Senior Mechanical Engineer - Code Compliance

ECS Ltd•Fredericksburg, VA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

ECS is seeking a Senior Code Compliance Project Manager to join our Mid-Atlantic Building Science + Infrastructure team in Fredericksburg, VA. This senior-level role is ideal for a licensed Mechanical Engineer with a strong background in commercial code compliance inspections, mechanical systems, and plan review who is looking to lead complex projects, mentor junior inspectors, and serve as a technical resource for both clients and internal teams. This position offers a mix of project management, technical oversight, client interaction, and field and office responsibilities supporting a variety of public and private sector projects throughout the region. This position involves the senior project management of code compliance projects, including reviewing plans, providing technical support, conducting inspections, daily review or completion of field reports, monitoring project process for performance and budgetary conditions, proposal preparation, as well as attending project site meetings and assisting with the resolution to technical and administrative problems. In this position you will be expected to mentor and train other less experienced building inspectors. The Senior Code Compliance Project Manager is expected to be a subject matter expert in code compliance matters and shall be active in local jurisdictional building code/industry activities. Additional duties will include the general project management of code compliance inspection projects as a project manager and senior reviewer using our electronic reporting system. This includes mentoring and field oversight of code compliance inspectors for higher classification inspections for which the inspectors may not have the ICC certification. Other duties include marketing of code compliance consulting services to the public sector, client development, proposal preparation, invoicing, and project related field and office work including preparation and review of final reports.

Requirements

BS in Mechanical Engineering required
10+ years of related experience in code compliance inspection of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection systems and/or plan review
Professional Engineer (PE) license required or ability to obtain within 6 months
DHCD & ICC Certifications are strongly preferred. If not current, ability to achieve certification within 1 year is required

Nice To Haves

Mechanical PE strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Senior project management of code compliance projects
Reviewing plans
Providing technical support
Conducting inspections
Daily review or completion of field reports
Monitoring project process for performance and budgetary conditions
Proposal preparation
Attending project site meetings
Assisting with the resolution to technical and administrative problems
Mentoring and training other less experienced building inspectors
Being a subject matter expert in code compliance matters
Being active in local jurisdictional building code/industry activities
General project management of code compliance inspection projects as a project manager and senior reviewer using our electronic reporting system
Mentoring and field oversight of code compliance inspectors for higher classification inspections for which the inspectors may not have the ICC certification
Marketing of code compliance consulting services to the public sector
Client development
Invoicing
Project related field and office work including preparation and review of final reports