About the Role
DSI, a Quanta company, seeks an Associate Principal Engineer to provide senior engineering leadership, design, and technical guidance across HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, and related mechanical systems. This role involves representing engineering as a subject-matter expert, upholding firmwide standards, and managing a team of engineers.
Responsibilities
- Provide design and engineering guidance across departments and disciplines, ensuring DSI engineering standards are consistently upheld
- Stay current on industry trends, codes, and best practices, and share that knowledge across the engineering team
- Own conceptual design direction for assigned projects and review complex preliminary redline layouts used for estimating
- Perform or review advanced engineering calculations across HVAC, plumbing, mechanical, and fire protection systems
- Conduct site inspections to confirm compliance with construction documents and resolve design issues that arise during construction
- Represent engineering as the technical subject-matter expert in project team and client meetings
- Take ownership of successful achievement of project engineering goals and objectives
- Manage a small team of engineers, including staffing, training, coaching, and performance management
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering required
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required
- 12+ years of relevant engineering experience
- At least 5 years of people management experience
- Expert-level knowledge of applicable systems design (HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, etc.) and broader design engineering practice
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with staff, clients, and general contractors at all levels
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop an engineering team
- Strong public speaking and presentation ability
- Strong computer skills, including CAD/BIM tools and Microsoft Office (including Excel)
Skills
- HVAC
- Plumbing
- Fire Protection
- Mechanical Systems Design
- CAD/BIM tools
- Microsoft Office
- Excel
Experience Level
- 12+ years of relevant engineering experience
- 5+ years of people management experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
Benefits
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Annual performance-based bonus opportunity
- Paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
- Training, professional development, and support for licensure/professional association dues
About the Company
- QISG leverages Quanta’s comprehensive resources to deliver collaborative solutions for our partners' energy infrastructure needs.
- We use in-house talent, expertise and resources to plan, design, engineer, manage, conduct maintenance on and construct projects.
- Our turnkey service capabilities provide our customers with efficiency, consistency, attention to detail and safe execution.
- The QISG team brings together Engineering, Safety, Quality, Material Procurement, QA/QC, Right-of-Way Acquisition, Scheduling, Environmental Planning, Permitting, Title and Land Management expertise that ensure outstanding results for our clients.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and/or gender identity), age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and/or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
- We prohibit all types of discrimination and are committed to providing access and equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities.
- For additional information or if reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview, or hiring processes or to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact us the Company’s Human Resources department.
