# Lead Mechanical Engineer (Mission Critical/Data Centers)

**Company**: kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company
**Location**: Herndon, VA, VA
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $130,000-$180,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Great people. Great places. Great projects. kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company, is a high-performance, fast-paced consulting engineering firm designing data centers and mission critical environments across the globe.

As a Lead Mechanical Engineer with us, you will design complex cooling and HVAC systems, including air distribution systems, chiller plants, and alternative energy solutions while leading projects and a team of mechanical engineers.

## Your Impact

- Produce high-quality technical and professional deliverables for projects and proposals

- Design complex and large air distribution and hydronic systems

- Design Automatic building automation control systems and specifications for large air distribution and heat rejection systems

- Work within multi-discipline project teams to develop drawing and specification documents

- Attend client meetings and lead discussions

- Communicate complex mechanical engineering concepts and decisions to clients and stakeholders

- Direct complex mechanical engineering requirements and integrate into facility designs

- Collaborate and coordinate with internal project discipline team members and external equipment vendors and manufacturers

- Act as the lead mechanical engineer on projects and direct the project team

- Lead and mentor a team of engineers

- Perform project management activities, including writing proposals, establishing budgets, and managing client interactions

- Coordinate activities concerned with technical development, scheduling, and resolving engineering design issues

- Survey and evaluate existing conditions

- Perform construction administration

- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct

## Who You Are

### Required Qualifications

- Proven history of Mechanical or Architectural Engineering with mechanical building systems emphasis

- 7+ years of experience in designing mechanical systems for high-performing, commercial, industrial, or mission-critical/data center buildings

- Registered Professional Engineer (PE)

- Experience mentoring and training others in the field

- Strong verbal and written communication skills

- Ability to interact well with others and develop high-quality technical and professional deliverables

- Strong working knowledge of mechanical systems and codes

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and adhering to WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies

- Flexibility with various schedules to meet business needs and ability to prioritize responsibilities

- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements

### Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with the analysis of interior and exterior Computational Fluid Dynamics of airflow

- Mission Critical/Data Center experience

- Experience with international projects and knowledge of international codes and standards

## Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation; paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- HVAC systems
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Communication
- Building Automation Control Systems

### Nice to have
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Mission Critical/Data Center experience
- International projects

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