Mechanical Engineer

The Merida New Consulate Compound (NCC) includes a new Consulate office building, MCAC, CCAC, SCAC, Utility buildings, Staff, Official, and Visitor Parking, Warehouse, Pool and Cabana. The NCC site is a 7-acre rectangular and generally flat parcel of land within a 60-acre mixed-use master planned community, including retail, office, residential, and recreational space. The site is a brownfield site as it was a former industrial land for steel manufacturing. It is located approximately 5km from the existing U.S. Consulate in Merida.

This position functions as the Mechanical Engineer, providing OBO/Merida a full range of critical engineering and construction quality assurance and management and technical oversight of the Merida NCC Project.

**PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Performs technical inspections of mechanical work, monitors the contractor's quality control program, and reviews project drawings and specifications to ensure compliance
- Supporst and assists OBO/Merida ensuring the completion of the project in accordance with contract requirements
- Utilizes experience with Building Automation Systems, monitors controls and disconnects, general plumbing, water/sewage treatment, power generation and HVAC systems
- Ensures that the contractor is performing the required contract work in accordance with the design documents
- Reviews engineering shop drawings and determines if the contractor has complied with the final design parameters
- Performs quality assurance tasks, ensures contractor's work is properly inspected and corrective actions take place, ensures materials meet contract, reviews contractor submittals for compliance with contract requirements, and resolves conflicts
- Evaluates proposed submittal substitutions with engineering implications; makes recommendations to the Project Director
- Monitors the construction contractor's quality assurance and safety program; observes onsite construction and determine if construction elements are being installed, formed, and executed properly
- Monitors construction progress vis-a-vis the project schedule and submits weekly progress reports with recommendations based on the technical review of project documents and field inspections
- Performs technical inspections of the mechanical elements of the project
- Monitors on-going construction work to identify problems or non-compliance with design or contract specifications
- Prepares construction reports detailing construction progress and identifies any problem with the construction process related to area of expertise
- After problems are discovered, evaluates contractor's proposed remedy
- Formulates solutions for the Project Director/Construction Manager
- Reviews design documents (drawings and specifications) that the A/E prepares
- Develops working knowledge of all technical requirements of project
- Prepares responses to Requests for Information (RFI)
- Coordinates the development of Independent Government Estimates (IGEs) for modifications and change orders
- Reviews and evaluates design calculations and data from an engineering perspective
- Prepares Monthly Progress Report summarizing project status, with emphasis on engineering

**Requirements**:
**MINIMUM SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS**:

- A Mechanical Engineering degree (Bachelor's or above) from an accredited university
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience required on construction projects of similar scope and value to the project supported by this Task Order
- Design office experience shall not count toward an employee's experience
- A Professional Engineering License (PE) is acceptable in lieu of a degree
- Overseas experience preferred
- Must understand and be able to interpret drawings in his/her discipline and have an understanding of the principals of his/her discipline and how it fits in with other disciplines
- Must be able to review shop drawings and submittals from the contractor and determine if coordination with other disciplines are necessary
- Must be able to read design/construction drawings and be able to understand design narratives and calculations
- Must have current working knowledge of acceptable products and procedures, based on U.S. standards
- Knowledge of International Codes required
- Knowledge of Microsoft Suite, i.e., PowerPoint, Excel, and Word required
- Knowledge of Construction Safety regulations, i.e. EM 385-1-1, OSHA, etc

**SRC IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS WELL AS, A U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TOP SECRET LEVEL**

**WORK LOCATION: MERIDA, MEXICO**

**PROJECT DURATION: 12 MONTHS WITH EXPECTED FOLLOW-ON WORK WITHIN THE OBO PROGRAM**

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