Lead Mechanical Engineer, Mission Critical Buildings

WSP
Toronto
Full timeFunction: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled TradesExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentoring","Client advisory","Collaboration","Continuous improvement"]

Lead mechanical design for resilient, scalable mission-critical facilities that support cloud, AI, and high-performance computing across Canada. Serve as Engineer of Record, ensuring quality, compliance, and constructability for enterprise, colocation, and hyperscale data center projects. Own cooling strategy and thermal performance improvements using chilled water, heat rejection, air- and liquid-cooled architectures, CFD analysis, and BIM/digital engineering to deliver coordinated multidisciplinary solutions.

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Lead Mechanical Engineer, Mission Critical Buildings

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Job Summary

Lead mechanical design for resilient, scalable mission-critical facilities that support cloud, AI, and high-performance computing across Canada. Serve as Engineer of Record, ensuring quality, compliance, and constructability for enterprise, colocation, and hyperscale data center projects. Own cooling strategy and thermal performance improvements using chilled water, heat rejection, air- and liquid-cooled architectures, CFD analysis, and BIM/digital engineering to deliver coordinated multidisciplinary solutions.
Location: Toronto
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled Trades
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead mechanical design, technical delivery, and quality oversight for enterprise, colocation, and hyperscale data center projects.
  • •Serve as Engineer of Record by reviewing and approving engineering deliverables for technical excellence, compliance, quality, and constructability.
  • •Develop resilient cooling strategies using chilled water plants, heat rejection equipment, pumping systems, and air- and liquid-cooled architectures.
  • •Advance AI- and HPC-ready infrastructure through direct-to-chip liquid cooling, immersion cooling, rear-door heat exchangers, and Cooling Distribution Units.
  • •Use CFD and BIM/digital engineering to improve airflow management, thermal performance, coordination, constructability, and lifecycle value.
Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation.
  • •Professional licensure in Ontario, Alberta, and/or British Columbia, with the ability to fulfill Engineer of Record responsibilities.
  • •10+ years of progressive mechanical engineering experience in mission-critical and data center environments.
  • •Expertise in chilled water systems, cooling plants, pumping systems, heat rejection equipment, and air- and liquid-cooled data center architectures.
  • •Practical experience applying CFD analysis and BIM-based delivery in multidisciplinary project teams.
Experience:10+ yearsData centersMission-criticalHigh-performance computingAI
Education:Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering
Skills:Technical leadershipMentoringClient advisoryCollaborationContinuous improvement
Licenses:Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)OntarioAlbertaBritish Columbia
Certifications:Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)
Tech Stack:Mechanical EngineeringP.Eng.Engineer of RecordBIMDigital engineeringComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)Chilled water systemsHeat rejection systemsPumping systemsAir-cooledLiquid-cooledDirect-to-chip liquid coolingImmersion coolingRear-door heat exchangersCooling Distribution UnitsRack-level liquid coolingBIM-based delivery

Company Brief

WSP
Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Founded: 1959
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