Mechanical Engineer
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Job overview
Strata-G seeks an experienced Mechanical Engineer to perform complex engineering assignments with minimal direction. The role provides technical support for planning, designing, analyzing, constructing, and maintaining systems and components, and includes field tasks, testing, specifications, and process improvements. The engineer works autonomously, applies engineering standards and judgment, and contributes to energy and environmental challenges.
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Full job description
At Strata-G, we define significance by the extraordinary people we hire, the relationships we build with our clients, and the positive impact we make in the community. Our team of intellectually curious and highly motivated engineers, scientists and business professionals engages with our clients to solve complex energy and environmental challenges around the world.
We are driven by our values to create a culture of significant and positive change for our clients and the world.
We Care We treat our customers and employees as we wish to be treated. Integrity We are honest and ethical in every endeavor. Service We continuously strive to please our customers and to exceed their expectations. Quality We maintain a culture of continuous improvement. Safety We hold paramount the safety and health of our associates, our customers, the public, and the environment. Innovation We develop creative solutions to better serve our customers. Attitude We maintain a positive attitude and value humor. Outreach We share the results of our successes with the community.
Strata-G is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer with the following:
Summary:
Under general supervision, performs broad, complex engineering assignments requiring originality, ingenuity, and the development of new methods. Assignments start with Pre-Job Briefs or similar preparation for the specific task. Provides advanced technical support related to planning, designing, analyzing, constructing, and maintaining structures, systems, and components, and reviews the outcome to capture lessons learned or possible process improvements. Provides engineering advice and displays technical competence requiring minimal direction from higher-level engineering staff.
Major Duties:
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Performs non-standard engineering, varied engineering, and new-to-you assignments, typically in the areas of design, development, analysis, evaluation, testing, preparation of specifications, execution of field tasks, resolution of field problems, and resolution of quality events.
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Receives minimal assistance and instruction and works autonomously on most assignments and solutions.
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Ensures compliance with government regulations and with organization, industry, and customer engineering standards.
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Independently evaluates, selects, and applies a variety of technical techniques, procedures, and criteria, using judgment in making adaptations and modifications for tasks not previously performed.
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Continues to develop knowledge of the organization, its processes, and its customers.
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Works on special projects, as directed.
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Provides suggestions for improving processes and implements process improvements.
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Maintains a safety mindset.
Education & Experience:
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Bachelor's degree in Engineering with a minimum of 3 years of related experience is required.
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Depending on the position, degrees in Physics, Engineering Technology, and Engineering Science may also be accepted.
Skills & Knowledge:
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Knowledge of related engineering standards, techniques, and criteria.
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Good communication skills to comprehend and convey detailed technical data.
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Ability to develop and maintain good interpersonal relationships and work collaboratively within a team environment.
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Good problem identification and problem resolution skills.
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Displays informal leadership characteristics.
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Exhibits a questioning attitude and practices self-checking.
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Advanced proficiency with specialized software tools and programming languages as required by the role.
Key Competencies:
Advanced technical capabilities, builds constructive relationships, communicates, desire to learn, ability to receive feedback, appropriate flexibility, shows creativity, drives improvement, professionalism, is results oriented, is quality oriented, is customer oriented.
Physical Requirements:
The employee must be able to:
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Remain in a stationary position, walk, kneel, and crouch.
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Operate a computer on a continual basis and communicate with various levels of the organization.
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Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
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Travel.
Job Type: Full-Time/Onsite Only. No remote or hybrid options.
Job Location: Richland, WA.
Strata-G will not sponsor applicants for immigrant or non-immigrant work visas. The successful candidate will be required to submit evidence of identity and employment authorization. Tests for the absence of any illegal drug as defined in 10 CFR 707.4, will be conducted by Strata-G and a background investigation by the Federal government may be required to obtain an access authorization prior to employment. Strata-G is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age (40 or older), protected veteran status, or disability.
How this job compares
Set against the 7,656 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Washington median$117–165K/yr223 salary ranges
- US median$45–59/hr386 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 263 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Washington and 7,656 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,379 postings).
- Education
- 5,234 of the 7,656 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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