Senior Engineer jobs in United States, Oregon, Corvallis

As a Building Mechanical Engineer at Jacobs, you’ll be at the cutting edge of our efforts to bring innovation and excellence to some of the most exciting infrastructure projects in the region. You’ll use your exceptional design and analytical skills to lead the planning and design of mechanical (plumbing, HVAC, odor control, and fire protection) systems primarily for municipal facilities for water and wastewater projects, but you’ll also contribute to federal, industrial, and institutional projects.

You’ll prepare design drawings and specifications for submission to clients, as well as provide jurisdictional plan checks and permitting support. Engineered systems you’ll be working with include plumbing systems, HVAC package systems, central plants, air distribution, hydronic systems, odor control systems, and associated controls.

You’ll also have the opportunity to:

• Design complete plumbing systems, including utility and potable water distribution systems, drainage systems, and miscellaneous systems such as compressed air and natural gas.

• Design complete HVAC systems, including package type and central plants.

• Design odor control systems, including vapor and liquid phase treatment technologies.

• Design fire protection systems using a performance system approach.

• Prepare calculations for plumbing systems, including water and drainage flows, water heater sizing, and pump sizing and selection.

• Perform calculations for design, such as air loads, pipe/duct/equipment sizing, ventilation requirements, static pressure, odor removal, life-cycle costs, and energy analyses.

• Select equipment, coordinate with equipment vendors, and edit specifications.

• Conduct field evaluations and develop as-built drawings.

• Develop master plans and perform field investigations.

• Conduct technology alternatives analyses using multi-criteria analysis tools for selecting odor control systems.

• Manage and coordinate work with architects, technicians, and engineers of other disciplines.

• Attend meetings and communicate with clients, vendors, and other project stakeholders to establish project needs and discuss design issues.

• Manage quality and schedule of work and interface with clients.

• Support field staff during construction phase of projects, including responding to submittal reviews and requests for information.

• Provide design guidance and mentorship to designers/drafters and less experienced engineers.

As a vital member of our Bridge Team, you’ll have the opportunity to work on transportation projects in Oregon and throughout the region. Our transportation projects include the design of new bridges, bridge widenings, rehabilitations, load ratings, and other transportation structures. Working with our talented Bridge Team, you’ll work to solve problems and challenges in a team environment where everyone is valued. As a self-motivated professional, you will work on bridge projects of various sizes and complexity under the guidance of experienced engineers and project managers.

In this role you will:

• Support the development of projects from conceptual design through preliminary, intermediate, and final design phases and through construction

• Assist in the development of specifications, cost estimates, and preparation of final bid packages

• Develop sketches and markups for calculation packages and to provide to CADD Technicians

• Work with CADD Technicians to develop bridge details and plan sets

• Compile Bridge Type Selection Reports

• Coordinate bridge layouts, details, and constraints with other disciplines including Roadway, Drainage, and Survey

• Support bridge/structural tasks under on-call contracts

• Identify creative and innovative bridge engineering solutions based on client, project, and site constraints

• Perform calculations, assemble calculation packages, and provide bridge load ratings

• Coordinate with a team to meet project milestones

• Perform construction site visits

As abased anywhere in the United States (US), you’ll play a crucial role in cleaning up our communities and improving our environment. You’ll work on sediment remediation and other environmental projects throughout the US with our teams of project managers, designers, subject matter experts, and other scientists and engineers. With over 25 years of success, Jacobs is a trusted partner in delivering impactful sediment projects to our US Federal and Private clients.

What You’ll Do

• Work Planning : Prepare work plans, scopes of work for subcontractors, and other tasks necessary to mobilize for field work supported by project managers and subject matter experts.
• Execute Field Work : Participate and lead field activities including sediment characterization and remediation activities.
• Data Analysis and Reporting : Analyze data, prepare technical reports, and participate in the design and implementation of pilot studies and remedial systems.
• Team Interaction : Engage with fellow scientists, engineers, project managers, clients, and others to understand the full project lifecycle and regulatory drivers.
• Mentorship and Growth : Receive mentoring from project teams to help you grow your career at Jacobs.

We'll Expect You To:

- Work closely with Project Managers and other discipline Engineers to produce quality drawings

- Responsibilities may also extend beyond supporting our transportation, environmental and other business groups

- Create engineering markups for CAD technicians

- Review survey and basemap drawings on projects

- Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time

- Ability to manage multiple deadlines at the same time

- Stamp work as engineer of record with PE

- Strong understanding of specifications and the ability to edit specifications on projects

- Ability to generate earthwork quantities/generate reports with an understanding of sloping grades

- Coordination of activities between all disciplines at the project level ranging from stormwater, erosion control, site development and underground utilities

- Provide quality checking of drafted products

- Provide mentoring and training where needed

- Proactively be involved with pursuing work and be involved in proposal work

- Active in professional associations is a plus