Associate – Mechanical Engineering Building Services
As an Associate with this well-established Building Services design firm, you will step into a high-level, client-facing leadership role where you’ll drive business development and lead a dedicated design team. This position offers the rare combination of elite corporate support and a career trajectory that accelerates as fast as your experience allows
Education: Engineering Degree or Diploma in Mechanical building services or sim
Responsibilities:
· Lead and support business development efforts for the Vancouver office and mechanical team.
· Develop and maintain client relationships with owners, architects, developers, contractors, and institutional stakeholders.
· Identify and pursue new project opportunities aligned with MCW’s strategic goals.
· Contribute directly to annual revenue generation, with a target minimum of $500,000 per year in secured work.
· Support proposal strategy, interview preparation, and pursuit planning.
· Serve as a senior point of contact for key clients.
· Build long-term client relationships based on responsiveness, technical confidence, and service delivery.
· Understand client needs and align project execution with expectations, budget, and schedule.
· Help resolve client issues proactively and professionally.
· Lead and coordinate internal and external design teams through all phases of project delivery.
· Work collaboratively with mechanical, electrical, architectural, structural, and specialty consultants.
· Provide leadership to project teams to ensure quality, consistency, and timely delivery.
· Support and mentor intermediate and junior staff.
· Manage projects from pursuit through closeout.
· Oversee scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and deliverables.
· Monitor project financial performance and support profitability goals.
· Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with company standards, client expectations, and applicable codes and regulations.
· Lead meetings, manage communication flow, and support contract administration as required.
· Minimum 10 years of experience in the consulting engineering industry.
· Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
· Professional Engineer designation (P.Eng.) in British Columbia, or ability to obtain registration promptly.
· Demonstrated success in client development and project delivery.
· Proven experience managing multidisciplinary building projects.
· Strong understanding of building mechanical systems and consulting practice.
· Excellent communication, leadership, and relationship management skills.
· Experience in healthcare, institutional, education, civic, commercial, or complex public-sector projects.
· Established network in the British Columbia market.
· Experience mentoring staff and contributing to team growth.
· Familiarity with fee planning, forecasting, and project financial controls.
Þ This role is ideal for a senior consulting engineer who combines technical credibility with strong business development instincts. The right candidate is relationship-driven, organized, commercially aware, and comfortable leading both clients and internal teams.
Þ How to know you are a fit:
o Capable of $500,000 annual revenue contribution through new or sustained client/project work.
o You can build strong client retention and repeat business.
o Your can successful deliver projects on budget and on schedule.
o You have positive leadership impact on staff, team culture, and office operations.
o You are able to contribute to the growth and visibility of company in the local market.
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 a network in BC, Canada?
- Do you have experience designing and managing HVAC and plumbing DESIGN projects for hospitals and other institutional type projects as the engineering consultant?
Experience:
- mechanical building services DESIGN: 1 year (required)
- project management : 1 year (required)
- Business development: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
