Optima Engineering

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Charlotte, NC - Full Time

At Optima Engineering, we focus on delivering high-quality engineering solutions. We are looking for a skilled and dedicated professional to join our team and help us achieve our goals.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience on Higher Ed, Municipal, K-12, and Commercial projects.
  • Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of North Carolina or ability to obtain your PE in North Carolina within 6 months.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the proposal process by providing clients with input on design options, project schedules, and code review.
  • Perform site visits to existing facilities for renovation/addition projects for information gathering on existing conditions.
  • Work with project managers and designers and collaborate with other disciplines to prepare construction drawings and calculations within AutoCAD or Revit.
  • Perform quality control review analyses to ensure final documents and specifications exceed client expectations.
  • Conduct interdisciplinary coordination and manage final reviews/approvals between disciplines and agencies and respond to comments.
  • Continue involvement through the construction process including submittal review, RFI response, field visits, and closeout documentation.

Skills

  • Perform full HVAC system design and sizing (equipment, ductwork, piping, ventilation, controls, etc.) including full load calculations and equipment selection.
  • Coordinate and integrate HVAC systems with other building services (such as electrical, plumbing, structural, architectural, and fire protection) to ensure seamless functionality, compliance with building codes, and optimal performance in the overall building infrastructure.
  • Produce HVAC design drawing packages (plans, schedules, construction details, specifications, sequences of operation, and life safety).

Why Work at Optima Engineering:

We are a 30-year old, well-established, multi-disciplined engineering firm with offices located in Charlotte, Raleigh and Asheville offering mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection & technology related engineering services to diverse market sectors including mission critical, educational, healthcare, commercial, government and other clients. Our goal is to deliver reliable, high-quality, innovative engineering solutions to our clients and provide a top-notch work environment to our team.

Benefit Highlights

  • Employee-Owned Company
  • Flexible/Hybrid work schedules with early Fridays year-round!
  • Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage + Flexible Spending Account as well as financial planning assistance, estate planning and other additional benefits!
  • Multi-tiered Retirement Plan includes Employer 401k contributions, Profit-sharing, and Employee stock (an additional retirement benefit funded entirely by the company)
  • Discretionary bonuses throughout the year
  • Ongoing education and professional development opportunities.
  • Frequent volunteer and community involvement opportunities!

If you want to be excited about going to work and making a difference in the organization you work for, please reach out to us, we’d love to talk to you about joining our team.

To learn more about Optima Engineering, please visit our website at: www.optimaengineering.com

Optima Engineering. is committed to providing an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities and veterans, are encouraged to apply. Optima Engineering participates in the E-Verify employment authorization program. Please read more information here

Apply: Senior Mechanical Engineer
* Required fields
First name*
Last name*
Email address*
Location
Phone number*
Resume*

Attach resume or Paste resume

Attach resume as .pdf, .doc, .docx, .odt, .txt, or .rtf (limit 5MB) or paste resume

Paste your resume here or attach resume file

Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?*
Will you now, or in the future, require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H-1B visa status)?*
The following questions are entirely optional.
To comply with government Equal Employment Opportunity and/or Affirmative Action reporting regulations, we are requesting (but NOT requiring) that you enter this personal data. This information will not be used in connection with any employment decisions, and will be used solely as permitted by state and federal law. Your voluntary cooperation would be appreciated. Learn more.
Gender
Race/Ethnicity
Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran
  • A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
    • a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
    • a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
  • A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
  • An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
  • An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
Veteran status
I IDENTIFY AS ONE OR MORE OF THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF PROTECTED VETERAN LISTED ABOVE
I AM NOT A PROTECTED VETERAN
I DON’T WISH TO ANSWER
Human Check*