Chief Mechanical Engineer

Are you a motivated Mechanical Engineering graduate with a passion for innovation, sustainable design and environmental responsibility? GRW has a career opportunity available for Chief Mechanical Engineer at our Lexington, KY headquarters.GRW is a full-service engineering, architectural, and geospatial consulting firm. The company was founded in 1964 by Mr. G. Reynolds Watkins to provide engineering services to federal, state, municipal, and private industry clients. Since that time, GRW has grown to become a national design firm with offices in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee and West Virginia.As a mechanical design engineer, you will work closely with architectural, electrical and structural department colleagues on various projects. GRW offers a wide variety of engineering services for our clients' infrastructure and building design needs. Our multidiscipline personnel function as a cohesive design team to create local and regional utility systems, energy-efficient buildings, environmentally sensitive site developments, and safe, modern transportation facilities. GRW provides comprehensive technical resources for all types of infrastructure designs. GRW's assignments range in scope from planning studies to projects with construction costs more than $985 million. GRW's teams have designed projects ranging from a few thousand square feet to campuses with gross building area over 600,000 SF. Experienced and accomplished in their own fields, GRW's mechanical, electrical and structural engineers are an integral part of our projects. These multidisciplinary design team members apply their expertise to deliver a project that is structurally sound, mechanically complete from heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), to plumbing and fire protection, and electrically designed to handle the project's needs. Because of our in-house team, GRW has capability to successfully plan, design and deliver large, complex projects, as easily as smaller projects. In addition, these professionals support our water resources engineers by providing expertise with the code specific mechanical, electrical, and structural systems design of wastewater and water facilities.GRW offers a challenging work environment combining the latest in engineering concepts with career development to keep personnel up to date with the latest technologies and advancements. The right candidate will become the Chief Mechanical Engineer with potential to become a company stockholder. Your personal capabilities, interest, aptitude, and motivation will determine your professional growth.GRW is seeking the following qualifications:Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited institutionProfessional Engineer (PE) certification, in at least one State in the US and must be able to get registered in KY within 6 months and in other States by comity10 to 20 years' experience designing mechanical building systems in a consulting environmentAdvanced knowledge of mechanical system design including plumbing, fire protection, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and temperature controlsProficiency in AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, and RevitExcellent oral and written English communication skills and ability to effectively communicate with team members and other disciplinesHigh level of organizational skills and attention to detailExcellent time management skillsMarketing, sales and business development experienceClient and Project Management experienceAbility to manage a staff of up to 10 other engineers and designersAbility to plan project resources, maintain schedules and stay within budgetAbility to work well independently and as part of a teamKnowledge of life cycle costing, computer HVAC modelling and simulation programsLEED accreditationDesire, motivation and ability to exceed the firm's and clients' expectationsDedication and willingness to continue professional growthDesire in becoming an owner of the company and protecting financial interests of the firmWe are looking for individuals eager to develop their soft and technical skills and work on teams with other dedicated employees to complete the projects our clients need. Hiring the most qualified employees is important to us and the success of our company.When you join GRW you'll be working for an award-winning, full-service design consulting firm with a history of more than 60 years serving our regional, national, and occasionally international clients. Our objective is simple. We value our employees and take pride in providing them with the proper resources and tools to help them achieve professional excellence.This type of opportunity does not become available often! We invite you to apply to join our team!EEO Employer F/M/Vet/Disabled