Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer

Job Description This is a remote position. Key Responsibilities: 1. Team Leadership: • Lead, mentor, and manage a diverse engineering team, fostering a collaborative and innovative work culture. • Provide guidance and support to team members, promoting professional growth and development. • Attending project kick-off meetings and understand the project scope and requirements. • Reviewing the project specification and ensure compliance for the list of deliverables. • Leading the design review and 30%, 60% & 90% 3D model reviews to get approvals on the design. • Coordination and attending meetings with end user and the PMC team for resolving the mechanical & piping related issues. • Attending the punch points and supporting the closure of project. • Delegating work and responsibilities among the team members and actively providing knowledge sharing sessions/ training sessions amongst the team. 2. Project Oversight: • Oversee the planning, execution, and completion of engineering projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards. • Collaborate with project managers, architects, and other stakeholders to achieve project objectives. • Supporting construction, and commissioning activities by resolving design-related issues during the project execution phase. 3. Technical Expertise: • Provide technical leadership and guidance to the engineering team, ensuring the application of best practices and innovative solutions. • Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and advancements in water treatment engineering. • Preparing technical documentation including datasheets, specifications, reports, engineering drawings, and calculations. • Preparing pressure drop calculations, pipe thickness calculations, piping and valve material specification, painting specification. 4. Cross-Functional Collaboration: • Collaborate closely with other departments, including business development, project management, and operations, to ensure seamless project execution. • Facilitate effective communication and coordination between cross-functional teams. • Liaising with the drafting team to prepare Plot plan/ Equipment layout drawings, Civil outline drawings, Piping layout drawings, Piping GA drawings, Frontal piping drawings, Skid piping drawings, Tank outline drawings, Vessel outline drawings, Pipe support fabrication drawings, Isometric drawings, and As-built drawings in compliance with P&ID, PFD, HFD, Vendor drawings and project specification. • Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams including process, electrical, and civil teams for mitigating the design issues. 5. Resource Management: • Optimize the allocation and utilization of engineering resources to meet project demands efficiently. • Preparation of bill of quantities for piping, valves, structural items, hardware, gaskets. • Ensuring compliance to project schedule, project manhours, budget and project progress. • Supporting proposal and estimation team with the estimated list of deliverables, estimated manhours and estimated BOQ for the projects. • Resource mapping and resource management for a given project to meet the budget and manhours allotted. 6. Quality Assurance: • Implement and enforce quality control measures to ensure engineering designs meet industry standards and client specifications. • Conduct regular reviews and audits to monitor the quality of engineering deliverables. • Reviewing and evaluating vendor proposals and technical offers for cost-effective equipment selection and providing technical comparisons through technical bid evaluation (TBE) and providing manufacturing clearances to the suppliers. • Reviewing of pressure vessel design calculations from PV Elite software and incorporate in the design. • Reviewing of pipe stress analysis design report from Caesar software and optimizing the pipe routing, support locations and support type. • Reviewing of Staad calculations and incorporate in the structural design. • Reviewing the CFD simulation reports and ensuring design optimization. 7. Regulatory Compliance: • Ensure compliance with local and international engineering regulations, standards, and safety protocols. • Collaborate with regulatory bodies to obtain necessary approvals and permits. • Liaising with the various stakeholders like end user, owner’s engineer for getting approvals on the material submittals and drawings. 8. Continuous Improvement: • Champion a culture of continuous improvement within the engineering team, encouraging the adoption of new technologies and methodologies. • Identify and implement process optimizations to enhance overall efficiency. • Maintaining a log of risks, holds, lessons learnt and value engineering. Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Master's degree preferred). • Professional engineering license is advantageous. Specialist Skills & Core Competencies: • Expertise in rotary mechanical equipment like Pumps, Air Blowers, Air Compressors, Agitators, Mixers and static mechanical equipment like Atmospheric tanks, Pressure vessels and process mechanical equipment like Clarifiers, Thickeners, Stop logs, Sluice gates. • Proficient in process equipment like Screens, Clarifiers, Sludge thickening & Dewatering equipment, Media filters, Ultrafiltration, Cartridge filters, Brackish water and Sea water RO, Energy Recovery Devices. • Knowledge of package items like Chemical dosing system, CO2 dosing system, Chlorination system, Diffused Air Floatation system, Dewatering System. • Experienced in various types of valves for process industries and experienced in the design of a wide range of metallic and non-metallic piping including Super duplex, Duplex, Stainless Steel, Carbon Steel, Ductile Iron, GRP, HDPE, UPVC & CPVC piping. • Skilled in handling drawings like Plant layouts, Civil guide drawings, Piping layouts, Piping GA Drawings, Piping Isometric Drawings, Pipeline profile drawings, Tank & Vessel drawings, Structural fabrication drawings like platforms, pipe racks, skids, pipe supports. • Experience in handling 2D drafting software like AutoCAD, 3D designs review software like Navisworks, Design software like PV Elite (for pressure vessel design) & Caesar (for pipe stress analysis). • Knowledge of various industrial design codes and material standards like ASME, API, ISO, HIS, AWWA & ASTM. • Experienced in handling projects from FEED stage, Detail Engineering stage, EPC stage till commissioning and handing over of the project • Strong leadership and people management skills. • Excellent project management skills with a focus on delivering results. • Technical proficiency in water treatment engineering. • Effective communication and interpersonal skills. • Problem-solving and decision-making abilities. Personal Qualities: • Visionary leader with a strategic mindset. • Commitment to upholding the highest standards of ethics and integrity. • Results-oriented with a focus on achieving tangible outcomes. • Adaptable to changing industry dynamics. Experience: • Accumulated 8-20 years of experience in engineering roles, with a significant portion dedicated to managerial or leadership responsibilities. • Demonstrated expertise in water treatment or related industries, emphasizing hands-on experience in detailed design for projects such as Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs), Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs), pumping stations, Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO)/Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis (BWRO) plants, and Demineralization plants. • Preferred experience in Oil & Gas projects, providing an additional advantage. • Proficient in the basic design of pretreatment equipment, encompassing Multi Media Filters, Ultra Filtration systems, Self-Cleaning Filters, and Cartridge Filters. • Competent in the mechanical design of Reverse Osmosis systems. • Skilled in hydraulic studies, including pressure drop calculations and pump head calculations. • Possess basic knowledge of Surge Analysis and Stress analysis. • Experienced in piping design for water treatment plants and pumping stations. • Capable of pipeline design for pressurized mains. • Proficient in the design of metallic piping such as Stainless Steel (SS), Super Duplex Stainless Steel (SDSS), Carbon Steel (CS), Ductile Iron (DI), etc. • Competent in the design of non-metallic piping, including Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP), High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), etc. • Skilled in developing material specifications for pumps, valves, piping, etc.