Design Engineer

Located within Facilities Management, the Planning and Engineering office is hiring a Design Engineer to join our team of engineers, project managers, designers, and architects.

Duties:

• Acts as point of contact for design and technical reviews conducted for all Capital Project design submissions.

• Responsible for coordinating the University’s interests between multiple Facilities Management offices through all phases of Capital Construction projects for architectural-related trades.

• Develops electrical scopes for construction renovation projects.

• Analyzes current electrical capacities within existing electrical panels for construction renovation projects.

• Calculates building loads and size transformers for large renovation projects.

• Performs lighting studies as required for construction renovation projects.

• Determines electrical loads for construction renovation projects.

• Coordinates technical design review schedules.

• Oversees overall quality control of the work and prepares regular reports on project status.

• Records, and posts the outcomes of reviews and resolves associated conflicts between vested internal departments.

• Teams with Architect and Mechanical Engineer in producing complete construction documents for construction renovation projects.

• Aids project teams in determining the completeness of design submittals and provides assistance and technical support.

• Reviews Architectural construction documents to confirm proper coordination with the project design plans and resolve technical design differences.

• Reviews and comments on outside design firms’ construction documents for capital projects.

• Participates in cost estimate reviews, cost reconciliation, cost reduction, and value engineering and change order processes.

• Manages engineering deliverables and initiates appropriate corrective actions.

• Produce and stamp electrical construction documents for construction renovation projects.

• Issue electrical specifications for construction renovation projects.

• Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the functions of the position.