Senior designer Jobs in Virginia Beach, VA

Clark Nexsen is seeking a Senior Building Automation System (BAS) Designer who is passionate about energy performance and sustainability in the built environment to join our Energy Consulting Team. Our Energy Consulting Team provides design and consulting services related to decarbonization, renewable energy, microgrids, and energy efficiency projects. We are driven to make the world a better place through our work.

A Senior BAS Designer will be responsible for all aspects of the design and testing of facility control systems including direct digital HVAC, lighting and daylighting, SCADA, and industrial PLC. This position will require domestic and international travel. Up to 50% of working hours could occur in the field at local sites or out of town.

General responsibilities include but are not limited to the following :

• Designing control systems including system diagrams, sequence of operation, point schedules, and logic diagrams
• Evaluating existing control systems and making recommendations for expansion, upgrades, and integration
• Reviewing control systems designed by mechanical and electrical engineers
• Meeting with project managers and senior engineers to prepare and / or validate proposed scope of work
• Providing oversight and coordination of projects, and working with project managers to meet client’s budget, contract fees, goals, objectives, and deadlines
• Coordinating and communicating all aspects of control system design within multi-disciplinary teams
• Supervising and mentoring junior design staff and CADD technicians
• Providing input to senior engineer and project manager for project evolution
• Developing schematic designs, design development designs, and construction documents
• Providing support services during the bidding process, i.e., preparing addenda and amendments and responding to RFI’s
• Performing services required during the construction phase, i.e., representing the firm on-site, answering RFIs, reviewing shop drawings, and preparing record drawings
• Complying with all quality control policies and procedures and providing QC reviews for other designers
• Working with, responding to, and taking direction from senior engineers and project managers
• Working independently with limited direction

Project responsibilities include but are not limited to the following :

Education, Technology, and Experience

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Workplace Flexibility

We have selected two as common days in the office to nurture collaboration and innovation and to support learning and growth through engagement with colleagues. We are asking everyone to be present on Mondays and Thursdays, with a required third day that will provide additional flexibility and be set established between you and your supervisor (with consideration given to your project team members and clients). Our hope is that this schedule will offer the work-life balance that is desired by all, while providing consistent opportunities for face-to-face collaboration and mentorship.

Physical Requirements

Work is sedentary and often performed in an office setting. Work area is lighted, heated, and ventilated. This position may require extended periods of standing, sitting, as well as some repetitive movements, bending and lifting of minimal weight. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Together we discover, inspire, and shape ideas that transform our world. We design for a greater purpose. Our culture results from a collective effort to innovate and inspire, to support and challenge, to impact and transform. Great ideas are the result of collaboration between individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and passions. Our process advances communities through discovery and design. We believe ideas have the power to change the world.