Mechanical Engineer

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

Your Opportunity

Take the first step towards designing your career with Stantec. As a professional services firm we are seeking a Mechanical Designer to work with general supervision and direction by our senior mechanical engineer staff, with the potential for growth. You will participate in the evaluation, recommendation, and specification for engineered systems or products for a project verifying compliance with applicable codes and engineering standards / practices. Stantec’s diverse project portfolio encompasses multiple sectors including but not limited to; Commercial, Hospitality, Multi-Family Highrise, K-12/Higher Education, Transportation, Federal, Industrial, Science and Technology, and Infrastructure. Our collaborative teams enjoy working directly with clients as valued and respected project team members.

Your Key Responsibilities

Your role as a Mechanical Designer on our team is to work independently in the design of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems for assigned projects, through all phases of the project lifecycle.

• Able to work independently on multiple projects, with supervision varying with project complexity, teaming with design colleagues to conceptualize and develop full documentation for new construction and renovation projects for multiple types of facilities such as industrial warehouse, manufacturing, commercial office, healthcare, higher education, and/or research laboratory.
• Participate in client meetings on projects to establish design criteria, review design progress as well as supporting through construction administration.
• With assistance of senior staff on complex projects, evaluate, select, specify, and engineer all mechanical engineered systems or products for a project.
• Engage in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.
• Utilize BIM technologies in development of three-dimensional models of building’s mechanical systems.
• Prepare and revise documentation in various mechanical phases including site plans, floor plans, diagrams, and details.
• Participate in coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner, general contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors.
• Support the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents.
• When appropriate, delegate basic design-level tasks to BIM technicians and junior staff.
• Assist in the development of new standards and specifications for the mechanical group.
• Conduct field surveys of existing conditions for buildings, prepare field reports, and compile punch lists at project closeout.
• Evaluate designs to ensure that they meet all federal, state, and local codes, and any applicable client design standards.