Description
WSP is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer - Technical Manager - Tunnel Ventilation & Fire-Life Safety to join our Tunnel Systems Team in New York City.
This role combines rigorous analysis with practical design of tunnel ventilation and fire-life safety systems for major road, rail, transit, and other underground infrastructure projects.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and perform analysis and design of tunnel ventilation, smoke-control, and fire-life safety systems.
- Develop ventilation concepts, operating modes, and design criteria for various scenarios.
- Perform engineering calculations for airflow, pressure losses, fan duty, equipment sizing, heat and contaminant control, and system performance.
- Build, review, and interpret models using tools like SES, IDA Tunnel, ANSYS Fluent, and FDS.
- Translate analysis results into coordinated, buildable designs.
- Prepare and review technical documents, reports, calculations, specifications, drawings, and design packages.
- Apply relevant project criteria and standards.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams.
- Support client meetings, technical workshops, field investigations, and system testing.
- Plan discipline work, manage scope, schedule, and budget, and provide technical direction.
- Contribute to proposals and growth of WSP's tunnel systems practice.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
- 10+ years of relevant engineering experience.
- Professional Engineer license in New York or ability to obtain.
- Experience with ventilation systems for road tunnels, rail tunnels, or transit facilities.
- Proficiency with tunnel airflow or CFD platforms.
- Experience with engineering calculations, technical reports, and design criteria.
- Ability to lead technical tasks and deliver high-quality work.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in mechanical engineering or related field.
- Experience with testing and commissioning tunnel ventilation systems.
- Programming or data-analysis experience.
- Experience mentoring engineers or leading small technical teams.