Mechanical Engineer

The Opportunity:

LDIS LLC, a Tetra Tech Company, provides integrated engineering and design solutions for the Energy, Petrochem, Renewables, Water Treatment and Life Sciences markets. Our team meets these changing needs by being a trusted partner to each of our clients. In addition to conventional facility solutions and designs, our projects include Hydrogen Electrolysis, Ammonia Production Facilities, Renewable Natural Gas Processing, Emissions Reduction Studies, Carbon Capture and Sequestration, wastewater, pharmaceuticals, and much more.

Your Role:

A mechanical engineer's primary responsibility is safety. They specify, review, and oversee the design of mechanical equipment and piping systems, ensuring they fulfill their intended process design safely, economically, and reliably. Mechanical engineers play a critical role in coordinating and communicating with other engineering disciplines, designers, supply chain personnel, vendors, and clients. Mechanical engineers must be able to ask timely and relevant questions along with reading, interpreting, and using good judgment with regards to identification and applicability of industry standards and codes. Physics, thermodynamics, materials science, fluid mechanics, statics, and dynamics are critical knowledge bases mechanical engineers must utilize with strong analytical skills to inform practical and timely decisions regarding mechanical equipment design and selection.

Job Responsibilities:

• Ability to lead a discipline engineering team on projects with minimal guidance; supervise design personnel and other staff specialists.
• Review and check designs; assists in the development of design guides, guide specifications and design control procedures.
• Serve as the lead Engineer or technical expert on medium projects. Planning and managing the engineering activities on a project.
• Maintaining the schedule and budget of assigned projects
• Conducting engineering tasks while supervising work for a small team of engineers assigned to a project.
• Mentor less experienced engineers.
• Develop specifications and data sheets for mechanical and packaged equipment
• Generate and maintain equipment and piping specialty item lists
• Identify, utilize, and interpret applicable industry codes and standards
• Develop material requisitions and technical bid evaluations
• Take ownership of multi-discipline squad check reviews of vendor drawings and data for conformance to codes and specifications
• Review and contribute equipment information on flow diagrams and P&IDs
• Identify suitable materials of construction and compatibility requirements
• Perform engineering calculations including piping hoop stress, NPSHA, flow velocity, pressure, etc
• Provide mechanical engineering data and input to support development of other disciplines' deliverables
• Facilitates coordination meetings with equipment vendors
• Utilize web-based and vendor software for preliminary equipment sizing and selection
• Develop budgetary cost and delivery basis for equipment
• Develops mechanical engineering budget hours estimates and assumptions for proposals
• Participate in project and client meetings including facilitating design reviews
• Interface with other disciplines, vendors, clients and contractors.
• Prepares specifications detailing performance requirements, specific components, design requirements, applicable design codes, and vendor drawing requirements.
• Visit vendor facilities and jobsites as necessary
• Prepare inquiry and purchase requisitions, bid tabulations on simple purchases, and reviews vendor drawings for compliance with specifications.
• Demonstrate a focus on safe, efficient, and cost-effective design.

Qualifications:

• Required: ABET accredited Institution, BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent engineering degree or higher.
• EIT certification required
• PE license desired.
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in engineering.
• Experience in the Oil and Gas industry highly recommended
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Proficient in Microsoft office- especially Microsoft excel
• Bluebeam experience is a plus
• Ability to work in a fast-paced project environment and manage multiple tasks.

Target Salary Range: $120,000 to $140,000. Please note that Tetra Tech considers numerous factors in determining pay, including but not limited to education, relevant and demonstrated work experience in the role, skills, geographic location, qualifications, certifications, and other competencies relevant to the needs of the business

Physical Requirements:

• Constantly required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, bend, and reach with hands and arms.
• Constantly use hands to keyboard or type, handle materials, or manipulate objects.
• Light work that includes lifting and/or moving up to 20 pounds and, occasionally, up to 50 pounds.
• Frequently moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Specific vision abilities required by this classification include close vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing abilities required by this classification includes those which permit the employee to discern verbal instructions and communicate effectively in person and by telephone.
• Requires composure and ability to prioritize and manage several urgent tasks and requests simultaneously with a prominent level of competence and accuracy.

Work Environment / Environmental Factors:

Environmental factors mostly consist of work being conducted in an indoor office environment, but are not limited to extreme temperatures (e.g., cold, heat), fumes, variable weather conditions, outdoor work, and noise due to some travel & work on worksites.

Additional Information:

• Position: Full-time, exempt.
• Work Location: 5620 Ward Rd. Suite 200 Arvada, CO 80002
• This position offers the flexibility to have a hybrid in-office work schedule.
• Travel: Less than 15%

Life at Tetra Tech:

The perks of working at Tetra Tech include:

• Comprehensive and market-competitive benefits.
• Merit-based financial rewards.
• Flexibility and company-wide commitment to work/life balance.
• Collaborative team atmosphere that values the contributions of all employees.
• Learning and development opportunities for ongoing professional growth.

About Tetra Tech:

Tetra Tech is the leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure, providing high-end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. With 30,000 employees working together, Tetra Tech provides clear solutions to complex problems by Leading with Science to address the entire water cycle, protect and restore the environment, design sustainable and resilient infrastructure, and support the clean energy transition.

Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans.

We invite applications from all interested parties.

Explore our open positions at https://www.tetratech.com/careers. Follow us on social media to learn more about our people, culture, and opportunities:

LinkedIn: @TetraTechCareers

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We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Please no phone calls or agencies.

Additional Information

• Organization: 221 LDI