Updated: Oct 10, 2025 - The Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Engineer develops and revises operational test procedures, maintenance documentation, and engineering drawings for launch vehicle ECS and facility HVAC systems to meet client requirements. This role involves managing facility projects, performing system analyses, including thermodynamic and fluid dynamics calculations, and coordinating corrective actions with cross-functional teams. The engineer also supports troubleshooting, conducts feasibility studies, and collaborates with hardware engineers on automated control systems and technical implementations.
A Review of Professional Skills and Functions for Hvac Engineer
- Engineering Leadership: Lead engineering activities in support of assigned development programs.
- Thermodynamic Modeling: Thermodynamic-based modeling and optimization of chiller system design.
- System Architecture: Develop chiller system architecture that meets or exceeds the product development requirements, focusing on schedule, performance, and cost.
- Component Collaboration: Develop heat exchanger components in collaboration with heat transfer technology specialists.
- Performance Confirmation: Confirm product design performance, capability, and reliability in the engineering product test laboratories.
- Team Collaboration: Collaborate with both internal and external compression development teams.
- Compressor Integration: Seamlessly integrate compressor designs into chiller system designs.
- Production Launch: Work cross-functionally with operations teams to effectively launch designs to production.
- Marketing Alignment: Collaborate with the product marketing teams locally.
- Requirement Development: Develop product requirements and ensure that the product meets their needs when launched.
- Engineering Calculations: Perform calculations applying HVAC engineering principles, techniques, procedures, and criteria.
- Test Development: Develop test procedures to ensure component and system performance.
- Design Execution: Execute design and other studies, creation of design products (drawings, calculations, and reports).
- Technical Communication: Prepare briefings for higher authorities.
- Quality Assurance: Perform quality assurance reviews of HVAC analyses and other engineering documentation.
- Team Collaboration: Work independently (with moderate supervision) or on project teams.
- Client Interaction: Responsible for client interface at an appropriate level.
- Project Management: Manage project schedule and technical product development.
3. HVAC Engineer Details
- HVAC Operation: Operates the HVAC central plant to ensure energy efficiency and proper building setup for events.
- System Maintenance: Maintains, performs PMs, and repairs building mechanical and electrical systems.
- Event Operations: Operates the facility during events.
- Preventive Maintenance: Performs preventive maintenance on all systems and equipment.
- Work Log Management: Maintains all work logs on a routine basis.
- Activity Recording: Ensures proper and timely recording of work activity.
- PM Completion: Completes PMs in a timely manner.
- Team Leadership: Acts as a lead to other Building Engineering department staff during events.
- Professional Communication: Interacts and communicates with patrons, vendors, and other departments in a positive, professional manner.
- Work Order Execution: Completes work orders.
- HVAC Design Calculation: Perform basic design calculations and set up the initial HVAC single-line diagram required to define the HVAC-R philosophy for complex high-end projects.
- Specification Development: Write technical specifications for suppliers and subcontractors based on customer and design requirements.
- Quotation Analysis: Perform technical evaluations of quotations from subcontractors in close cooperation with the purchasing department.
- Compliance Checking: Conduct compliance checks on all applicable requirements imposed by the customer and statutory bodies.
- Technical Negotiation: Engage in technical discussions to achieve comparable compliance levels among competing suppliers of the same product/system, providing a strong foundation for commercial negotiations.
- Subcontractor Coordination: Contact selected subcontractors and manage aspects such as scope of work, delivery demarcation, progress reporting, and quality of deliveries during the engineering phase.
- System Integration: Responsible for integrating delivered components/systems into the ship design in close cooperation with internal departments, subcontractors, statutory bodies, and the owner.
- Engineering Documentation Review: Review supplier engineering information and documentation (e.g., mechanical drawings, schematics, calculations, electrical diagrams, etc.).
- Database Input Management: Provide input and updates for the engineering database (e.g., purchase orders, parts, metadata, documentation).
- Technical Calculations: Perform required technical calculations as the basis of the design or to validate the subcontractor’s design.
- Specification Documentation: Compose technical and functional specification documents (e.g., SDS).
- Contract Supervision: Supervise all contractual obligations of the subcontractor and track deviations from the contract.
- Engineering Outsourcing Oversight: Supervise the outsourcing of HVAC detailed engineering work (3D environment) and verify the output.
- Product Verification: Verify the technical performance of products and systems (e.g., inspection of equipment at supplier premises, FATs).
- Commissioning Support: Offer technical support for commissioning and testing activities.
- Supplier Relations: Ensure good working relationships with technical representatives of suppliers and subcontractors.
- Design Review Participation: Participate in design checks, reviews, and risk analysis to ensure required quality.
- Standards Development: Contribute to the ongoing development of standards and processes within the engineering department.
- HVAC Equipment Maintenance: Repair and provide preventative maintenance in ice machines, walk/reach-in split systems, package units, and all other HVAC-related equipment.
- Kitchen Equipment Servicing: Capable of repairs and preventative maintenance on commercial kitchen equipment.
- General Equipment Support: Assist with the operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment.
- Lighting Replacement: Change out light bulbs.
- Guestroom Maintenance: Perform preventative maintenance for guest rooms to include vinyl repair, touch-up paint, minor furniture repair, tub caulking, tile repairs, etc.
- Facility-Wide Maintenance: Perform preventative maintenance for ice machine, refrigerator, kitchen equipment, laundry equipment, HVAC, guestroom, meeting rooms, the swimming pool, and hot tub.
- Plumbing and Exhaust: Perform plumbing repair, laundry equipment repair, and preventative maintenance on all exhaust fans and supplies.
- Small Equipment Repair: Repair vacuum cleaners and any other small equipment upon request.
- Alarm Response: Immediately follow up on any alarms to determine the exact location and cause, determine emergency status, and report to the Front Desk with findings.
- Project Leadership: Act in the role of Professional of Record for small and large-sized HVAC projects
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