Senior Mechanical Engineer

Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world's leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.
Your Opportunity
In this role, you will apply buildings mechanical engineering principles, your superior client service skills, and project management best practices to deliver projects that meet project requirements, exceed client expectations, and meet project financial and other objectives. Working within our thriving buildings practice, you will contribute to project delivery standards and work processes, provide quality control, workload forecasting, financial performance accountability and collaboration with other disciplines. You welcome opportunities and challenges within a project and bring consulting skills into each client interaction. You will add value while helping differentiate Stantec from other firms and position us as a top tier design firm in the industry.
Your Key Responsibilities

• Successfully manages tasks of a scope appropriate to experience.
• Applies buildings engineering and project management knowledge while coordinating multi-discipline resources to meet project requirements within established timeframes and budgets.
• Shares knowledge with others by serving as a trainer, mentor and resource.
• Coordinate with Mechanical Engineering staff where needed.
• Coordinates with team members for deliverables.
• Meets technical, contractual, schedule, budgetary and client service objectives for each project.
• Applies strong mechanical engineering skills, experience and knowledge to the design and coordination of the design, for building projects.
• Coordinates the production resources and workflow to produce the design documentation, drawings, and calculations required for mechanical engineering projects.
• Act as QC reviewer on projects.
• Effectively delegates work to production support staff, if needed.
• Nurtures existing client relationships.
• Provides input on project proposals
• Develops and delivers project related client presentations.
• Maintains and expands current knowledge of technologies and trends, as they apply to the applicable project and market types, and continually strengthens skills.
• Proactively pursues additional knowledge in related disciplines.
• Actively participates in meetings, initiatives, and projects that support project goals.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Experience successfully delivering Mechanical Engineering projects to Architects and Owners in diverse markets including healthcare.
• Client consulting experience.
• Understanding and implementation of the principles of project management.
• Ability to coordinate with clients, projects, fee, scope and teams to achieve budget, schedule and deliverable objectives while meeting key stakeholder critical success factors.
• Fundamental understanding of building codes (incl. IBC, ICC Energy Code, UPC, and NFPA)
• Familiarity with, and ability to produce, project-related documents and documentation standards.
• Ability to integrate design elements with other disciplines to deliver a coordinated design.
• Familiarity with and ability to apply sustainable design principles within projects while maintaining the process driven requirements of the project
• Strong client communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to apply logic, reasoning, and organizational skills to structure concepts and ideas into projects.
• Knowledge and experience to identify and manage items of risk that may occur on projects.
• Knowledge and experience to identify and manage potential unanticipated scope.
• Functional knowledge of BIM software; in particular, Revit MEP.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Possess a valid driver's license with a good driving record.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in related field
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience and/or demonstrated skills.
• Professional Engineering license is preferred.
• Project Management Professional certification, LEED AP credential, and familiarity with various construction delivery process, such as Design assist and Design-Build is preferred.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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