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# Design Engineer

- **Company:** Southland Industries
- **Location:** Sacramento, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $95,000.0 - $125,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Computer-Aided Design, Autodesk Revit, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Microsoft Office
- **Published:** June 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://southland.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&jobid=176300

## About the Role

+ Four-year degree in Engineering or related field
 + 5+ years experience
 + PE License required
 + Excellent knowledge of applicable systems design, such as HVAC, plumbing, etc., as well as general understanding of system operations
 + Ability to read mechanical and plumbing plans
 + Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communication with all levels of employees, clients and general contractors
 + Strong public speaking skills
 + Strong computer skills, including Revit, CADD, and Microsoft Office Products, such as Excel
 + Four-year degree in Engineering or related field
 + PE License required

## Description

Watch your engineering designs come to life! As a Senior Design Engineer at Southland Industries, you'll experience the excitement of working on design-build and design-assist projects in healthcare, education, biotech, mission critical, commercial and entertainment markets. You'll work hand in hand with our model coordinators, estimators, and trade staff through all aspects of a project to create a design that is practical, efficient and cost effective. You'll also have access to internal teams using the most innovative practices in virtual construction design (VDC) and computational fluid dynamics, along with just-in-time feedback from the field., + Serves as design professional at project team design meetings

 + Prepares complex preliminary redline design layouts for estimating
 + Performs more complex calculations for a project, such as heating/cooling loads, equipment selection and sizing, friction loss calculations, etc
 + Performs site inspections to determine compliance with construction documents and resolves design issues during construction phase
 + Supervises or directs the workflow of less-experienced engineers in performing HVAC or other system design and do
 + Provides conceptual design for specific projects


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