Chief Mechanical Engineer – Technical Leader - Building Services
For decades, my client has defined the standards of the built environment. They are now seeking a Chief Mechanical Engineer – Technical Lead to serve as the ultimate technical authority. This is not just a leadership role; it is an opportunity to institutionalize your expertise, mentoring the next generation while ensuring every project that leaves the office carries the uncompromising quality the company is known for.
Education: Engineering Degree or Diploma in Mechanical building services or similar
Responsibilities:
· Lead and manage the mechanical department’s quality control and quality assurance program.
· Develop, maintain, and improve internal quality procedures, review processes, and technical standards.
· Monitor consistency of deliverables across teams and projects.
· Identify recurring quality issues and implement corrective actions.
· Lead the development, standardization, and continuous improvement of mechanical master specifications.
· Maintain specification quality, relevance, and consistency with current codes, standards, and industry best practices.
· Support project teams in adapting standard specifications for project-specific needs.
· Coordinate updates based on lessons learned, field experience, and evolving market requirements.
· Serve as the department’s go-to senior technical resource for complex mechanical design, code interpretation, and technical problem solving.
· Support project teams in resolving design challenges and evaluating technical approaches.
· Provide guidance on best practices related to HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, controls, and system integration.
· Assist in the development of technical training and knowledge sharing across the department.
· Lead the collection, organization, and implementation of lessons learned from completed projects, construction reviews, and internal feedback.
· Ensure lessons learned are translated into practical improvements in standards, details, specifications, and workflows.
· Facilitate regular communication of recurring technical and coordination issues within the department.
· Manage the department peer review program.
· Assign, coordinate, and track peer reviews for projects as required.
· Ensure peer reviews are completed thoroughly, consistently, and in a timely manner.
· Help teams address review comments and strengthen final deliverable quality.
Qualifications:
· Extensive experience in mechanical consulting engineering, preferably 15+ years.
· Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
· Professional Engineer designation (P.Eng.) in British Columbia, or ability to obtain registration promptly.
· Strong technical expertise in building mechanical systems across a broad range of project types.
· Demonstrated experience in quality control, technical leadership, and senior-level design review.
· Deep understanding of codes, standards, specifications, and consulting engineering best practices.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills.
· Experience developing or maintaining master specifications and technical standards.
· Experience mentoring project teams and supporting staff development.
· Broad exposure to complex institutional, healthcare, education, civic, or infrastructure projects.
· Strong interest in continuous improvement, knowledge management, and technical excellence.
Þ This role is ideal for a highly respected senior technical professional who may be less focused on direct business development and more focused on raising the technical standard of the department. The right candidate is detail-oriented, highly knowledgeable, collaborative, and committed to technical excellence and team support.
Þ How to know you are a fit:
o Improvement in consistency and quality of mechanical deliverables across the department.
o Strong adoption and maintenance of standardized specifications and technical practices.
o Effective peer review completion and tracking.
o Clear integration of lessons learned into practice.
o Enhanced technical confidence and support for project teams.
This position is located in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Please submit resumes to jobs.networkrecruiting.ca in word format.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Application question(s):
- Do you have experience working in industry with BC Building codes?
- Do you have experience designing and managing HVAC and plumbing projects for hospital, multi-residential, commercial, municipal and more type projects as the engineering consultant?
Experience:
- mechanical building services DESIGN: 1 year (required)
- project management : 1 year (preferred)
- Quality Control: 1 year (preferred)
- Program management: 1 year (preferred)
- technical teaching: 1 year (preferred)
- Process procedural: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
