
Industrial HVAC Engineer
Minneapolis, MNFull-time$95–115K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Mead & Hunt is hiring a full-time Industrial HVAC Engineer for its Food & Beverage Group. The engineer will work on HVAC systems for food and beverage plants, including sanitary requirements, moisture control, energy reduction, heat-load and psychrometric calculations, and project documentation. The role requires frequent travel of 30–40%. The successful candidate has a mechanical engineering degree and at least four years of relevant industrial HVAC engineering experience.
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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 Industrial HVAC Engineer in the Food & Beverage Group.
Responsibilities:
Conducting job-site surveys of food and beverage plant HVAC systems
Define system sanitary requirements for food production spaces
Determine equipment technology and strategies for moisture control and energy reduction
Produce food process area heat load calculations for production, downtime, and cleanup modes
Create psychrometric calculations and charts for food process area conditions
Develop instrument points list and sequence of operation
Developing project documentation including drawings, air flow diagrams, equipment schedules, details, specifications, scope of work, etc.;
Coordinating technical specifications, delivery requirements, and quotation parameters with outside equipment suppliers, subcontractors, and clients.
Frequent (30-40%) travel will be required.
The successful candidate will have:
Bachelor's degree (or higher) in mechanical engineering from an accredited college or university.
At least four years of relevant industrial HVAC engineering experience
The ideal candidate will have any/all of the following:
On-site experience integrating equipment into existing systems
Specification of sanitary air handling equipment
Experience developing Air Flow Diagrams for food and/or industrial projects
Proficiency in MS Office software
Experience mentoring less experienced staff
Food plant experience
PE
Experience running load calculations
Comfortable with leading project specific client contact
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 working with industry experts on exciting projects. Complete the online application at www.meadhunt.com/careers if this matches your career goals.
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: $95,000 - $115,000 - (Commensurate with experience).
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable pre-employment screening requirements.
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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
4 - 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
$11.41 / Hourly
Postal Code
55407
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
6596
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$95–115K/yr
- Minnesota median$91–128K/yr90 salary ranges
- US median$107–160K/yr4,426 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $105K, is 6% below 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 4 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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