Sr. Mechanical Engineer*

Keystone Engineering Inc. opened for business in 1988 and for decades, has been a reliable provider of qualified engineering resources and technically innovative solutions. Keystone was founded to be an enduring company and to provide an environment for our employees and clients to innovate, thrive, and be successful.

Keystone’s family of companies includes: Milestone Project Services, SIS SILverstone, VeraPro, and Salmon & Associates.

Our varied and extensive experience indicates that successful projects come down to personnel. We incorporate their individual skills in a process that’s geared toward excellence. The intentional pairing of people and process is the reason why clients know that they can trust their projects in the hands of Keystone.

Keystone Engineering is currently seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our team for an onsite client position.

Position Type: Full-time

Location: St. Gabriel, LA

Work Environment/Physical Demands: Office/Sedentary; Plant

Travel Requirements: N/A

Job Scope: The Lead Engineer supervises and provides technical direction to a team of engineers and designers, ensuring cohesive functioning. This role oversees the timely delivery of mechanical deliverables and services within allocated performance budgets and meeting quality expectations. The position involves performing advanced engineering tasks and acting as the go-to technical specialist for complex assignments.

Essential Functions:

• Familiarity with and utilizing department design and drafting standards.
• Familiarity with project scope, specifications, and design criteria upon assignment to a project task team.
• On-site assistance during startup.
• Accomplishing engineering activities such as stress analysis, construction specifications, material procurement specifications, calculations, and piping estimates.
• Developing conceptual layouts and cost studies as necessary to determine the simplest, most efficient approach to solving engineering tasks at hand.
• Producing estimate-level preliminary designs and material take-offs suitable for the level of the estimate being performed on a project.
• Producing detailed design calculations and sketches for materials of construction associated with the project.
• Calculations produced will be neatly prepared and organized for efficient checking by others and efficient use by drafters/designers for preparing drawings and as a deliverable when required.
• Assisting the drafting group in resolving routine layout and detailing problems.
• Consulting with design leaders from other disciplines to ensure the smooth flow of vital information necessary for the scheduled completion of the project.
• Reviewing and checking vendor drawings and other discipline drawings for mechanical input.
• Producing designs with efficient use of construction materials with an overall emphasis on ease of construction and completed product meeting the expectations of the client.
• Checking calculations made by other engineers to ensure accuracy, conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and conformance to good engineering practice.
• Advising the senior engineer concerning design or scope changes, which have been identified.
• Assisting other engineers in developing and assembling scopes, drawings and specifications into a “package” for mechanical purchase inquiries issued for procurement of equipment, materials or subcontract pricing.
• Developing construction specifications.
• Reviewing fabrication drawings and other construction submittals for conformance to engineering drawings and specifications.
• Performing fieldwork necessary to gather field data, check tie-ins, and provide construction support.
• Provide technical guidance to less experienced drafting and engineering personnel in the department.
• Knowledgeable of the discipline-specific methods, practices, and techniques required to engineer, design, and construct process and manufacturing projects.
• Recognize and communicate scope and design changes promptly.
• Coordinate work activities with other teammates and the discipline lead.
• Applying advanced engineering techniques and analysis to complex designs.
• Estimating and scheduling professional service hours and assessing the progress and quality of mechanical work.
• Complete understanding of the skills and experience required to perform engineering and design functions.
• Ability to identify and develop work-sharing packages for interoffice execution support.
• Provide leadership to ensure communication and execution of work within scope, schedule, and budget.

Requirements:

• B.S. in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
• 15+ years of professional working experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, organized, and solution advocate.
• Attention to detail.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer.

Experience Preferred:

• Professional Engineering (P.E.) License is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of design standards and codes.
• Knowledge, application, and specification of materials.
• Development of piping material and material procurement specifications.
• Knowledge of good design practices for sizing all piping systems.
• Sizing of compressible fluid piping systems.
• Flexibility and stress analysis of all piping systems.
• Specify criteria for and select piping specialty items.
• Design of complex process and utility systems.
• Knowledge of manual valve sizing, use, and application.
• Knowledge of HVAC (airside and waterside) system application and design codes.
• Knowledge of the application of piping supports and restraints.
• Identification of the need, application, and specification of safety valves and devices to maintain the mechanical integrity of process/utility systems.
• Identification of need, application, and specification of steam traps and liquid drainers.
• Estimating mechanical/piping construction quantities from conceptual documents.
• Knowledge of other disciplines deliverable development to ensure coordination of design efforts.
• Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements for the production of all mechanical deliverables.
• Ability to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks.
• Ability to develop a construction cost estimate, a detailed engineering schedule, and a man-hour budget for a small project or an area for a larger project.
• Ability to determine construction material quantities.
• Knowledge and ability to apply company engineering design and CAD drafting standards.
• Ability to lead a small team to deliver on commitments.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Virtual team skills and cross-divisional relationships are developed, and able to provide interoffice execution leadership and support.