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Senior Mechanical Engineer/Account Executive

Hawaii

You will join our team of degreed and licensed engineers and designers to maintain and increase our client relationships in the Hawaiian Islands and Guam as well as managing and mentoring the members of our Hawaiian engineering team. You will play a key role in a growing company. This position has a hybrid home-based office and in-person office in the Hawaii area. Some travel is required, but mostly on day trips to job sites in the islands. A local candidate is preferred.

Jobs from California will sometimes be handled by this team The primary market share is in the engineering design of the heating, air conditioning, ventilation, and plumbing systems of buildings for the purpose of permitting and construction. Electrical and fire suppression engineering and design will be handled by team members on the mainland.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Hawaiian Sales Executive to increase market share and maintain customer satisfaction of the existing clients on the islands.

• Managing projects as the lead engineer.

• Generate engineering and design proposals for drawing packages, specifications, reports, and life cycle costing to evaluate the feasibility, net present value, and maintenance requirements of alternate or retrofit designs.

• Read and interpret construction drawings, documents, and schematics.

• Attend meetings with owners, clients, or architects on jobs or to assist in marketing efforts.

• Review contractor submittals and deliverables from team members to insure they meet the design intent.

• Evaluate, select, and apply standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria.

• Confer with other engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system discrepancies with design intent, and provide technical information.

• Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.

• Provide feedback and guidance to design engineers on customer problems and needs. Mentor the team members to help them grow more productive.

• Coordination with other trades.

• Administrating onsite commissioning, where necessary, leading the team from pre-design through post-occupancy phases of the work.

• Conducting site surveys and facilities assessments.

• If work on the islands becomes slow, then the following tasks could be assigned.

  • Identifying and quantifying new business opportunities.

  • Performing engineering and design for projects in California.

Qualifcations

• Account or client management executive experience.

• Professional Engineering License – preferably in California and Hawaii

• Experience in HVAC and Plumbing design

• Project Management experience and a talented technical writer

• Experience leading and mentoring people.

• Experience with Revit/AutoCAD, energy modeling experience a plus

• Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering (minimum)

• Seven or more years of experience

  • Variable air volume (VAV) reheat and double duct systems

  • Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems

  • Single and multi-zone package units.

  • Agricultural grow room systems with tight relative humidity control.

  • Data center systems – both raised floor and non-raised floor.

  • ·Hydronic piping and pumping

  • Experience with HVAC controls, but fully capable of writing a sequence of operation (SOO)

  • CFD simulation analysis experience would be a plus.

Salary Range

$125k to $175k base salary per year, depending on experience and place of work. Commissions can supplement this salary depending on sales volume and profitability of jobs sold.

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying for this position, please email resume to employment@pragmaticpe.com.