Associate Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Facilities In

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs’ greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for Jacobs. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Building Services/Mechanical (HVAC) Design Engineer to join our Irish team based in Sandyford, Dublin who is excited about working on advanced facilities projects that enable the heart of our clients’ business. Join us and you will have the chance to work on projects at some of the world’s most state of the art industrial and commercial facilities. You will be accountable for schedule and technical quality of challenging engineering tasks, as you gain familiarity with the client’s expectations, scope, budget, and schedule. You will also provide on-site assistance during startup, coordinating work activities with other staff members and the discipline lead. Your multi-discipline, highly interactive team will successfully deliver on the design, development, application, evaluation, recommendation, and specification of engineered systems and products for building HVAC, Plumbing, and Fire Protection Systems.

Your role keeps our company connected and we will support you with what you need to be successful. Bring your creativity, ambitious spirit, and extreme attention to detail, and we will help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what drives you – so we can deliver extraordinary solutions for a better tomorrow, together. 

Key responsibilities include:

• Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and adaptation of advanced engineering techniques, procedures, analyses, and criteria for problems and methods.

• Performs a variety of engineering work in the initial planning and design phase of equipment, systems, or processes.

• Establishes design criteria in accordance with industry standards.

• Writes scopes of work, estimates time and effort required to perform work, predicts staffing needs, completes staffing matrices, plans the execution of the project from kickoff through construction, completes equipment matrices, drawing list(s), etc.

• Prepares specifications and provides input to define necessary subcontracts and requisitions.

Here’s what you’ll need :

• Bachelor's degree in Building Services/Mechanical (HVAC) Engineering.

• At least 3 years of practical application of mechanical engineering design in building systems, such as HVAC, fire protection, plumbing, and their construction.

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written, with the ability to interact with other engineering disciplines, clients, and vendors at all levels. (CEFR level B2 English)

• Working knowledge of local Irish regulations and standards.

• Progressive experience in general engineering.

• Former experience as design engineer in all areas of discipline.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Forward thinking, eager to learn best practices, and contribute with innovative ideas.

• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a variety of teams, including multi-disciplinary teams from preliminary design through site construction.

• Experience working with a BIM environment, and knowledge of Navisworks software.

• Passion for buildings and construction.

• Minimum of 2 years of cleanroom experience (semiconductor preferred).

Ideally, you will also have:

• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and Revit software.

• History of excellent client and contractor interaction and support.

• Proficiency in Microsoft suite (Excel).

Our Culture

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs. (https://careers.jacobs.com/life-at-jacobs/)

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity – ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women’s – find out more about our employee networks here. (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.1062705.1096535124.1626879887-1704311048.1575562676)

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role

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