Assistant Vice President, Mechanical Engineer - Buildings

WSP USA; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Retirement savings

Paid time off

Job summary

WSP USA is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Mechanical Engineer to join our Property & Buildings team in Irvine, CA. The role targets a licensed mechanical engineer with healthcare project experience and combines technical leadership, project delivery, and client engagement to support complex healthcare facilities.

You will lead HVAC and related systems design, manage projects from planning through construction, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to business development while expanding

Qualifications

• This role requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Architectural Engineering.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in mechanical engineering design for building systems.
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare facility design and delivery.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Strong knowledge of HVAC systems, mechanical design principles, and healthcare codes/standards.
• Experience supporting projects from design through construction.
• Proven ability to work in a client-facing, leadership role.
• Proficiency with Revit, AutoCAD, and related design tools.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical lead for mechanical engineering design on complex healthcare projects, including hospitals, medical centers, and life sciences facilities.
• Lead and contribute to the full project lifecycle, from planning and design through construction and close-out.
• Oversee design of HVAC systems, air distribution, hydronic systems, plumbing, and central utility plants.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare codes, standards, and local regulations.
• Act as a key client interface, supporting project execution and long-term relationship development.
• Support business development efforts, including pursuits, proposals, and client strategy.
• Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver integrated and high-quality solutions.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, contributing to team development and technical excellence.
• Prepare and review technical reports, calculations, and specifications.

Skills

Client-facing leadership

HVAC design

Healthcare codes & standards

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Architectural Engineering

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Job description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Assistant Vice President, Mechanical Engineer to join our Property & Buildings team in Irvine, CA .

This role is ideal for a licensed Mechanical Engineer with strong healthcare project experience who brings a balance of technical leadership, project delivery, and client engagement. You will support the delivery of complex healthcare facilities while helping to grow WSP’s presence in the Southern California market.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our collaborative culture allows us to deliver innovative solutions across the built environment.

Your Impact

• Serve as a technical lead for mechanical engineering design on complex healthcare projects, including hospitals, medical centers, and life sciences facilities
• Lead and contribute to the full project lifecycle, from planning and design through construction and close-out
• Oversee design of HVAC systems, air distribution, hydronic systems, plumbing, and central utility plants
• Ensure compliance with healthcare codes, standards, and local regulations
• Act as a key client interface, supporting project execution and long-term relationship development
• Support business development efforts, including pursuits, proposals, and client strategy
• Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver integrated and high-quality solutions
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, contributing to team development and technical excellence
• Prepare and review technical reports, calculations, and specifications

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Architectural Engineering
• 10+ years of relevant experience in mechanical engineering design for building systems
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare facility design and delivery
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required
• Strong knowledge of HVAC systems, mechanical design principles, and healthcare codes/standards
• Experience supporting projects from design through construction
• Proven ability to work in a client-facing, leadership role
• Proficiency with Revit, AutoCAD, and related design tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading large, complex healthcare projects
• Established client relationships or network within the Southern California market
• Experience contributing to business development and proposals
• LEED AP or other sustainability credentials
• Experience mentoring and developing engineering staff

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary: $143,600- $213,200

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

www.wsp.com

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.