Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

Join Our Team as a Mechanical Engineer and Shape the Future of Healthcare Design!

Dewberry is on the lookout for an accomplished Mechanical Engineer/PE to join our Jackson, MS team! In this pivotal role, you’ll provide technical guidance and mentorship while leading the design of mechanical systems for healthcare projects, ensuring that our work meets the highest standards of quality and efficiency.

With 4+ years of progressive technical experience, you will play a crucial role in assisting Project and Client Managers, aligning projects with clients' needs and budgets across diverse sectors, including private, public, and federal projects. Your expertise will enable you to collaborate closely with architects, electrical engineers, structural experts, and various disciplines, delivering innovative solutions that make a real difference to our local and regional clients.

Key Required Skills:

• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) or ability to obtain licensure through reciprocity (example through Comity) within the State in which the position is posted within six (6) months.
• Accomplished Mechanical Engineer
• 4+ years of experience in the design of mechanical systems specifically for healthcare projects
• Proven track record of technical oversight on multiple projects, ensuring that contract specifications and technical standards are met on time and within budget

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.

Responsibilities

Would be expected to provide the following to others on the design team to effectively and successfully complete projects:

• 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 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.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) or ability to obtain licensure through reciprocity (example through Comity) within the State in which the position is posted within six (6) months.
• Accomplished mechanical engineer
• 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

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*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 by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

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