Mechanical Engineer I at TAS in Houston, TX

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The entry level Mechanical Engineer will provide engineering support for projects and proposals. You will work closely with our design and engineering teams to review and analyze customer requirements, specifications, modular construction plans, manufacturing constraints, ensuring they meet industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal specifications. Typical products include datacenter infrastructure such as data halls and electrical modules, utility infrastructure such as chiller plants, cooling tower structure, and central utility plants.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist with the creation of the project deliverables, including process flow diagrams, P&IDs, compiling bill of materials for all the mechanical systems and components.
• Assist with stress analysis and pipe flow analysis
• Assist with the sizing and selection of:  chillers, boilers, cooling towers, pumps and motors, heat exchangers, compressors, vessels, and other HVAC and mechanical equipment and commodities.
• Review engineering drawings, models, and BOMs at tollgate stages
• Review customer specifications and make recommendations for proposals and project work
• Design and Drafting, including redlines in 3D SolidWorks and/or Revit
• Assist with managing third party design and engineering firms as necessary
• Assist sales and application engineering team in preparing project cost estimates and proposals
• Interface with cross-functional teams: Applications Engineers, Project Engineers, Project Managers, Mechanical and Controls Engineers, Manufacturing and Service Engineers/Technicians.
• Assist the lead project engineer with ensuring that all engineering deliverables are provided to the customer per contract requirements without exceeding project budgeted costs
• Assist the Production Department in resolving issues during fabrication & assembly
• Assist with establishing QA and QC requirements for production and perform QC checks as needed
• Assist lead Project Engineer for producing O&M and Installation Manual in collaboration with other functional groups
• Support projects in the shop and in the field as required, including site work to capture as-built redlines if necessary
• Take ownership of issues and driving to resolution. 
• Any other duties assigned by TAS

JOB SKILLS:

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Organized and a self-starter
• Effective in both verbal and written communication.
• Maintain knowledge about current trends in codes, equipment, vendors

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

• Successfully complete a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from an accredited four-year engineering program.
• EIT Preferred

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Internships within the MEP or HVAC industry preferred
• Familiarity with AutoCAD 2018 and above
• Familiarity with SolidWorks, Revit, and other 3D modeling programs
• Prior experience with estimating and bid tabulation
• Advanced Excel skills
• Familiarity with AHRI, AISC, ANSI/ASME, ASTM, ASHRAE, AWS, and other relevant codes and standards for the MEP and HVAC industries.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with computer. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.  Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions.  Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading.  The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do!  When you join TAS, you join a Houston-headquartered company that is part of a large Houston-headquartered publicly traded company, Comfort Systems USA, with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus.  We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds:  a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems that are engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities and utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications.  TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries.  The company is headquartered in Houston, TX and has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2m sq. feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways.  TAS manages all logistics and transportation facilitating accelerated construction at customers’ facilities.

TAS’ fastest growing business is the data center market.  By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery. 

With our tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, entrepreneurial culture as well as a talented and productive workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals.  More information is available on the company website at: www.tas.com.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: TAS has a tobacco-free workplace policy, under which individuals are not allowed to smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products on the TAS premises, while conducting TAS business off premises or take "smoking" breaks during working hours. “smoking” and “tobacco or nicotine products” includes, but is not limited to, products such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vaping, all forms of smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip) and clove cigarettes.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Applications and resumes will be kept on file for a limited time and the Company is under no duty or obligation to contact applicants if they are not selected for the job applied for or if other jobs become available in the future. Applicants that desire to apply for a job that becomes available at the Company in the future, should submit a new employment application or resume.

TAS Energy Inc. guarantees equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.