Mechanical Engineering
Supervising Mechanical Engineer
- Reference
- FGX-2005
- Discipline
- Mechanical Engineering
- Sector
- MEP / Building Systems
- Contract
- Permanent
- Working
- Hybrid — 4 days on site, Friday from home
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, Richmond, VA or San Diego, CA
- Salary
- $102,621 – $148,931 per year, DOE
- Openings
- 3
- Posted
- 2026-08-19
Role specification
About the role
FireFly GX is recruiting Supervising Mechanical Engineers on behalf of a long-established MEP and building systems consultancy working on landmark projects across healthcare, mission critical, science and technology, and commercial sectors, with openings in Atlanta, Richmond and San Diego. This is an Engineer of Record role — you'll carry technical responsibility on dedicated projects, direct the engineering team's work, and take a hand in budgeting, scheduling and resourcing. Healthcare design experience is required.
What you'll do
- Act as Engineer of Record on dedicated projects
- Supervise and lead coordination meetings
- Lead and supervise staff through design and project engineering work
- Coordinate and assign projects across the engineering team
- Establish design standards, specifications and project criteria
- Manage construction administration — field reports, RFI responses, bulletins and addenda
- Prepare proposals and administer client contracts, including additional service agreements
- Participate in budgeting, scheduling and staff management
- Work with accounting on monthly invoicing and monitor project receivables
- Carry out staff evaluations and support technical training and mentoring
Key skills
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited institution
- 12+ years' experience within a consulting firm in the MEP engineering industry
- 7+ years' project management experience
- 3 years' supervisory experience
- Healthcare design experience — required
- Current PE registration — required
- Hands-on design capability with CAD and Revit, as you'll be directing staff technically
Also useful
- Federal, critical facilities, commercial or aviation project history
- Experience acting as Engineer of Record
- Involvement in firm-wide technical committees
What's on offer
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance and supplemental benefit plans
- 401(k) with a generous employer match
- Training, professional development courses and development incentive bonuses
- Competitive paid time off, plus a transit or parking stipend
- Monday to Thursday in the office, Fridays worked from home
- A national team of over 100 engineers to draw expertise from