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In this role, you will impact the success of complex engineering projects by providing technical leadership, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality mechanical designs that drive Honeywell’s competitive advantage.\nThe Lead Mechanical Design Engineer owns the design of integrated gas skid and station solutions that support safe, reliable fuel-gas supply for mission-critical data center gas power infrastructure. Fuel gas skids and station solutions include fuel gas conditioning skids, gas flow metering skids, pressure regulation and monitoring skids and gas composition analysis stations. This role delivers safe, reliable, constructible, and cost-effective designs for large projects. Delivering complete and accurate design packages on schedule while ensuring compliance with customer, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements; minimizing design-related rework during fabrication, installation, and commissioning; effectively managing technical risk, scope, cost, schedule, and interfaces; achieving successful factory and site acceptance with reliable system performance; and driving continuous improvements through standardization, design reuse, and enhanced engineering.\nSuccess in this role is demonstrated through delivering complete and accurate work on schedule while ensuring compliance with customer, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements and minimizing rework while effectively managing technical risk, scope, cost, schedule, and interfaces and driving continuous improvements through standardization, design reuse, and enhanced engineering efficiency.\nYou will report directly to our General Manager, and you’ll work out of our Houston, TX location on a Hybrid work schedule. Hybrid Work Schedule Note: For the first 90 days New Hires must be prepared to work 100% onsite Monday - Friday.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nLead and drive the mechanical design process, from concept to production\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to define mechanical requirements and specifications\nDesign and develop complex mechanical systems, components, and assemblies\nPerform mechanical analysis and simulations to ensure product performance and reliability\nProvide technical guidance and support to junior engineers\nStay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies\nLead and manage electrical engineering projects from conception to completion by managing project budgets, timelines, and resources.\nTranslate customer specifications, process requirements, mechanical designs, equipment data, and site constraints into an integrated controls solution.\nEnsure compliance with codes, standards, and regulations\nConduct feasibility studies and analyze technical requirements\nCoordinate hazardous-area requirements, functional-safety considerations, equipment ratings, grounding, power, signal segregation, cybersecurity requirements, and environmental conditions with the responsible engineering and safety authorities.\nLead design reviews, technical clarifications, risk assessments, interface reviews, and constructability discussions with customers and multidisciplinary project teams.\nReview supplier proposals, calculations, drawings, software documentation, and technical submittals for compliance with project specifications, quality expectations, schedule, and cost targets.\nManage technical scope, schedule commitments, risks, assumptions, changes, and configuration control while maintaining accurate project documentation.\nDrive standardization, modularization, lessons learned, and continuous improvement across the gas skid and station portfolio.\n YOU MUST HAVE\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related technical discipline.\n6+ years of experience in mechanical design and development\n6+ years of experience supporting complex, multidisciplinary capital projects with accountability for design, technical scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk\nStrong knowledge of mechanical design principles and methodologies\nProficiency in CAD software and other design tools\nExperience with mechanical analysis and simulation tools\nProgressive experience designing and developing systems and components for packaged equipment, process skids, metering or regulation stations, power generation, energy infrastructure, or comparable engineered-to-order solutions.\nKnowledge of applicable safety practices, hazardous or classified-location design principles, and engineering codes and standards.\nExperience supporting multidisciplinary projects through design, procurement, fabrication, testing, installation, and commissioning.\nStrong technical writing, problem-solving, stakeholder-management, and decision-making skills.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities and travel to supplier, customer, fabrication, and project sites as required.\nWE VALUE\nAdvanced degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field (MS, ME)\nExperience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and managing complex projects\nFamiliarity with industry standards and codes such as ASME, ANSI, and ISO\nStrong problem-solving skills and ability to innovate under constraints\nKnowledge of manufacturing methods including machining, casting, and additive manufacturing\nProven track record of successful mechanical design projects\nAbility to lead and mentor junior engineers\nStrong understanding of industry standards and best practices\nExperience with product testing and validation\nExperience with natural-gas metering and regulation stations, fuel-gas systems for reciprocating engines or gas turbines, data center critical infrastructure, or mission-critical facilities.\nFamiliarity with applicable ISA, IEC, API, AGA, and customer-specific requirements.\nExperience with control-system software development, simulation, testing, and version control.\nExperience with modular, prefabricated, or engineered-to-order equipment and supplier integration.\nProfessional Engineer licensure, Engineer-in-Training certification, Certified Automation Professional credential, or equivalent technical certification.\nRelocation support may be provided\nDue to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. Person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status or have the ability to obtain an export authorization.\nBENEFITS OF WORKING FOR HONEYWELL\nIn addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. Learn more (https://benefits.honeywell.com/)\nThe application period for the job is estimated to be 40 days from the job posting date; however, this may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. Job Posting Date: September 30, 2026\nABOUT HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGIES\nHoneywell Technologies is a global, pure-play automation company with a legacy of innovating to help solve the world’s most mission-critical challenges, enhancing the quality of life for people and communities around the world. We serve the building, industrial, and process sectors with a broad portfolio of services, solutions, and products, underpinned by our Honeywell Technologies Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Technologies Forge intelligence layer. By combining the deep domain expertise of our more than 50,000 employees with decades of data from our global installed base, we are uniquely positioned to lead the industrial sector’s transition from automation to autonomy. Learn more (https://www.honeywell.com/us/en)\nTHE BUSINESS UNIT\nHoneywell Industrial Automation enables process industry operations, creates world-class sensor technologies, automates supply chains, makes warehouses smarter, and improves worker safety. This combination builds on our core strengths in controls and automation technologies which in turn allows us to deliver better commercial outcomes for our customers. 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