HVAC CAD Designer

Summary

New England Tech Air Inc. creates healthier spaces through advanced air systems for schools, hospitals, laboratories, and other environments. The HVAC CAD Designer will independently design HVAC air systems, convert load calculations into buildable models, coordinate with other trades, produce construction documents, and collaborate with engineers and clients during preconstruction.

Responsibilities

• Designing air systems from a blank page
• You start with the airflow and velocities the project calls for. From there, you build the routing, size the ductwork, set the volumes and capacities, and pick the equipment to match the parameters the engineer of record hands you on day one. Nothing gets traced off an existing model
• The finished design holds up when a client questions it, because the numbers behind it are yours and they are defensible
• Turning load calculations into a full air system
• Someone else produces the load calculations. You take those completed numbers and turn them into a complete air system in the model. The duct sizing carries the loads. The routing serves the capacities the outputs call for
• A finished calc set always has a matching, buildable design behind it
• Clearing trade conflicts before they reach the field
• You coordinate with the electrical, plumbing, and architectural teams inside the model. Multi-trade drawings get reviewed and integrated so the air system fits the space it shares. When a collision shows up, you clear it if it can reasonably be cleared. When it cannot, you escalate to the general contractor with a specific ask
• The field crew installs to a model that already accounts for everyone else in the building
• Producing construction documents the shop can build from
• You put out complete construction document sets that the shop and the field build from directly. Every set reflects the final design, the resolved trade coordination, and the sizing decisions behind it
• The people building from your work do not have to re-check the math or chase gaps
• Sitting with the engineer of record and the client through preconstruction
• You work directly with the engineer of record and the client through preconstruction. You attend design meetings and help shape the air system before it is locked in. You assist with equipment selection alongside the preconstruction and project management team, and you independently size and lay out systems in partnership with the client
• This includes travel, averaging about one in-person meeting a month. The client leaves those meetings seeing us as a design partner, and the system that comes out of them is one everyone agreed to and can build

Skills

• 3 to 7 years of HVAC design experience on commercial and industrial projects
• A background in sheet metal design
• Proficient in AutoCAD for air system design and construction document production
• Proficient in Revit for air system modeling
• A working command of airflow, capacities, loads, and duct sizing at a level that holds up to client scrutiny
• Experience selecting HVAC equipment against design parameters and project requirements
• Experience coordinating routing and space with the electrical, plumbing, and architectural trades
• Comfortable working directly with an engineer of record and a client through preconstruction
• Training is available for the right candidate

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3 to 7 years of HVAC design experience on commercial and industrial projects
• A background in sheet metal design
• Proficient in AutoCAD for air system design and construction document production
• Proficient in Revit for air system modeling
• A working command of airflow, capacities, loads, and duct sizing at a level that holds up to client scrutiny
• Experience selecting HVAC equipment against design parameters and project requirements
• Experience coordinating routing and space with the electrical, plumbing, and architectural trades
• Comfortable working directly with an engineer of record and a client through preconstruction

Nice to Haves

• Training is available for the right candidate