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 has been a leading multidisciplinary firm for over 35 years, providing expert engineering, management, and technical services to industrial, manufacturing, commercial, and mission critical. With over 300 skilled professionals, 16 different divisions, and 6 offices across the US, TAI offers sole-source solutions for complex projects, built on long-term client partnerships and a culture that attracts top talent.
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 handing 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

Candidates must have experience with the following software:

Microsoft Office applications – Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Familiarity or ability to utilize load calculations software such as Carrier HAPP or Trane Trace.
Familiarity or ability to utilize COMcheck.
AutoCAD or Revit experience is a plus (ability to open drawings, navigate, edit text, and print)

Compensation and Benefits:

Annual Profit Sharing Bonus (variable depending on firm’s performance, employee performance, and tenure).
PTO and Paid Holidays.
Health Benefits: Employee through family level coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurances. Company funded life and long-term disability insurances. Short Term Disability, FSA, HSA, EAP, and supplemental life insurances (employee – family) are also available!
401(k)with employer match.

Other Offerings:

The opportunity to make a real impact on a variety of industry-leading projects.
The ability to balance your work and family activities.
Flexible work schedule.
Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment that values creativity and innovation.
A chance to learn and grow alongside some of the brightest minds in engineering.
Professional Development, Tuition Reimbursement, and Association Membership Reimbursements.

Discover what makes TAI a top-20 manufacturing partner, according to Engineering News-Record (ENR), and one of the top-50 fastest-growing private companies in the Baltimore Business Journal. Learn more about us at www.taiengineering.com.

TAI (Formerly TAI Engineering)

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