# Senior Mechanical Engineer (Generation)

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Houston, TX
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $134,000-$205,040
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer (Generation) to join their Power & Energy team in Houston, TX, with consideration for other locations. As part of a growing organisation, the successful candidate will work on projects with the Power & Energy Team.

## Your Impact

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will lead mechanical design projects for thermal generation and district energy facilities. Key responsibilities include:

- Managing project budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and ensuring satisfactory performance

- Interfacing with clients, equipment vendors, and contractors

- Mentoring and directing less experienced staff members

- Coordinating design requirements with piping designers and drafters

- Performing equipment sizing calculations and developing piping pressure drop calculations

- Preparing P&IDs, routing piping, and designing pipe supports

- Conducting engineering studies and evaluating, selecting, and applying engineering techniques and procedures

## Who You Are

### Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline from an ABET-accredited program

- 10+ years of relevant post-education experience in mechanical design for industrial facilities

- Professional Engineering (PE) license, preferably multi-state

- Experience with power generation and district energy projects

- Proficiency in mechanical engineering principles, practices, and processes

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills

- Ability to work in a dynamic environment with attention to detail and multi-tasking

### Preferred Qualifications

- Experience using Smart Plant 3D, CADworx, Caesar II, AutoPipe, Thermoflow, or Arrow/Fathom

## WSP Benefits

WSP offers a comprehensive suite of benefits, including:

- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance

- Retirement savings

- Paid sick leave

- Paid vacation or personal time

- Paid parental leave

- Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and naturalization proceedings

## Compensation

The expected salary range for this position is $134,000-$205,040.

### Job Info

- Job Identification: 97942

- Posting Date: 10/21/2026, 08:58 AM

## Skills

### Required
- Mechanical Engineering
- Power Generation
- District Energy
- Project Management
- P&IDs
- Piping Design
- Equipment Sizing

### Nice to have
- Smart Plant 3D
- CADworx
- Caesar II
- AutoPipe
- Thermoflow
- Arrow/Fathom

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