Senior Mechanical Engineer (onsite)

About Johnson Controls 

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.  

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What you will do

Silent-Aire, a division of Johnson Controls, is a global leader in owner equipment manufacturing (OEM) dedicated to providing custom solutions for data center customers. Our product line includes large-scale equipment such as air handling units and modular data centers. We pride ourselves on innovation, quality, and delivering tailored solutions to meet our clients' unique needs.

Johnson Controls is seeking Senior Mechanical Engineer for our Silent Air office located in Edmonton, AB. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and testing mechanical components, machinery, and equipment using applied knowledge of engineering principles. This may include fabricating, operating, installing, or repairing design products such as motors, instruments, control panels, and other machines.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada, and also be commuting distance to the Edmonton, AB, facility, or able to relocate. Various relocation packages are available.

How you will do it

• Provide technical design support to the engineering department with specific focus on mechanical design engineering. As a project lead, a good understanding of Electrical, Structural, and Controls engineering is a benefit.
• Take a leading role in project execution.
• Be involved in many aspects of the business including support for estimating, business development and sales, production improvements and marketing.
• Development of new and innovative product lines and refinement of existing products.
• Coach, mentor, and lead project teams, including Engineers in Training.
• Design, develop, and test cooling systems ( AHU, CRAHU, CDU etc) and MDC (SRM & PRM) products for hyperscale data center customers.
• Specialize in applied mechanical design, Psychrometrics, Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, and Thermodynamics, applicable codes and standards, and HVAC industry design practices.
• Review, evaluate, and improve upon engineering schematics and specifications prepared by the client or their consultants, ensuring designs are safe, efficient, effective, and practical.
• Interact with production; perform periodic inspections of units under construction. Conduct final inspection and recommend acceptance, improvements, or rejection of completed designs and manufactured units prior to leaving the plant.
• Create and implement standard specification languages and procedures for mechanical engineering projects.
• Improve operations, reduce turnaround times, and optimize processes to provide seamless quality of engineering services. Participate in continuous product improvement.
• Verify and validate engineering designs by testing protocols and analyzing statistical data.
• Act as project lead on engineering projects.
• Assist with the development of project plans, project costing, and coordinating the efforts of other engineers, technicians, designers, and drafters to support cross-functional collaboration.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation in line with Johnson Controls/Silent-Aire standards.
• Collaborate with other departments (e.g. other engineering disciplines, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, IT, Plant, Service etc.) to ensure project success.
• Evaluate various mechanical components for performance, cost, and lead times.
• Determine project cost estimates.
• Ensure ongoing compliance with local, national, and international standards and legislation.
• Other duties and projects as assigned

What we look for

Required

• Mechanical Engineering degree (BSc. Eng., B.Eng.)
• Professional Engineering (P.Eng.) designation
• 5+ years of related mechanical engineering experience
• 3+ years of related experience in HVAC design required, including knowledge in equipment and system selection, design, and control
• Membership or eligible for membership with APEGA
• Proficiency with AutoCAD software
• Competence in designing according to industry codes and standards
• Proven track record in managing large project budgets
• Practical experience with risk management, product design and testing, estimating, and project management

Preferred

• Experience in metal fabrication and/or manufacturing

Johnson Controls’ Canadian subsidiaries are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants, candidates and employees with disabilities, in accordance with applicable human rights legislation, and in Ontario, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”). When requested, accommodation will be provided throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. To request accommodation, please contact us. Any information you provide related to accommodation measures will be treated as confidential. A copy of Johnson Controls’ applicable AODA policies are available on our website at www.johnsoncontrols.com for your reference, and can be made available in accessible formats upon request.