Plumbing Designer - OCI Associates

OCI Associates, 181 Melody Lane, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America ● OCI Associates, 2 Harvard Circle, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America ● OCI Associates, 600 South Orlando Ave., Maitland, Florida, United States of America ● OCI Associates, 9728 Commerce Center Court, Fort Myers, Florida, United States of AmericaReq #1436

Friday, April 26, 2024

OCI Associates, a Legence company

For over 30 years, OCI Associates has been a recognized leader in the fields of Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection Engineering, Technology Design, Lighting Design, and Commissioning. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, we maintain branch offices in Fort Pierce, West Palm Beach, Miami, Fort Myers, Tampa, Washington D.C., Norfolk, Dallas, and San Francisco. Throughout our history, we have provided our clients with a broad range of project experience, personalized service, and diverse, knowledgeable staff.

Our goal is to be your partner in “Engineering Your Success.”

The following description outlines the objectives, needs, and requirements for the position of a Plumbing Designer at OCI Associates At any of the offices listed on this posting.

This position will allow the individual to make important contributions to the OCI team. The professional and technical requirements of this position involve exposure to a continuous array of opportunities which can contribute to the steady and consistent growth and success of both the individual and OCI.

OBJECTIVES

• To provide consistently excellent engineering services to our clients which will meet or exceed their expectations.

• To travel as the occasion may arise to perform or assist other staff in site investigations make on-site assessment of the client’s needs to accurately determine the scope of required engineering services and other requirements.

• To steadily improve professional capability by consistent self-study, interaction with other industry professionals, and by involvement in such continuing education opportunities as may be appropriate.

• To develop knowledge of local, state, and national codes as applicable to the work.

• To be able to clearly convey information, ideas, and concepts in written, graphic and/or verbal form as necessary.

• To be able to work with others with the mutual respect necessary to foster the team spirit needed to have all team members willingly share in the team's responsibility to provide a quality work product.

• To learn various ways to organize, prioritize and schedule tasks to be performed by both you and others to complete a project within the scope, budget, and time schedule requirements.

TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Obtain all information necessary to satisfactorily determine preliminary plumbing engineering concepts to provide the Client with the engineering options needed to meet the Client’s intended vision for the project.

• Determine scope and definition of all plumbing systems intended for use on any given project.

• Develop capability to utilize current industry accepted computer programs to produce the plumbing systems designs including domestic hot and cold water, sanitary sewer, storm drain, gas and other plumbing systems

• Verify code compliance of the system designs.

• Continuously seek out the proper recognized professional literature to know where to find the information needed to get reasonable engineering answers and solutions.

• Develop an adequate understanding of how all components of proposed plumbing systems function to be able to evaluate overall system performance under varied conditions.

• Develop design concepts for plumbing systems for review and approval.

• Learn how to determine cost-effective system layouts, quantities, and sizes for the various components of the mechanical systems.

• Selection and scheduling of equipment on all systems designed.

• Perform construction administration tasks including, but not limited to, site observations, shop drawing review, and preparation of punch lists.

• Preparation and layout of CAD drawings or REVIT models and coordination with all other disciplines at all phases of project production, including schematic design phase, design development phase, permitting phase, and construction documents phase.

• Develop an understanding of the Construction Specifications Institute specifications system together with an understanding of the proper drawing versus specification relationships in defining the project criteria for construction.

• Implement green design practices associated with green rating systems such as the USGBC LEED, NetZero, Well Building Certifications or Green Globes.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of plumbing and/or fire protection design

• Proficiency with AutoCAD and REVIT

• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, FTP share sites, and engineering software related to system designs and load calculations.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor Science Engineering degree from an Accredited University

• LEED AP, BD+C, NICET, WELL AP, Green Building Associates Certification, or similar certifications

• Experienced in designing either K-12, Higher Education, Public Safety, Healthcare, Multi-family, Theme Park and/or Government Facilities building types.

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Health and Welfare Benefits

• Health and Welfare

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• Prescription drug

• Employee assistance program

Personal Benefits

• Paid vacation

• Company-paid holidays

• Sick leave

Financial Benefits

• 401(k) retirement savings plan

• Company-paid long-term disability insurance

• AD&D insurance

• Life insurance

About Legence

Legence, a Blackstone portfolio company, is an Energy Transition Accelerator™ that provides advisory services and implementation focused on financing, designing, building, and servicing complex systems in mission-critical and high performance facilities. With five decades of expertise in the built environment, Legence has a proven track record of reducing carbon emissions, implementing renewables, lowering utility costs through efficiency consumption, and making systems run better at unmatched speed and scale. To learn more about Legence and its services, visit https://www.wearelegence.com/ .

Contingent Employment Statement

Offers of employment for this role may be contingent upon successfully passing a background check and/or drug screen. Execution of screens will vary based on role requirements and Company policy. All background checks and drug screens will be done in accordance with applicable federal, state, or local law.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

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Legence and its affiliate companies will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Other details

• Pay TypeSalary

• Required EducationBachelor’s Degree

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