Senior Mechanical Designer - Clayco

About Us

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $5.8 billion in revenue for 2023, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects.

The Role We Want You For

The Senior Mechanical Designer will be working with in-house Development, Architecture, and Construction teams to provide Mechanical HVAC Design and Quality Assurance on projects for our nationwide clients.

Projects will consist of life science, distribution, industrial manufacturing, food and beverage, or other industrial process markets for existing building improvements and new construction.

The Specifics of the Role

• Project work may include conceptual design, schematic design, and full construction documentation (drawings and specifications).
• Senior Mechanical Designer is involved from the beginning to foresee preliminary design challenges.
• As a Senior Level Mechanical Designer, you will be responsible for implementing mechanical HVAC engineering design, working cooperatively with Mechanical Engineers.
• Knowledge of building mechanical codes to facilitate HVAC design.
• Strong mechanical / HVAC design capability in various institutional and industrial projects
• Focus is on problem solving instead of finger pointing. The Architect, Engineer, Designer, and Contractor are on the same team.
• Coordination with equipment vendors, Procurement, and Preconstruction groups throughout the design process to support target-based value designs.

Requirements

• Associates or technical degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of related HVAC design experience.
• Proficiency in Revit and Navisworks. AutoCAD is a plus.
• Ability to perform accurate load calculations.
• Team oriented attitude is a must.
• Resilient and adaptable to design changes.

Some Things You Should Know

• Our clients and projects are nationwide – Travel will be required.
• No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does.
• We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs.
• The pace is fast!
• This position is classified as a safety-sensitive role in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. Candidates selected for this position will be subject to a comprehensive background check, which includes mandatory drug testing.

Why Clayco?

• 2024 Best Places to Work – Crain’s Chicago Business, St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and Phoenix Business Journal.
• 2024 ENR Midwest – Midwest Contractor (#1).
• 2024 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).
• 2024 ENR Top 100 Green Contractors – Green Contractor (Top 5).

Benefits

• Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!

Compensation

• The salary range for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.