MEP Mechanical Engineer (PE)

MEP Mechanical Engineer (PE) | Austin, TX | Full-time | $110,000 to $160,000 plus quarterly profit distributions

Why Tom Green & Company

Most mechanical engineers only ever see their own drawings. At TGCE you will also see everyone else's. A large and growing share of our work is forensic: construction defect and errors-and-omissions cases where we are brought in as the expert to find out what went wrong in a building and why. You will review other firms' designs, trace failures to their cause, and bring those lessons straight back into your own projects. It is, in effect, a graduate education in practicing engineering.

We are also owned by the people who do the work. Every quarter, a meaningful share of the firm's profit goes to our employees, and after three years you have the opportunity to become a shareholder. Several of our owners started here as interns. What you get out of TGCE, in skill and in pay, follows what you put into it.

About Tom Green & Company Engineers

TGCE is an MEP engineering firm founded in Austin in 1985. About 30 of us work together in our Austin office, and we have completed more than 1,600 projects across higher education, healthcare, research, K-12, civic, hospitality, and historic preservation, for clients such as the University of Texas and MD Anderson. Beyond design, we provide commissioning, troubleshooting, and forensic services. We run the business conservatively, with no debt, and our average employee has been here about ten years.

The role

You will own the mechanical design of projects from schematic design through construction administration: load calculations, equipment selection, air and hydronic systems, plumbing, and the specifications and drawings behind them, stamped by you. You will lead technical analysis on forensic cases, investigate existing buildings for renovations and repairs, and spend real time on job sites. This is a producing role at every level of experience. We need engineers who design, calculate, and solve problems, not people whose main job is managing others.

What we are looking for:

• An active PE license in Texas, or one that transfers to Texas by comity
• Roughly five to twenty years designing building HVAC and plumbing systems at an MEP or A/E firm
• Projects you have owned end to end, with ASHRAE standards and the mechanical and plumbing codes second nature
• Comfort in the field and the ability to work in our Austin office

What is in it for you

• $110,000 to $160,000 base, depending on experience, plus quarterly profit distributions
• An ownership opportunity after three years, with company stock
• Forensic and expert witness work that bills at a premium and teaches you things few engineers ever see
• Medical, dental, and vision, plus disability and life insurance
• SIMPLE IRA with a company match and tuition assistance
• Stability: a 41-year-old firm with no debt and people who stay

If you are a licensed mechanical engineer who wants to keep learning, keep producing, and own part of the firm you work for, we would like to hear from you.