Senior Mechanical Engineer - Buildings
WSP
Roseville, CA · Posted November 6, 2026
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About the job
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Mechanical Engineer for our Roseville, CA office to join our Property & Buildings team.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mechanical Engineer to support the design and delivery of complex healthcare facilities throughout Northern California. The position will focus on mechanical and HVAC systems for projects such as hospitals, medical office buildings, outpatient facilities, surgery centers, behavioral health facilities, laboratories, and other critical healthcare environments, consistent with the healthcare work identified for WSP's Roseville practice.
The successful candidate will participate throughout the project lifecycle, from conceptual and schematic design through construction administration and closeout, while collaborating with architects, engineers, contractors, healthcare clients, and other project stakeholders.
Your Impact
Lead and perform the design of HVAC and mechanical building systems for healthcare facilities, including new construction, renovation, expansion, and infrastructure improvement projects.
Perform heating and cooling load calculations, ventilation calculations, equipment sizing, pressure relationship analysis, and mechanical system selections.
Design and specify mechanical systems including air-handling systems, hydronic systems, central plants, pumps, chillers, boilers, fans, and associated controls.
Develop mechanical drawings, specifications, calculations, reports, and other technical deliverables using Revit and applicable design tools.
Coordinate mechanical designs with architectural, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, structural, medical equipment, and other disciplines.
Support healthcare projects from concept design through construction administration and project closeout.
Perform site surveys and field investigations to evaluate existing mechanical systems and infrastructure.
Participate in client meetings, user-group discussions, design coordination meetings, and construction meetings.
Support compliance with applicable healthcare facility requirements and California building and mechanical codes.
Coordinate with applicable California healthcare regulatory requirements, including HCAI, where required by the project.
Review shop drawings, RFIs, product submittals, and contractor coordination documents during construction.
Perform field observations and support resolution of construction-related mechanical issues.
Maintain WSP's QA/QC standards through technical reviews of calculations, drawings, specifications, and other engineering deliverables.
Manage assigned mechanical scope, schedules, deliverables, and project budgets in coordination with Project Managers.
Serve as a technical resource and mentor for junior mechanical engineers and designers.
Develop and maintain relationships with clients, architects, contractors, and other project partners.
Assist with proposals, scopes of work, fee development, and other business development activities as needed.
Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company resources and professional conduct.
Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
5 to 7+ years of relevant post-education experience in mechanical engineering and building systems design.
Experience designing HVAC and mechanical systems for buildings, preferably including healthcare or other technically complex facilities.
Experience performing heating/cooling load calculations, equipment selection, air distribution, and hydronic system design.
Proficiency with Revit and working knowledge of AutoCAD. WSP's existing senior building systems profile specifically identifies both platforms.
Knowledge of mechanical engineering principles, practices, building systems, construction methods, codes, and regulations.
Experience preparing mechanical calculations, drawings, specifications, and construction documents.
Experience coordinating with architects and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple assignments, meet project deadlines, and maintain attention to detail.
Ability to work independently while providing technical guidance to junior team members.
Strong commitment to QA/QC and technical excellence, consistent with WSP's existing senior mechanical Building Systems requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
Professional Engineer (PE) license in California, or ability to obtain California licensure.
Direct mechanical design experience within the healthcare sector.
Experience with California HCAI-regulated healthcare projects.
Experience with acute-care hospitals, outpatient facilities, medical office buildings, surgery centers, imaging spaces, behavioral health, laboratories, or similar technically complex environments.
Knowledge of healthcare HVAC requirements, including ventilation, filtration, pressurization, redundancy, infection-control considerations, and critical environmental requirements.
Experience with both new construction and renovation projects, particularly projects involving existing occupied healthcare facilities.
Experience supporting construction administration and coordinating directly with contractors and regulatory authorities.
Experience with high-performance and energy-efficient mechanical systems.
Experience serving as the mechanical lead for multidisciplinary building projects.
Previous project management or task management experience.
LEED accreditation or other sustainability-related credentials are a plus.
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 (all locations): $100,800 - $147,000
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.
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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.
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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.