
Experienced Refrigeration Engineer
Minneapolis, MNFull-time$100–150K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Mead & Hunt is hiring an Experienced Refrigeration Engineer for its Food & Beverage group. The role involves refrigeration design for process cooling and building loads, equipment selection, project documentation, and coordination with suppliers, subcontractors, and clients. The position is available at offices in St. Louis, Denver, Bloomington, Madison, or West Allis, and requires a valid driver’s license and approximately 20–30% travel.
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Job Duties
Mead & Hunt, a nationally recognized professional services consulting firm, is experiencing unprecedented growth. As a result, we have a full-time position available for an Experienced Refrigeration Engineer to join our Food & Beverage group. This opportunity would be available at one of the following office locations: St. Louis, MO; Denver, CO; Bloomington, MN; Madison or West Allis, WI.
Responsibilities include:
Conducting job-site surveys
Calculating refrigeration requirements for process cooling and building loads
Assisting in the development of project documentation including: drawings, Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID's), equipment schedules, details, specifications, and scope of work
Selecting and applying system equipment to new and existing systems
Coordinating technical specifications, delivery requirements, and quotation parameters with outside equipment suppliers, subcontractors and clients.
A valid driver's license and some travel (~20-30%) will be required.
The successful candidate must have:
A bachelor's degree (or higher) in mechanical engineering from an accredited college or university AND at least six years of relevant experience.
PE license is also strongly preferred.
The ideal candidate will have any/all the following:
Experience with Ammonia refrigeration design
Experience with food plant project design
Experience with chilled water/hydronic design
Experience developing P&IDs
Familiarity with managing project invoices
Experience working directly with clients including marketing to obtain future work
Proficiency in Microsoft Office software
Experience mentoring less experienced staff
Physical Requirements:
The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
At Mead & Hunt we shape the future by putting people first. If you have strong communication and organizational skills, are self-motivated, and can work well both independently and as part of a team, we can help you grow your career by working with industry experts on exciting projects. Complete the online application at www.meadhunt.com/careers if this matches your career goals.
Why Mead & Hunt?
Strong Company Culture
Robust Career Advancement, Training, & Growth Opportunities
Employee-Owned Firm
Flexible Schedules
Diverse Skillsets, One Company
Impressive Benefits Package
Mead & Hunt proudly offers medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, paid sick leave, parental leave, a 401K plan with a generous company match, life and disability insurance, and an employee assistance program.
Mead & Hunt will not sponsor a visa (H-1B, etc.) for this position.
Salary Range: $100,000 to $150,000 - Actual compensation may vary due to other factors such as: experience, skill set or location.
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable pre-employment screening requirements.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor Degree
Minimum Experience Required
6 - 20 years
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
1
Public Transportation Accessible
Yes
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
No
Physical Required
Yes
Drug Test Required
Yes
Compensation
$100,000.00 - $150,000.00 / Annually
Postal Code
55407
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
7281
Job Benefits
Not specified
How this job compares
Set against the 7,381 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$100–150K/yr
- Minnesota median$91–128K/yr90 salary ranges
- US median$107–160K/yr4,426 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $125K, is 12% above the Minnesota median midpoint ($111K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 180 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Minnesota and 7,381 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Minnesota
- ManpowerGroup68 open
- Actalent12 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (6,112 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,224 of the 7,381 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (71%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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