Senior Mechanical Engineer

Oakwell is an infrastructure and resource efficiency firm for health systems and higher education institutions. As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will lead decarbonization programs and sustainability initiatives, ensuring efficiency and cost savings for clients while mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Lead 10-year sustainability and decarbonization plans for health-system clients — from benchmarking through funded, verified ECMs — cutting energy, carbon, and operating cost
• Own retro-commissioning and energy modeling across central plant, air handling, terminal equipment, and energy management systems, using our custom modeling software
• Develop investment-grade ECMs and sustainable MEP standards that clients adopt as their own
• Serve as the client- and construction-facing lead through implementation and commissioning, and present findings and recommendations directly to owners
• Secure efficiency incentives through utility technical-assistance studies
• Shape the AI/ML tooling that scales our analysis, and mentor the engineers coming up behind you

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering
• 10–15 years of experience
• Professional Engineering license
• deep energy-modeling and retro-commissioning experience
• a track record developing ROI-driven ECMs
• availability to travel as needed (~20%)
• Healthcare or other mission-critical facility experience
• investment-grade audits
• automation or tool-building
• proficiency in Revit and eQUEST
• ASHRAE/IBPSA involvement