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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Southland Industries

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Location
Robinson, TX
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

PE LicenseBachelor's degree

Job overview

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer provides conceptual design for projects involving HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, or other systems. The role prepares preliminary design layouts, performs complex engineering calculations, participates in project design meetings, and inspects construction for compliance with design documents. It also supervises less-experienced engineers and supports design issue resolution during construction.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems DesignMechanical Plan ReadingCommunicationPublic SpeakingPresentation SkillsComputer SkillsCADDMicrosoft OfficeExcel

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Related FieldPE License8+ Years ExperienceLead Experience

Benefits

401(k) Match
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Position Summary

Provides conceptual design for specific projects and performs calculations, drawings and specifications relevant to HVAC, plumbing or other systems.

Position Details

  • Provides conceptual design for specific projects

  • Serves as design professional at project team design meetings

  • Prepares complex preliminary redline design layouts for estimating

  • Performs more complex calculations for a project, such as heating/cooling loads, equipment selection and sizing, friction loss calculations, hydraulic calculations, etc.

  • Performs site inspections to determine compliance with construction documents and resolves design issues during construction phase

  • Supervises less-experienced engineers in performing HVAC, fire protection or other system design and documents production of small and large projects

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

  • PE License required

  • 8+ years of experience, including lead experience

  • Excellent knowledge of applicable systems design, such as fire suppression, HVAC, plumbing, etc., as well as general understanding of system operations.

  • Ability to read complex mechanical and plumbing plans

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to communicate with all levels of employees, clients and general contractors

  • Strong public speaking/presentation skills

  • Excellent computer skills, including CADD and

  • Microsoft Office Products, including as Excel

Benefits

As a 100% employee-owned company, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family:

  • 401(k) plan with 50% company match (no cap) and immediate 100% vesting

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% paid for employee)

  • Annual bonus program based upon performance, achievement, and company profitability

  • Term life, AD&D insurance, and voluntary life insurance

  • Disability income protection insurance

  • Pre-tax flexible spending plans (health and dependent care)

  • Paid parental leave

  • Paid holidays, vacation, and personal time

  • Training/professional development opportunities and company-paid memberships for professional associations and licenses

  • Wellness benefits

About Southland Industries

As one of the nation’s largest MEP companies, Southland Industries is built on the foundation of great people. Since 1949, we have put our people first, enabling growth, professional achievement, and innovation. If you want to join a fast-paced environment where you’re engaged, challenged, and valued, apply now to join our dynamic team.

To learn more about careers at Southland, explore our career opportunities (https://southlandind.foleon.com/experienced-professionals/brochure/) , follow us on social media (https://www.linkedin.com/company/22132/?trk=tyah) , and check out our website (https://southlandind.com/) .

Southland Industries and all its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing our employees with a safe work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Southland Industries are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, family care or medical leave status, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Southland Industries will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Contingent Employment: All employment offers are contingent upon successful drug tests, background checks, and professional reference checks. Roles that include driving as an essential job duty will be required to have a successful Motor Vehicle Record check (MVR). We are not able to offer sponsorship of employment at this time.

External Agency Announcement : Its Southland Industries' policy not to accept candidate submissions from recruiting agencies without an active and authorized work order. Candidate ownership can only be established after a bona fide work order is issued by a member of the Southland Industries Talent Acquisition team and the candidate is appropriately submitted through our Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

Required Skills

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How this job compares

Set against the 749 open Mechanical Design Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$90–131K/yr22 salary ranges
  • US median$41–56/hr72 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 62 open Mechanical Design Engineer jobs in Texas and 749 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Mechanical Design Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 635 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 481 of the 749 open Mechanical Design Engineer jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 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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