Senior Plumbing Engineer

Stantec

Senior Plumbing Engineer leading plumbing system designs and documentation for building projects. Collaborating with teams and ensuring compliance with standards and quality requirements.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeWashington • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $126,400 - $189,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Produce clear, accurate, and comprehensive engineering drawings and documentation for a wide range of building projects
Lead the design of plumbing and piping systems—including domestic water, sanitary and storm drainage, medical gases, and specialty systems—while ensuring compliance with codes, standards, and project requirements
Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams
Coordinate with consultants and contractors
Provide technical guidance to junior staff
Help maintain the high level of quality and consistency expected within engineering practice
Create and prepare designs for plumbing and medical gas systems
Able to perform water, waste, gas calculations as well as product specifications
Coordinate and prepare schematic design, design development, and construction documents
Design plumbing systems including water, sanitary, storm, diesel distribution, natural gas distribution, medical gas, and specialty lab gas systems
Incorporate sustainable design methods in buildings and prepare green rating system documentation
Assist in spatial coordination with architecture and other engineering systems
Deliver projects across multiple delivery models, including design/bid/build, design assist, design build
Process contractor submittals and RFIs
Perform on site condition surveys
Provide mentoring and direction to junior members of the project team or engineering discipline
Use technology and methodologies to create innovative approaches to building design
Consistently strive to improve technical quality of work product by keeping abreast of new technologies, changes in building codes, and advances in the industry
Work collaboratively in a cross-discipline environment to produce integrated project documents, and ensure integrated design approaches & solutions
Assist in the procurement of high-quality work; including marketing / proposal efforts and project interviews
Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams on projects related to Government, Healthcare, Higher Education and Science & Technology
Maintain strong client relations as it pertains to project delivery and repeat business
Perform and maintain thorough QA/QC on all phases of projects.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Professional Engineering license required
Experience supervising a team of engineers
LEED AP BD and C preferred
Familiarity with BIM
Maintain technical competence by staying current on appropriate codes and technologies
Proficient in the use of state-of-the-art tools for engineering design and documentation, including Revit
Thorough understanding of plumbing engineering systems
Expertise in an area of concentration, such as Datacenter, Advanced Manufacturing, Science & Technology and Healthcare.
Monitors & manages project budgets to ensure cost effective delivery
Effective communication skills (written and oral)
Demonstrated thoroughness in design coordination and contract document development in plumbing systems for commercial and/or industrial buildings
Demonstrated record of consistent quality work
Able to work with little or no supervision
Business development capabilities, commercial/financial awareness
Demonstrated knowledge in sustainable building design.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision plans
Wellness program
Health saving accounts
Flexible spending accounts
401(k) plan
Employee stock purchase program
Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
Short-term/long-term disability plans
Emergency travel benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Professional membership fee coverage
Paid family leave
Ten paid holidays in each calendar year
Accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
Eligible for paid sick leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

plumbing systems designwater calculationswaste calculationsgas calculationsmedical gas systemssustainable design methodsdesign coordinationcontract document developmentQA/QCBIM

Soft Skills

effective communicationteam supervisionmentoringcollaborationclient relationsproject managementattention to detailproblem-solvingbusiness developmentindependence

Certifications

Professional Engineering licenseLEED AP BD+C