Mechanical Engineer (Buildings)

EXP; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join its dynamic team in Ottawa. In this role, you'll lead projects from conception to completion, ensuring high-quality engineering standards and effective communication with clients. You'll mentor junior staff and contribute to design standards in a collaborative environment. This position offers an opportunity to work on diverse projects that impact the built environment, allowing you to apply your expertise in mechanical engineering while growing your career in a supportive and forward-thinking company.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in Mechanical Engineering required.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead design team to develop project documentation within budget.
• Act as client contact for project scope, schedule, and budget.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Project Management

Client Communication

Risk Management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical

Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)

Tools

AutoCAD

REVIT MEP

Microsoft Office

Job description

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Be our next Mechanical Engineer (Buildings)!

Your work environment at EXP

EXP is searching for a Mechanical Engineer to join our Mechanical/Electrical team in our Ottawa, ON office. The successful applicant will be joining a diverse engineering group in Central Canada poised for growth and challenging opportunities well into the future.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Reports to the Mechanical/Electrical Manager or Project Manager with the ability to work independently and with minimal supervision on projects from start to completion.
• Act as single point of contact with client project managers for project scope definition, schedule, and budget requirements.
• Responsible for meeting firm’s engineering quality levels for discipline on assigned projects.
• Oversees development of design concepts by Designers and ensures proper application and execution.
• Verifies Designer’s work quality regarding specifications, reports, code application, submittal review, equipment selection, deliverables, and drawings. Mentors and encourages development of Designer level staff.
• Lead the design team to develop the Basis of Design (BOD), Schematic Design (SD), Design Development (DD), and Construction Documents (CD) that meet the project requirements within the allocated schedule and budget and use best practices.
• Have a solid understanding of engineering fundamentals and advanced concepts to execute all required aspects of discipline engineering. Manages work plans and deliverables on multiple projects within budgeted hours.
• Responsible for applying risk management practices to all projects.
• Writes studies and reports on mechanical system work.
• Contributes to revisions of EXP’s design standards and master specifications.

What your experience looks like

• The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience in the Mechanical Engineering field.
• Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical or equivalent degree.
• Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) with PEO.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, etc.) products and mechanical design software. AutoCAD experience required and REVIT MEP proficiency is an asset.

About the company

With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world’s built and natural environments.