Mechanical Plumbing Engineer

Job type: Full-time
Experience: 3–5 years
License: Active P.E.
Work model: On-site

Position Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Mechanical Plumbing Engineer for its Mount Holly, New Jersey, office. This role focuses on plumbing system design and coordination for commercial, healthcare, institutional, and public-sector projects. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of plumbing or mechanical engineering experience in an MEP environment, strong code knowledge, and effective multidisciplinary coordination skills. An active Professional Engineer license is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Design plumbing systems, including domestic water, sanitary waste and vent, storm drainage, natural gas, and fuel gas systems.
• Prepare plumbing plans, diagrams, details, specifications, and hydraulic and engineering calculations.
• Design code-compliant systems and support permitting and code review responses using applicable plumbing, mechanical, and fire protection standards.
• Coordinate plumbing designs with architectural, mechanical, electrical, structural, and fire protection teams.
• Support projects from concept and design through construction, including construction documents, shop drawings, submittals, RFIs, field coordination, and issue resolution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license.
• 3–5 years of plumbing or mechanical engineering experience in an MEP environment.
• Hands-on experience designing domestic water, sanitary, storm, and gas systems and performing plumbing system calculations.
• Strong understanding of applicable plumbing and building codes, including IPC, NSPC, IFGC, NFPA, ASPE standards, and applicable New Jersey codes.
• Ability to work in person in the Mount Holly, New Jersey, office and coordinate effectively with architectural and MEP teams.