Principal Hvac

Based at the Yanbu Industrial City Program on the Red Sea Coast of Saudi Arabia, Parsons SAPL are looking to appoint a **Principal HVAC / Mechanical Design Engineer **within the Design & Engineering Team, providing professional support to the program projects with emphasis on promoting and maintaining the technical adequacy, uniformity, and quality of the project designs in conformance with approved standards and codes.

**Major Activities Performed**:

- Plan and perform engineering work as necessary to meet the overall city industrial and community infrastructure development program requirements and standards.
- Manage the engineering discipline team to meet the development program requirements including resource planning, workload prioritization and coordination with other disciplines and departmental sections.
- Provides leadership, guidance and training to lower-level personnel and monitors their performance.
- Review A/E consultant and EPC contractor design drawings, specifications, and calculation submittals; and, coordinate the same with the work of other disciplines.
- Provide technical advice to other sections and departments within the Royal Commission including participation in meetings and workshops required.
- Prepare proposals for design work including scope of work, design concepts, sketches and costs estimates for labor, equipment, and materials.
- Prepare and update technical specifications, guidelines, and standard drawings in coordination with other disciplines.
- Provide technical assistance during pre-bid conferences, proposal evaluations, and post-award or other contract conferences and value engineering.
- Actively participates in value engineering and constructability workshops
- Process submittals/substitution requests during construction and address RFI's. Review vendor and shop drawings and construction materials. Assist in resolving clashes and conflicts between services.
- Perform field inspections and provide professional field support and construction trouble shooting as necessary during construction phases.
- Preparation and presentation of technical correspondence, reports, and studies.
- Functions as a technical expert in performing analyses in specialized areas. Reviews and provides guidance in problem areas, recommends solutions, alternatives and improvements.
- Preparation and presentation of technical correspondence, reports, and studies.

**Experience and Qualifications**:
The following credential are an absolute requirement for this role. Applicants without the following credentials will not be selected.
- **A Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or similar) from a WESTERN UNIVERSITY with a minimum of 15 years postgraduate professional experience.**:

- 10 years experience in a Senior / Supervisory Mechanical Design role.
- Experience on large scale industrial, commercial and residential infrastructure projects.
- A proven record of technical and administrative ability in design management including the ability to communicate effectively in spoken and written English is essential.
- Extensive experience with building codes and use classifications and analysis for HVAC and fire safety systems.
- Experienced in the use of HVAC design software and 3D modeling software including Revit.

Further preference will be given to applicants with:

- Previous experience of working in the Middle East and knowledge of Saudi Building Code (SBC Codes).
- Registration in Country of Origin in an Engineering Professional Association equivalent to US PE or UK Chartered Engineer status is essential.

**Minimum Clearance Required to Start**:
Not Applicable/None

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.