Senior Building Mechanical Engineer – Water/Wastewater

🕒 July 9

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Brown and Caldwell

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1947

💼 Consulting

🏗️ Construction

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Construction • Healthcare

Brown and Caldwell is an environmental engineering and consulting firm focused on water and wastewater systems, providing end-to-end solutions from design and construction management through operations, treatability testing, pilot demonstrations, and digital optimization. The company specializes in membrane and advanced water-treatment technologies (including potable reuse and PFAS/emerging contaminant solutions), climate change resilience, utility performance, and research and innovation to serve utilities, municipalities, and industrial clients. Brown and Caldwell combines field services, laboratory work, and digital tools (e. g. , BC:Opta™) to improve water stewardship, sustainability, and infrastructure performance.

📋 Description

• Develop HVAC, plumbing, and fire sprinkler calculations that support building design and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations • Interpret mechanical, plumbing, building, and fire codes to provide guidance in design implementation and ensure alignment with code requirements • Interpret fire protection and life-safety standards, including hazardous area classification and ventilation, for design and compliance with standards the CSA, NFPA (e.g., NFPA 820 for wastewater facilities) and relevant environmental or industrial regulations within a wastewater context • Develop and implement solutions for hazardous area ventilation, odor control, and explosion prevention in highly corrosive or combustible environments typical of wastewater treatment • Use software to draft and model HVAC, plumbing, and fire sprinkler systems, and develop specifications for HVAC, plumbing, and fire sprinkler equipment • Interpret relevant codes and standards for fire sprinkler system design and compliance • Review HVAC, plumbing, and fire sprinkler drawings/specifications, coordinating with other engineering disciplines to ensure integration and compliance • Size ductwork, plumbing, and fire sprinkler distribution systems using industry-standard techniques and models • Lead large projects with limited oversight and contribute to projects of strategic importance

🎯 Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of 10 years of building mechanical engineering or related experience • 15+ years of building mechanical engineering or related experience preferred • Prior experience in municipal discipline engineering designs and consulting within the water and wastewater industry • Proven knowledge of fire protection and life-safety standards, building codes and mechanical, plumbing, and fire codes • Extremely proficient in relevant software for drafting, modeling, and specification development • Demonstrated ability in developing, drafting, and modeling HVAC, plumbing, and fire sprinkler systems • Advanced ability to review and coordinate HVAC, plumbing, and fire sprinkler drawings/specifications with other engineering disciplines • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering is required • Professionally licensed (P. Eng.) and, if necessary, expected to achieve license in British Columbia within 6 months of hire.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • vision • short and long-term disability • life insurance • an employee assistance program • paid time off and parental leave • paid holidays • 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match • performance-based bonus eligibility • employee referral bonuses • tuition reimbursement • pet insurance • long-term care insurance