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Senior Mechanical Engineer - Healthcare

Dewberry
Dewberry Salary
Raleigh, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 5/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/8/2027

Job Description

Our Raleigh, NC office is home to over 200 design professionals, including a highly specialized MEPS Healthcare Group that excels in master-planning and design services for major healthcare clients across North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina. Our extensive portfolio includes high-stakes projects such as major trauma centers, oncology facilities, ambulatory care centers, central plants, and medical school facilities. Our healthcare group is comprised of subject matter experts who actively contribute to and present at ASHE conferences, and we proudly serve many of the largest hospital systems in the region. Beyond healthcare, our Raleigh office also features dedicated MEPS design teams focused on higher education, K-12 schools, infrastructure, and more.

 

As our project backlog continues to grow, we are seeking a Senior Mechanical Project Engineer to join our Healthcare Mechanical Department in Raleigh, NC.

 

In this pivotal role, you will provide essential technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers while collaborating closely with Project and Client Managers to ensure client expectations and budgetary goals are met. You will work alongside a diverse team of engineers on a wide range of healthcare projects, partnering with architectural, electrical,  structural, and other disciplines to deliver comprehensive, innovative solutions to our local and regional clients. Your expertise will be critical in ensuring that all mechanical requirements are met, enabling us to fulfill our commitments with excellence. You will report directly to the Mechanical Department/Discipline Manager of the MEPS Healthcare Group.

 

Key Required Skills:

  • Accomplished professional mechanical engineer (PE). Existing licensure in NC is preferred.
  • 5-10 years of progressive technical experience with progressive technical experience in the design of mechanical systems, on large and small, complex, healthcare projects.
  • Experience should include technical oversight of multiple projects with proven success providing technical oversight on projects that meet contract specifications and technical standards to the client on time and within budget.

 

Join us at Dewberry and become part of a team that is making a significant impact in the healthcare sector, driving innovation and excellence in every project!

 

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

 

 

 

Responsibilities

The Senior Mechanical Engineer would be expected to provide the following to others on the design team to effectively and successfully complete projects:

 

    • Technical guidance and quality oversight, including code review, of all project work involving mechanical engineering.
    • Technical training and development of staff.
    • Assist in establishing and improving standards, practices, guidelines, and specifications for the mechanical discipline area.
    • Engineer of Record.
    • Provide 'on-the-spot' advice and decisions - technical and cost estimates.
    • Coordination with all the disciplines involved, including outside consultants.
    • Technical interface with code officials and contractors.

Required Skills & Required Experience

  • Accomplished professional mechanical engineer (PE). Existing licensure in NC is preferred.
  • 5-10 years of progressive technical experience with progressive technical experience in the design of mechanical systems, on large and small, complex, healthcare projects.
  • Experience should include technical oversight of multiple projects with proven success providing technical oversight on projects that meet contract specifications and technical standards to the client on time and within budget.
  • Self-motivated with highly developed verbal, written and interpersonal skills.
  • Well organized, takes good notes.

 

  • Do not meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employees. So, if you are excited about this role, but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the position    description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

 

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

 

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

 

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

 

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

 

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