Title: Senior Project Engineer, Mechanical

Level: 4-6

Reports to: Group Leader

Classification: Full-Time, Exempt

Position Overview:

AMA Group is currently seeking a skilled Mechanical Engineer to join their growing team. You will be responsible for working on a range of projects, both big and small. As a part of your role, you will receive guidance and mentorship from senior engineers and will be trained to become a project manager. You will be given the opportunity to lead projects and represent AMA in all interactions with clients, contractors, architects, and other project team members. This position offers tremendous potential for professional growth and development.

This role is a career development position; you will conduct work assignments of increasing complexity and contribute to team objectives and outcomes.

Role Responsibilities:

As a Senior Project Engineer, you will be responsible for completing small to medium projects with minimal to no oversight. This role requires a moderate skill set that will continue to develop as you progress in your career. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that projects are completed successfully and within the given timeframe. In your role, you will:

• Exercise judgment in evaluating, selecting, and applying standard design engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria on a variety of projects to include, but are not limited to buildings and facilities, including hospitals, laboratories, high-rise residential and high-rise offices, media, and other commercial and institutional projects in compliance with state, National, and local municipality building codes
• Select and specify equipment including pumps, heat exchangers, boilers, cooling towers, chillers, air handlers, and fans for residential buildings with heat pumps, VRF/VRV, and PTAC systems
• Assist in the preparation of basis-of-design descriptions, responses to client comments, and other project-related documentation. Incorporate design changes using AutoCAD and Revit software.
• Perform design load calculations, equipment selections, and mechanical system design
• Design energy efficient systems that set the standards for building system design, perform COMCheck, and provide credit documentation for LEED, and other building rating system design and compliance
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering required; PE highly preferred

Experience:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in mechanical engineering; field experience required
• Working knowledge of building codes and standards, drafting standards, mechanical engineering standards, and other trades
• Demonstrable understanding of the construction process and interpretation of construction drawings
• Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD and Revit
  

Who We Are?
AMA Group is considered an industry leader in the design of MEP/FP building systems for media, broadcast, and production facilities, including sound stage campuses, having a portfolio of over 1000 such completed projects, as well as a diverse array of corporate, financial, education and residential mixed-use, and high-rise clients. AMA Group employs 200+ dedicated and talented professionals with 40+ licensed professional engineers and many others holding a variety of technology, energy, and sustainability-related certifications. Founded in 2000 in New York City, we’ve grown to provide a comprehensive suite of services across national offices in New York, New Jersey, California, Florida, and Texas.

In 2024 AMA Group was acquired by Legence a Blackstone portfolio company (https://www.wearelegence.com/) a 5,000 people multi-faceted design and constriction entity which now gives us an increased national reach to other markets and sectors to help continue our growth; the acquisition teams AMA Group with CMTA (https://www.cmta.com/) who are a 1,500 person MEP design firm with 50 offices across the United States.  

The Employee Experience
At AMA, people are at the heart of everything we are and what we do. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where all our employees flourish, individually as a team; with employee experience at our focal point, we are dedicated to ensuring employees’ development, wellness, and overall experiences are satisfying and rewarding. We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package to our team members and provide an open, honest, and fun work environment. We were voted 2023 Best Medium Companies to Work for in New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles.

Salary: $80,000 - 95,000. This role is bonus eligible.

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but is not limited to, relevant experience, time in the role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

To all recruitment agencies: AMA Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of AMA Group without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of AMA Group. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Our company is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis [” protected characteristics’] including, but not limited to race, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, state, including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, the age for individuals over forty years of age, sexual orientation, the military and veteran status of any person, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.