Associate Principal, Mechanical or Electrical Healthcare Leader

Arup; Washington; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

401(k) plan

Health benefits

Job summary

Arup’s West Coast Science team in Seattle seeks an Associate Principal to lead mechanical or electrical building systems for healthcare projects and beyond. The role combines project leadership, design excellence, and client relations to deliver sustainable, decarbonized solutions.

You’ll guide multidisciplinary teams, manage milestones, and ensure quality while advancing Arup’s mission to shape a resilient, healthy built environment through innovative design and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional experience designing mechanical or electrical building systems, healthcare project leadership.
• Professional Engineering license required or ability to obtain within 6 months of joining the firm.

Responsibilities

• Act as Project Leader / Project Manager for healthcare design projects.
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines and deliver coordinated design deliverables.
• Maintain client relations and manage project risks and milestones.
• Lead and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams across offices with a focus on sustainable design.
• Lead business development activities including client outreach and proposals.

Skills

Project leadership

Client relations

Multidisciplinary teams

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical or architectural engineering

Job description

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective - in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning - to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Our West Coast Science team is looking for an Associate Principal - Mechanical or Electrical Engineering Leader to join our multi-disciplinary team in Seattle. Arup is known for designing innovative and sustainable solutions for our clients throughout the United States, and sometimes globally.

You will work on projects within the Healthcare industry and beyond. Your projects will offer the ability to make a strong contribution to the community while delivering cutting edge systems that will meet challenges in decarbonization and sustainability. Our aim is transform clients to deliver a sustainable future while also meeting goals around resiliency and critical care.

The Opportunity

• Act as a Project Leader / Project Manager to lead multi-disciplinary design projects, specifically within our healthcare business.
• Coordinate with multiple disciplines and working in conjunction with project managers to deliver comprehensive and coordinated design deliverables.
• Responsible for quality standards, commercial metrics, and client relations for projects.
• Lead and develop a team of multidisciplinary engineers across office locations with a focus on sustainable design.
• Lead business development activities including client outreach and relationship management, project tracking & positioning, responding to proposals, and preparing bids.
• Maintain strong client relations as it pertains to project delivery and repeat business.
• Represent Arup in the industry at high levels nationally and internationally, e.g. think tanks, standard committees and international conferences.
• Create an environment of inclusivity that inspires the growth and career development of junior and senior team members.
• Monitor project progress, milestones, and deliverables to identify and address potential issues or risks
• Act as an engineer of record to sign and seal drawings

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical or architectural engineering required.
• Minimum 15 years of professional experience designing Mechanical or Electrical building systems, and experience leading Healthcare project teams on medium to large scale projects.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills essential for team-based work.
• Experience in leading multidisciplinary projects and managing complex and large scale client relationships
• Ability to prioritize effectively, balance assigned work, and exceptional organization skills required for our constantly evolving environment.
• Professional Engineering license is required or ability to obtain within 6 months of joining the firm.

The Benefits - What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member's success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognizes the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive - through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup's legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

Benefits that Work

At Arup, we have a comprehensive and valuable benefits program that works for our employees and their families while keeping costs low. These benefits provide health and welfare security for you as well as paid time off for rest and renewal. As a member of Arup, everyone shares in our success through a global profit share scheme (payments are dependent on the firm's financial performance). Our Global Profit Share Plan (paid bi-annually) provides an opportunity for you to share in the success of the Firm. As a valued employee of Arup, you can also choose to participate in our 401(k) plan with up to 10% company match to help you save for your future