailed engineering designs.
• Develop engineering specifications.
• Review work of project design team, check progress of work and alert managers to change of scope and additional services.
• Coordinate some aspects of project document completion.
• Direct CAD designers for the preparation of construction drawings.
• Possess ability to interpret applicable codes.
• Work with code officials and other design professionals when an interpretation or exception to codes is required.
• Coordinate project design with other engineering disciplines and clients.

You’ll be a perfect fit if you have:

• Minimum (5) years of design experience helping to create construction documents for buildings and facilities projects. Projects may include commercial, mission‑critical, laboratory, life sciences, data centers, industrial or healthcare.
• Capable of providing field surveys in order to document existing building conditions.
• Capable of performing cooling and heating load calculations.
• Capable of performing ventilation calculations using the ventilation rate procedure (VRP).
• Capable of performing COMcheck calculations.
• Capable of performing ductwork and piping pressure drop calculations.
• Capable of performing ductwork, piping and plumbing layouts.
• Capable of interpreting Building and Fire Codes, and/or working with code officials.
• Capable of providing equipment selections and drawing specifications for air devices, terminal units, expansion tanks, water heaters and plumbing fixtures, pumps, fans, and packaged air handling units.
• Capable of providing construction administration support for equipment noted above.
• Capable of providing equipment details.
• Capable of providing basic control sequences.
• Must be a valid U.S. Citizen

Candidate…