Woodard & Curran is an employee-owned engineering, science, and operations firm dedicated to clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. We foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that supports professional growth, flexibility, and meaningful work, empowering our employees to make a lasting impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.
At Woodard & Curran, we handle a wide range of water and environmental issues—solving complex problems with creativity and tenacity. That’s how we make a difference to our clients, people, and planet. Our company was founded on a simple concept: provide a safe and enjoyable place to work with opportunity, integrity, and commitment, and we will attract talented people. Those people are at the heart of our firm, solving some of the most pressing water and environmental challenges for our clients.
What’s in it for you:
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 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 of 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.
Who we are looking for:
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 experience and qualifications of the candidate. Candidates with related mechanical engineering experience ranging from 3 – 8 years of experience are encouraged to apply.
Hybrid: Expectation is to be in the office for a minimum of two days per week
Location: Bangor, ME // Portland, ME // Andover, MA // Canton, MA // Providence, RI
Travel: 5 - 10% within the New England Region
Projects may include:
- A new, large municipal Water Treatment Plant. Building square footage of about 30,000 square feet including 8,000 square feet of administrative office spaces with the remainder being process spaces. Process spaces include chemical storage, blower room, tanks, and filtration. HVAC systems include dedicated outdoor air systems (DOAS), VRF, and high efficiency condensing boiler hydronic systems. Plumbing systems include indirect domestic hot water tank system, MA approved emergency eyewash systems, and laboratory fixtures.
- A new wastewater treatment facility with multiple buildings including various process spaces and systems. HVAC systems include high efficiency air source heat pump units compliant with CA Title 24 energy codes.
- A new 5,000 square foot higher education research and testing center including office space, research and laboratory facility, and a supporting drainage treatment plant. HVAC systems include dedicated outdoor air systems (DOAS), VRF, and laboratory hazardous exhaust and makeup air systems. Plumbing systems include MA approved emergency eyewash systems, and laboratory fixtures.
What will you be doing at Woodard & Curran?
- Perform work independently with some supervision, guidance, review and oversight of a Technical Manager or other experienced engineer 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 guidance of senior engineers.
- Responsible for understanding 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.
- Cultivate relationships with key internal and external clients, and mentor junior level staff as your career develops.
What You Will Need to Succeed:
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or other building engineering. Other backgrounds may also be considered.
- 2-5 years of experience in design and building construction, especially HVAC and plumbing.
- EI or EIT (passed the Fundamentals of Engineering exam preferred).
- Professional Engineer (PE) registration is a plus.
- Successful candidate must be a self-starter and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment.
- Proficient in Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD.
- Proficient in MS Office suite and openness to learning new software.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical, and strong organization skills.
- Ability to coordinate and interact with co-workers, project staff, various clients and government agencies.
Woodard & Curran offers a comprehensive benefits package. For more information about our benefits & workplace policies visit Benefit & Policy Information - Woodard & Curran.
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Skills Required
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 2-5 years of experience in HVAC and plumbing design
- EI or EIT preferred
- Professional Engineer (PE) registration is a plus
- Proficient in Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings include accrued vacation, paid sick time, a choose‑your‑own holiday program, and paid parental leave, providing multiple avenues to step away from work. Volunteer time off further supports balance and community involvement.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness resources, gym reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, prepaid legal, and commuter benefits create a robust lifestyle support suite beyond core insurance. Flexible work arrangements and wellbeing programs extend support across different life needs.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee ownership opportunities and expanded stock ownership tiers make equity participation accessible across levels. Ownership is positioned as a meaningful component of total rewards alongside benefits and incentives.
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What We Do
Woodard & Curran is more than just a consulting firm – we are an integrated science, engineering, design-build, and operations company specializing in water and environmental projects. Our depth of experience across these disciplines makes us uniquely suited to handle any project with a completely tailored approach. By partnering with our clients, adopting their priorities, and understanding the realities they face, we deliver one-of-a-kind answers to unique problems, with a truly collaborative working style. We believe that doing good work for our clients goes hand in hand with doing good work for the companies and communities we serve, and for the planet as a whole, and that all good work begins and ends with a happy, healthy team. These commitments — to each other, to our clients, and to the world around us — define Woodard & Curran.
