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The role covers the full design lifecycle from review of customer tender documents and concept development through detailed engineering, customer approval, manufacturing and fabrication documentation, production support, installation, testing, and commissioning support.\nThe position converts customer P&IDs, layouts, specifications, and project requirements into compliant, constructible, cost-effective, and production-ready engineering deliverables. The role coordinates mechanical design activities across multiple manufacturing facilities and works closely with Sales, Application Engineering, Estimation, Controls, Electrical, Structural, Procurement, Quality, Manufacturing, Project Management, and Site teams. The role is expected to provide strong technical and coordination capability while remaining focused on delivery responsibilities appropriate to a Mechanical Design Manager position.\nHow you will do it\nLead and coordinate mechanical design activities for mCUP systems, packaged chiller plants, utility skids, cooling tower systems, pumping systems, piping modules, and related mechanical infrastructure.\nReview and understand customer tender documents, including P&IDs, plant layouts, technical specifications, equipment schedules, scope documents, and project-specific requirements.\nTranslate tender information and customer requirements into design concepts, equipment arrangements, plant layouts, piping layouts, module configurations, and detailed engineering deliverables.\nDevelop, review, and maintain project P&IDs, mechanical layouts, general arrangement drawings, piping drawings, equipment interfaces, and design documentation.\nPerform and review hydraulic calculations, pipe sizing, flow and velocity checks, pressure-drop calculations, pump-head calculations, equipment sizing inputs, and other mechanical calculations required for design validation and customer approval.\nCustomer Submittals and Design Approval\nPrepare and review drawings, calculations, technical data, and design documents required for customer or consultant submission and approval.\nAddress customer and consultant review comments, maintain comment-resolution records, and update design deliverables in line with approved technical decisions.\nParticipate in customer design reviews and technical discussions to explain the proposed mechanical design, resolve interfaces, and support timely approval.\nMaintain alignment between approved customer documents and production drawings through controlled engineering revisions.\nManufacturing and Fabrication Drawings\nCreate and review manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, spool, module, and installation drawings required for production of mCUP equipment and systems.\nEnsure manufacturing and fabrication drawings contain sufficient dimensions, material information, connection details, tolerances, support details, interfaces, and references for accurate production and quality inspection.\nIncorporate approved production changes into drawings and related engineering documentation through the established change-control process.\nMultiple Manufacturing Facility Coordination\nCoordinate mechanical design and production engineering requirements across multiple manufacturing facilities supporting mCUP projects.\nEstablish consistent drawing standards, design assumptions, interface definitions, and engineering deliverable expectations across facilities.\nWork with manufacturing, quality, procurement, and project teams to align design release dates with material procurement, production, assembly, and shipment requirements.\nCapture manufacturing feedback and apply lessons learned to improve repeatability, constructability, quality, and future mCUP designs.\nBIM and Multidiscipline Coordination\nLead mechanical BIM coordination, model reviews, and clash-detection activities for modular plant projects.\nCoordinate mechanical interfaces with electrical, controls, structural, architectural, fire and life safety, and other relevant disciplines.\nReview models and drawings for accessibility, installation sequence, maintenance requirements, fabrication feasibility, and module-to-module or site interfaces.\nEnsure consistency among P&IDs, layouts, models, fabrication drawings, customer-approved documents, and bills of materials.\nInstallation, Testing, and Commissioning Support\nProvide engineering support for installation, testing, and commissioning by issuing design clarifications, responding to technical queries, reviewing site conditions, and resolving design-related field issues.\nUpdate layouts, fabrication drawings, installation drawings, P&IDs, and other engineering documents to reflect approved site changes and final installed conditions.\nCoordinate feedback from site and commissioning teams with manufacturing and engineering stakeholders to protect design intent and improve subsequent projects.\nCommercial and Project Delivery Support\nSupport Sales, Application Engineering, Estimation, and Project teams with technical solutions, design concepts, preliminary layouts, engineering inputs, and proposal documentation.\nProvide mechanical design inputs for costing, material quantities, fabrication complexity, engineering effort, and project schedule development.\nIdentify design risks, interfaces, assumptions, deviations, and technical dependencies early and communicate them to the project team.\nSupport procurement through technical review of vendor documents, equipment drawings, and supplier interfaces relevant to the mechanical design.\nDesign Quality and Team Coordination\nPlan and prioritize mechanical design deliverables in accordance with project milestones, customer approval needs, and manufacturing schedules.\nConduct design reviews and drawing checks to ensure technical completeness, accuracy, consistency, and production readiness.\nCoordinate work among designers, BIM resources, engineers, manufacturing personnel, and external engineering partners as applicable.\nPromote standardization, reusable design practices, lessons learned, and continuous improvement across the mCUP mechanical design process.\nWhat we look for\nRequired\nDiploma or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.\nSubstantial relevant experience in district cooling plants, packaged chiller plants, modular central utility plants, utility skids, cooling tower systems, pumping systems, or comparable industrial mechanical systems.\nDemonstrated experience across concept design, detailed engineering, customer approval, BIM coordination, manufacturing and fabrication support, installation, testing, and commissioning support.\nHands-on experience preparing and reviewing 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