Team Lead - Building Mechanical Engineer; Water

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

We are seeking Team Lead - Building Mechanical Engineers (Water) to join our team in Toronto, ON and Burnaby, BC
. You will need strong people leadership skills coupled with exceptional design and analytical skills to plan, design and focus on HVAC, plumbing, and fire sprinkler systems. As a team lead, you will also be expected to manage several direct reports and support their growth and development, while ensuring that the group mandates are being achieved and technical excellent is being carried out on projects in your geography.

The design skills you have will be applicable for water and wastewater treatment-related facilities
, which typically feature process treatment buildings, but can also include administration and operations buildings, laboratories, maintenance buildings, or occasional assignments for other business units, including federal and military programs, industrial, and institutional projects.

You will support building mechanical design services of systems in areas of potable and non-potable water distribution, building and roof drainage systems, HVAC systems, fire protection and odor control assets as well as central hydronic plant design (boilers, chillers, cooling towers); and designing central utilities and process exhaust systems for manufacturing, lab, and office spaces. As a Senior in the team, you will also be expected to lead design teams to the successful delivery of projects, while ensuring the team's accountability and quality.

Typical duties will be a blend of technical and person leadership. As a team lead, you will be expected to engage with your direct reports on a regular basis and with your manager to ensure messaging is properly communicated up, down, and across. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are critical in this role. Your technical duties will include applying intensive and diversified knowledge of mechanical engineering principles and practices to technical writing, construction drawing and specification production for submission to clients and jurisdictional plan check;

permitting shop drawing review; and responding to requests for information during construction. Engineered systems include, but are not limited to, package systems, central plants, air distribution, hydronic systems, plumbing systems, and controls. Knowledge of fire protection systems is also desirable.

You will be expected to:

• Be a strong representative of Jacobs, particularly when working with clients to deliver work

• Manage a group of junior engineers, intermediate engineers, senior engineers, and technologists

• Be responsible for managing your direct reports' workloads and performance

• Support the initiatives of the Group Lead

• Design complete HVAC systems, including package type and central plants

• Design HVAC Controls systems with integration into Building Management Systems and SCADA Systems.

• Design complete Plumbing systems, including utility and potable distribution systems, drainage systems, and miscellaneous systems such as compressed air and natural gas

• Design fire protection systems using a performance system approach

• Perform calculations for HVAC loads, duct and pipe sizing, life-cycle costs, and energy analyses

• Prepare calculations for plumbing systems, including water and drainage flows, water heater sizing and pump sizing and selection

• Prepare detailed design drawings and specifications

• Prepare Basis of Design reports and Technical Memorandums

• Select equipment, vendor coordination, and edit specifications

• Conduct field evaluations and develop as-built drawings

• Manage and coordinate work with engineers and technicians of other disciplines and architects

• Lead meetings and communicate with clients, vendors, and other project stakeholders to establish project needs and discuss design issues

• Manage quality…