Associate Plumbing Engineer - Buildings

This Opportunity

Associate Plumbing Engineer – Property & Buildings – Building Systems group – Dallas, TX

This role supports the planning, design, and delivery of complex healthcare facilities, including hospitals, outpatient clinics, medical office buildings, and specialized treatment spaces. It offers the chance to work on high‑quality, high‑profile healthcare projects alongside a collaborative, multidisciplinary team of engineers, architects, and consultants.

As a Plumbing Engineer, you will contribute to the successful delivery of healthcare projects by supporting technical design tasks and collaborating closely with senior engineers and project teams.

• Assist in the design and documentation of plumbing systems for healthcare facilities, including domestic water, sanitary, storm, specialty waste, and medical gas systems
• Perform engineering calculations, system sizing, and equipment selection under the guidance of senior engineers
• Develop plumbing layouts, schematics, and construction documents in coordination with mechanical, electrical, fire protection, architectural, and structural disciplines
• Support healthcare‑specific design considerations such as infection control, redundancy, code compliance, and reliability of critical systems
• Participate in quality control reviews to ensure design accuracy, constructability, and adherence to WSP standards and healthcare codes
• Assist with construction administration activities, including submittal reviews, RFIs, and site visits
• Prepare technical documentation, calculations, and reports to support project deliverables
• Collaborate with project teams to meet client schedules, budgets, and performance expectations

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Plumbing Engineering, or a closely related discipline
• 1‑3 years of relevant post‑graduate experience in plumbing or building systems design
• Working knowledge of plumbing design principles, codes, and standards (IPC, UPC, NFPA, local AHJ requirements)
• Experience supporting projects within the healthcare, laboratory, or institutional building sectors
• Proficiency with industry‑standard design tools (e.g., AutoCAD, Revit)
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team‑oriented consulting environment

• Exposure to healthcare plumbing and medical gas systems
• Engineer‑in‑Training (EIT) certification
• Familiarity with healthcare regulations and guidelines (FGI, ASHRAE healthcare applications, NFPA 99)
• Experience working on projects from design through construction
• Benefits: comprehensive coverage including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation; paid parental leave; and paid time off for bereavement, voting, and/or naturalization proceedings.

Expected Salary (all locations): $79,300 – $109,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and 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 to 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.

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 are taken into account in hiring decisions.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.