HVAC Designer (for projects in Switzerland)
Join AFRY as an HVAC Designer in Switzerland. You will be part of the HVAC team located in Bellinzona, Zürich and Lausanne, within the Building Services & Environment Business Unit.
AFRY provides engineering, design, digital and advisory services to accelerate a sustainable society. AFRY employs over 18,000 professionals in more than 50 countries with net sales in 2024 of SEK 27,160 million.
You will join a team of about 92 employees globally, including Electrical designers and energy/environmental specialists. The group has more than 20 years of experience providing architects with energy‑aware solutions and designing all technical components inside buildings.
Main focus for this group are projects related to buildings, industrial facilities and data centers.
Key Responsibilities
- Creation, interpretation, and adaptation of P&ID schematics for complex HVAC systems.
- Sizing of hydraulic networks using dedicated software and selection of appropriate equipment.
- Selection of HVAC system components (e.g., chillers, water circulation, expansion systems).
- Application of redundancy concepts in planning and execution.
- Coordination with other disciplines, both geometrically and functionally.
- Development and implementation of control concepts for HVAC systems.
- Commissioning of HVAC systems in datacenters or industrial environments.
- 3D modeling.
- Preparation of scheme drawings.
- BoQ extracts and calculations.
Qualifications
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in HVAC engineering or vocational training in HVAC.
- Minimum 7 years of experience.
- Solid knowledge of HVAC technology and its components.
- Many years of experience in an engineering office.
- Experience with industry‑specific software for network sizing and system design.
- Experience in datacenters and industrial facilities.
- Understanding of technical concepts such as redundancy, control, and system integration.
- Familiarity with CDE management (Common Data Environment).
- Coordinating work of junior designers.
- Deep understanding of the BIM process.
- Independent and structured working style.
- Flexibility to deal with challenging projects.
- Ability to collaborate across disciplines and coordinate projects.
- Languages: German C1, English B2.
Good to have
- 8-12 years of experience.
- Proficiency in Revit MEP.
- Generating BoQs from Revit for bids and cost estimates.
- Technical leadership: Evaluation of candidates with potential to lead small teams, which may be useful for coordinating junior modelers.
- Italian language skills.
- Remote work capability (operate autonomously in a distributed environment).
Benefits
- Employment based on an employment contract.
- Private medical insurance, life assurance, sport card (Multisport), and a social fund.
- Exciting and challenging projects.
- Personal development opportunities.
- Friendly working atmosphere in a multidisciplinary and international team.
- Helping to shape a sustainable future.
Available office locations for this position are either in Poznań, Kraków or Łódź. We are flexible on the office location – please indicate your preference in your covering letter. We value a healthy work‑life balance and are committed to your wellbeing. We will operate a hybrid working environment.
We ask that your CV be in English.
If you are successful you will be invited for a telephone interview followed by a 2‑step virtual or live face‑to‑face interview.
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