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Lead Professional, Plumbing Engineering

WSP New York, NY, US senior full-time

Salary

$118,000- $160,000 per year

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Description

We are seeking a Lead Plumbing Engineer to join our Property & Buildings Team in New York, NY. As a Lead Professional, Plumbing Engineering, you will provide high-level technical assistance and guidance for multi-site/phase design, development, building, and inspecting of plumbing systems in healthcare and laboratory renovations. You will be involved in projects ranging in size from out-of-the-ground buildings, infrastructure upgrades, to smaller-type renovations.

Responsibilities include:

  • Designing and laying out plumbing systems, including sanitary waste and vent piping, domestic water piping, storm water piping, natural gas, medical gas piping, lab gas piping, and equipment sizing
  • Conducting research and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, equipment, resources, building, infrastructure, and usage
  • Developing construction and installation plans and specifications that require coordination with owners, architects, other disciplines, sub-consultants, and clients
  • Providing guidance with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, surveys, blueprints, schematics, data, technical drawings, computer-generated reports, and other matrices for project development, design, and construction
  • Applying high-level plumbing engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various building and infrastructure project phases
  • Overseeing and monitoring junior engineers, planners, and/or other scientific professionals to execute project work on mid-level and/or multiple concurrent projects
  • Coordinating, reviewing, and approving installation design plans, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations
  • Preparing comprehensive technical reports and presentations that explain research, concepts, and recommendations
  • Analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting data obtained during site investigations, offering input with developing action plans for moderate- to high-level risk installation, equipment and system operations, and/or mitigation activities

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Plumbing or Mechanical Engineering, or closely related discipline
  • 7 to 10 years of relevant post-education experience in engineering discipline and prior plumbing and mechanical design experience
  • Proficient with plumbing and mechanical engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to project work-related issues
  • Extensive knowledge of building and infrastructure design
  • Experience with building and infrastructure planning, design, including active involvement in a variety of rehabilitation, new design, and construction projects
  • Well-defined specific knowledge of relevant plumbing and mechanical engineering and construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
  • Retirement savings
  • Paid sick leave
  • Paid vacation
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

Compensation:

  • Expected Salary: $118,000- $160,000

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Master's Degree in Engineering
  • LEED certification
  • ASPE CPD Certification

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/85416

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