2023 Entry-level HVAC & Plumbing Engineer at Woodard and Curran in Portland, Maine

Job Description:

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate diverse teams and encourage collaboration in an equitable and inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. That’s how we make a difference to our clients, people, and the planet.

Who We Are Looking For: 

We are seeking a motivated HVAC & Plumbing Engineer to join our HVACP engineering group. The successful candidate will be joining an established, respected, and growing team providing a range of mechanical, HVAC, and plumbing engineering services to our practices across the firm. As an HVAC & Plumbing Engineer at Woodard & Curran you will work on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, odor control, and plumbing projects for our industrial, water, wastewater, municipal, design-build, and plant operations clients on a regional and national basis. You will interface with clients to understand their HVAC and plumbing requirements for municipal, utility, and industrial facilities. You will also prepare and coordinate engineering reports, studies, calculations, drawings, and specifications. In addition, you will perform construction phase services such as shop drawing review and contractor oversight and will carry out QA/QC functions to ensure the accuracy and adequacy of work products.

Your work will come in varying degrees of complexity and although you will develop to work independently on most projects, our experienced engineers will be there to support you collaboratively, answer questions, and provide on-the-job mentoring. Our engineers and designers come from a diverse background with experience in many types of projects and systems.  You will have an opportunity to develop your career professionally, technically, and personally. Our shared goal is to support your development, advancement, responsibility growth, and work portfolio within the group and organization.

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver HVAC & plumbing design solutions for various building and space types in a consulting environment.  Our diverse portfolio of projects means that you will have the chance to work across different markets and geographies.  We often encounter critical systems in industrial environments like water treatment and manufacturing buildings, as well as occupied spaces requiring comfort and energy efficiency requirements.

This position level is flexible based on the experience and qualifications of the candidate. New graduates or candidates with related mechanical engineering experience ranging from 0 – 3 years of experience are encouraged to apply for this position.

Primary office location is flexible in the region as is the consideration for Virtual status within that same geography.  Occasional travel may be needed for client meetings, site visits, and field engineering support in the region and nationwide.

What You Will Be Doing at Woodard & Curran:

• Perform work under the supervision, guidance, review and oversight of a Technical Manager, Project Engineer, or other experienced engineers within the team.  


• Plan, schedule, conduct or coordinate detailed phases of the engineering work as part of the overall project scope.


• Perform work that involves conventional engineering practice but may include a variety of complex elements such as conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of conventional materials, and challenging coordination requirements.


• Support project level-of-effort and fee cost estimate development.


• Support project construction cost estimate development.


• Perform QA/QC function under the guidance of senior engineers.


• Responsible for understanding the scope, schedule, and budget of projects and assignments.


• Responsible for understanding personal utilization goals.


• Support developing technical presentations to clients, at public meetings, and to regulatory agencies.


• Interface directly with clients, sub-consultants, vendors, and/or regulatory agencies when required. 


• Foster and maintain relationships with key internal and external clients as your career develops.   


• Mentor junior-level staff as your career develops.

What You Will Need to Succeed:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering Technology.  Other backgrounds will also be considered.


• 0-3 years of experience in building construction and/or design, especially HVAC and plumbing.


• EI passed the Fundamentals of Engineering exam preferred.


• Future Licensed Professional Engineer registration is a career development preference.


• Successful candidates must be a self-starter and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment.


• Proficient in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.


• Proficiency in Autodesk products including AutoCAD and Revit a plus.


• Openness to learning new software.


• Good communication and interpersonal skills.


• Strong attention to detail, analytical, and strong organizational skills.


• Ability to coordinate and interact with co-workers, project staff, various clients and government agencies.

**We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this job opening.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement

Woodard & Curran is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected

Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply. Woodard & Curran believes that diverse teams working together in an equitable, inclusive culture provides the right environment for employees to thrive, our clients to benefit, and our business to prosper over the long run. Our success is tied to a culture that embraces our differences and creates an environment where everyone can bring their whole, authentic selves to work. When employees are supported to reach their full potential, we can provide our clients with the most innovative, sound, and cost-effective solutions.

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