Principal Engineer - Southland Industries Inc.

POSITION SUMMARY

Join our dynamic and growing team as a Design-Build Mechanical Principal Engineer in Houston! In this pivotal role, you'll lead cutting-edge mechanical design and construction projects, driving innovative solutions in HVAC, plumbing, and building systems. You’ll collaborate with top-tier architects, contractors, and engineers to deliver complex, sustainable projects across commercial, healthcare, and institutional sectors. Your leadership will shape the future of mechanical design, ensuring top-quality execution from concept through construction. If you're passionate about design excellence, cutting-edge technology, and making a lasting impact, this role is for you!

What you’ll do:

• Manages a larger group of engineers, including staffing, training and performance management
• Responsible for achieving project goals and objectives
• May establish department objectives based on company strategic goals
• Ensures engineering standards are maintained and followed
• Provides design and engineering support to other departments as needed
• Manages conceptual design for specific projects
• Services as design expert at project team 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, hydraulic calculations, etc.
• Performs site inspections to determine compliance with construction documents and resolves design issues during construction phase

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Presence in local Houston market (good connections with owners, GC’s, architects, vendors, other subconsultants/subcontractors, professional societies, etc.
• Good understanding of constructability, how design impacts construction and how Engineering group can help avert risk and plan for construction in all project arrangements (including plan and spec). Goal is to get Eng lead more entrenched with local team.
• Vertical Market Experience: Mission Critical, Healthcare, Semiconductor, Higher Education. Commercial high-rise, food and bev, pharma, etc. background a plus.
• Mastery knowledge of applicable systems design, such as fire suppression, HVAC, plumbing, etc., as well as all design engineering aspects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communication with all levels of employees, clients and general contractors
• Strong leadership skills
• Proven ability to lead a large engineering group
• Strong public speaking ability
• Strong computer skills, including CADD and Microsoft Office Products, such as Excel

What you bring to the table:

• Four-year degree in Engineering or related field
• MS degree preferred
• Licensed PE required

YOU Matter

PEOPLE FIRST: BUILDING TALENT BY DESIGN

At Southland we aspire to build a workforce that’s as diverse as the people who occupy the buildings we design, build and maintain. Building talent by design is our intentional approach to creating a truly safe, collaborative, and inclusive work environment that fosters growth, empowers professional achievement, and where people are treated with respect at all levels.

If you’re someone with a true passion for our industry, a life-long learner, with high accountability and a drive for results we’re looking for you!  At Southland, we hire problem solvers that are focused on providing customer value through continuous improvement and will take ownership to create the best experiences that will have an impact wider than their own job.  We thrive on creating a strong company and culture where you’ll feel engaged, challenged, and valued.

If you’re ready for the next big step in your career and want a career full of fun and excitement and to be a part of a fast-paced growing company, then JOIN our team and become a part of an organization that values PEOPLE, SAFETY, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, INTEGRITY, ACCOUNTABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY.

Benefits:

As an employee-owned company, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes excellent benefits for you and your family:

• 401(k) Plan
• Competitive Pay
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Term Life, AD&D Insurance, and Voluntary Life Insurance
• Disability Income Protection Insurance
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Plans (Health and Dependent Care)
• Holidays/Vacation/Personal Time/Life Events Leave
• Numerous training opportunities and company-paid membership for professional associations and licenses

For more information on Southland Industries, please visit our website: Southland Careers or on Facebook or LinkedIN 

To hear what our employees are saying about working at Southland Industries, check out our Career Video - Working at Southland

Southland Industries and all its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing our employees with a safe work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Southland Industries are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, family care or medical leave status, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Southland Industries will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

**All employment offers are contingent upon successful, drug tests, background checks and professional reference checks. **

**We are not able to offer sponsorship of employment at this time**

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