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Senior Plumbing Designer / Engineer

EXP
San Diego, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 Feb 2026
💰 $140,000/yr($95,000/yr$140,000/yr)

About the role


At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?


Be our next Senior Plumbing Designer / Engineer!

 

Your work environment at EXP


In this role, you will be a part of the Plumbing Designing/Engineering team, of the  based in San Diego, California office, and have the opportunity to work on the Themed Entertainment, Life Sciences, hospitality, gaming, and/or Healthcare market sectors.

What a day at EXP has in store for you
•    Lead and mentor junior engineers, engineers and designers level staff on all of their responsibilities.
•    Review code related items with engineers to ensure compliance.                                                                     
•    Perform at a responsible charge level of meeting exp design and quality levels.
•    Ability to QC all work of plumbing engineering staff.
•    Apply risk management procedures daily to minimize exp & client's exposure to problems.
•    Creates the narratives (basis of design) for the SD work.
•    Perform front-end loading of plumbing systems.
•    Develop and monitor plumbing work plans in conjunction with PM.
•    Write new specification sections; develop new details, as required for project needs.
•    Manages work plans and deliverables on multiple projects within budgeted hours.
•    Writes studies and reports for plumbing systems when needed on projects.
•    Understand and apply engineering principles and fundamentals.
•    Perform life cycle cost analyses, and energy/cost calculations for plumbing systems.
•    Ability to develop alternative 'Engineered' plumbing systems that meet code.

What your experience looks like


•    Proficient with plumbing engineering and design, with a minimum of 10 years of experience in a similar role;
•    Experience in the Themed Entertainment and hospitality/gaming sectors working on hotels, resorts, casinos, water parks, theme parks, attraction, and other projects requiring attention to detail impacting guest experience is strongly desirable.
•    Must have strong communication skills, be able to direct other individuals in the design of plumbing systems;
•    Proficient in both AutoCAD and Revit;
•    BS Architectural Engineering, BS Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent degree; preferred but not necessary
 

   
The pay range for this role is $95,000 to $140,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

Our story



With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world’s built and natural environments.

Our heritage dates back to 1906, when the earliest of EXP’s predecessor companies started its engineering infrastructure practice. Today, thousands of creative professionals across EXP work together to deliver extraordinary experiences year after year.

What makes us different

The passion, enthusiasm, diversity and industry-leading capabilities of our employees make us who we are. We’re committed to providing a challenging work environment that cultivates career growth, encourages creativity and rewards excellence.

Find out more about life at EXP by visiting www.exp.com.

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