# Sr. Mechanical Designer

The Opportunity Cornell University is seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Designer to join our Facilities Engineering team. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to the planning, design, and improvement of campus facilities through innovative and practical mechanical system solutions. In this role, you will design HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection systems for maintenance, repair, and renovation projects across the university. You will collaborate with internal stakeholders, consultants, and vendors to deliver high-quality designs that support the university's facilities and infrastructure needs. Key Responsibilities: Design HVAC, plumbing, and fire protection systems, including developing plans, specifications, and cost estimates for maintenance, repair, and renovation projects. Coordinate design and drafting activities to ensure projects are completed within established budgets and schedules. Support construction administration through project meetings, field inspections, vendor coordination, and technical guidance. Conduct facility condition assessments, asset identification, and feasibility analyses, and prepare technical reports to communicate findings and re

- **Id**: 3992471
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cornell-university-sr-mechanical-designer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ithaca, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T23:58:09Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T05:09:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 11005
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Higher Education

## Company

- **Id**: 13209
- **Name**: Cornell University
- **Domain**: cornell.edu
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cornell>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 17
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.647
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 82875
- **Max**: 96315
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 96315

## Technologies

- **Dropbox** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: associate
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T23:58:09Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 3; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 135 · green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 135

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 26
- **Reasons**: conf:5, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 96315
- **Is top pay**: no

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