Sr. Healthcare Mechanical Engineer / Project Lead

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.

Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.

Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Your Opportunity

The Senior Healthcare Mechanical Engineer / Project Lead will allow you to apply building mechanical engineering principles, your superior client service skills, and project management best practices to deliver projects that meet project requirements, exceed client expectations, and meet project financial and other objectives. Working within our thriving buildings practice, you will contribute to project delivery standards and work processes, provide quality control, workload forecasting, financial performance accountability, and collaboration with other disciplines. You’ll welcome opportunities and challenges within a project and bring consulting skills into each client interaction. You will add value while helping differentiate Stantec from other firms and position us as a top‑tier design firm in the industry.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of healthcare projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders, including healthcare providers, regulatory bodies, and internal teams.
• Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and resource allocations to ensure successful execution.
• Work collaboratively with project leaders, architects, design partners, peers, contractors, and other project stakeholders to define project objectives, deliverables and success metrics, and develop innovative and practical solutions, and meet the project’s conditions of satisfaction.
• Lead cross‑functional teams, facilitating communication and collaboration to achieve project milestones.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies to address challenges proactively.
• Conduct regular project status meetings and prepare comprehensive reports for stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, quality standards, and best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and team members, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project delivery processes.
• Engage with external partners, including vendors and regulatory agencies, to ensure compliance and integration of project design.
• Establish strong relationships with healthcare providers, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure design alignment with project objectives.
• Lead the mechanical design for healthcare facility projects, including HVAC, plumbing, and medical gas systems.
• Conduct site visits and inspections to ensure project requirements are met.
• Apply critical thinking and problem‑solving skills to assess project variables and develop reliable design solutions independently.
• Prepare detailed design documents, specifications, and reports.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare design standards and regulations.
• Participate in / lead project meetings and communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders.
• Successfully manage projects and tasks of a scope, complexity, and revenue budget appropriate to experience.
• Provide oversight for Mechanical Engineering staff.
• Actively contribute to the overall technical growth of the mechanical team.
• Meet technical, contractual, schedule, budgetary, and client service objectives for each project.
• Apply strong mechanical engineering skills, experience, and knowledge to the design and oversight of the design for building projects.
• Manage and plan the production resources and workflow to produce the design documentation, drawings, and calculations required for mechanical engineering projects.
• Act as QC reviewer on projects.
• Effectively delegate work to production support staff.
• Nurture existing client relationships and proactively pursue opportunities for new business.
• Develop project proposals and participate in project pursuits.
• Develop and deliver project‑related client presentations.
• Proactively pursue additional knowledge in related disciplines by attending available in‑house and external training.
• Maintain awareness of operational, technical, or regulatory changes within Mechanical Engineering and AEC overall, disseminate such knowledge to staff and firm, and integrate it into existing processes and standards.
• Maintain and update Mechanical Engineering specifications, technical documentation, and standards in collaboration with other technical leaders in Stantec.
• Develop and maintain industry relationships and visibility with current and prospective clients, sub‑consultants, and partner firms in the local and regional A / E industry.
• Develop presentation materials and present them to clients and at strategic industry events.
• Represent the firm through published articles, public speaking engagements, and attendance at industry and community events, meetings, and conferences.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Education and Experience

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future‑proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.

Pay Range :

Pay Transparency :

In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part‑time roles will be pro‑rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary :

Regular full‑time and part‑time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short‑term / long‑term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full‑time and part‑time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary / casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location :

United States | CA | San Francisco

Organization : BC‑2045 Buildings‑US California Engineering

Employee Status : Regular

Travel : Yes

Schedule : Full time

Job Posting : 17 / 06 / 2025 12 : 06 : 22

Req ID : REQ250001M6

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

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