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Building Engineer roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA's Engineer category, provided you hold a relevant bachelor's degree and a qualifying job offer from a U.S. employer. Canadian citizens can secure TN status at the port of entry. Mexican citizens require consular processing.
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Get Access To All JobsGreat people. Great places. Great projects. kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company, is a high-performance, fast-paced consulting engineering firm designing data centers and mission critical environments across the globe. We hire smart, responsive, team players to work in collaborative and mentoring office settings. Our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, telecommunications, and security building system designs keep many of the world’s top Fortune 100 financial, technology, enterprise, hyperscale, and colocation companies up and running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We work on innovative, award-winning, large-scale projects. We travel to construction sites to see our designs being built. As part of WSP, we are able to offer our employees increased professional development and career opportunities in addition to kW MCE’s office culture which is consistently recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work.” Join our great people at our great places designing great projects.
This Opportunity
kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP USA company, is currently initiating a search for a Building Automation and Controls Engineer for Troy, NY or Herndon, VA office.
As a Building Automation Controls Engineer with us, you will work with senior engineers to design automation control and monitoring systems serving data centers. Applications include heat rejection systems such as industrial air handling units and chilled water plants as well as integration to intelligent HVAC and electrical power monitoring systems (EPMS). Design activities include drawing and specification development for control products, points lists and Sequence of Operations.
Your Impact
- Work in a team or independently, planning and executing engineering tasks within projects
- Demonstrate significant understanding of the range of services provided by the kW MCE engineering teams & related practices
- Independently, under general supervision, support the team during proposal design, and construction stages of projects
- Execute controls design of complex projects
- Work within multi-discipline project teams to develop drawing and specification documents for issuance to architects, contractors and building owners
- Attend client meetings and contribute to discussions
- Collaborate and coordinate with internal project discipline team members and external equipment vendors and manufacturers
- Communicate complex control and monitoring concepts and decisions to clients and stakeholders
- Integrate complex mechanical & electrical engineering requirements into larger facility controls and monitoring designs
- Interact regularly with clients, which includes maintaining current relationships and developing new relationships
- Perform all aspects of controls designs, review systems, and drawings prior to issuance
- Survey and evaluate existing conditions
- Perform construction administration tasks
Who You Are
The ideal candidate will possess experience with HVAC or process control applications from a controls systems vendor, commissioning agent, or design consultant. Candidates should have strong communication skills, and an interest in liaising with internal and external design, client and construction team members.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- 2+ years of experience in designing control systems for the high performing, commercial, industrial or mission critical/data center buildings
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with applicable software packages including AutoCAD, Revit
- Knowledge of building, mechanical, electrical and energy codes
- Ability to organize and present design information to project staff
- Attention to detail, highly organized, self-starter
- Ability to travel to project sites
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Computer Engineering
- EIT or Registered Professional Engineer (PE), if applicable
- Mission Critical/Data Center experience highly preferred
- Experience with international projects
WSP Benefits
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation
- Expected Salary (all locations): $95,000 - $116,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
Great people. Great places. Great projects. kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company, is a high-performance, fast-paced consulting engineering firm designing data centers and mission critical environments across the globe. We hire smart, responsive, team players to work in collaborative and mentoring office settings. Our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, telecommunications, and security building system designs keep many of the world’s top Fortune 100 financial, technology, enterprise, hyperscale, and colocation companies up and running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
We work on innovative, award-winning, large-scale projects. We travel to construction sites to see our designs being built. As part of WSP, we are able to offer our employees increased professional development and career opportunities in addition to kW MCE’s office culture which is consistently recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work.” Join our great people at our great places designing great projects.
This Opportunity
kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP USA company, is currently initiating a search for a Building Automation and Controls Engineer for Troy, NY or Herndon, VA office.
As a Building Automation Controls Engineer with us, you will work with senior engineers to design automation control and monitoring systems serving data centers. Applications include heat rejection systems such as industrial air handling units and chilled water plants as well as integration to intelligent HVAC and electrical power monitoring systems (EPMS). Design activities include drawing and specification development for control products, points lists and Sequence of Operations.
Your Impact
- Work in a team or independently, planning and executing engineering tasks within projects
- Demonstrate significant understanding of the range of services provided by the kW MCE engineering teams & related practices
- Independently, under general supervision, support the team during proposal design, and construction stages of projects
- Execute controls design of complex projects
- Work within multi-discipline project teams to develop drawing and specification documents for issuance to architects, contractors and building owners
- Attend client meetings and contribute to discussions
- Collaborate and coordinate with internal project discipline team members and external equipment vendors and manufacturers
- Communicate complex control and monitoring concepts and decisions to clients and stakeholders
- Integrate complex mechanical & electrical engineering requirements into larger facility controls and monitoring designs
- Interact regularly with clients, which includes maintaining current relationships and developing new relationships
- Perform all aspects of controls designs, review systems, and drawings prior to issuance
- Survey and evaluate existing conditions
- Perform construction administration tasks
Who You Are
The ideal candidate will possess experience with HVAC or process control applications from a controls systems vendor, commissioning agent, or design consultant. Candidates should have strong communication skills, and an interest in liaising with internal and external design, client and construction team members.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
- 2+ years of experience in designing control systems for the high performing, commercial, industrial or mission critical/data center buildings
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with applicable software packages including AutoCAD, Revit
- Knowledge of building, mechanical, electrical and energy codes
- Ability to organize and present design information to project staff
- Attention to detail, highly organized, self-starter
- Ability to travel to project sites
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Computer Engineering
- EIT or Registered Professional Engineer (PE), if applicable
- Mission Critical/Data Center experience highly preferred
- Experience with international projects
WSP Benefits
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation
- Expected Salary (all locations): $95,000 - $116,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
About WSP WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as a Building Engineer
Verify your degree matches the role
TN visa status requires your engineering degree to align directly with the Building Engineer position, not just engineering broadly. A mechanical or electrical engineering degree supporting HVAC or electrical systems work strengthens your case considerably.
Target employers with active facilities portfolios
REITs, hospital systems, universities, and large commercial property managers hire Building Engineers in-house and are accustomed to sponsoring skilled trades professionals. Prioritize organizations with multiple U.S. locations over single-site operators.
Request a detailed support letter from your employer
CBP officers scrutinize Building Engineer TN petitions closely because the role spans mechanical, electrical, and structural work. Your employer's support letter must specify your engineering duties, not facilities maintenance tasks, to satisfy the specialty occupation standard.
Search TN-specific roles using Migrate Mate
Filter Building Engineer jobs by employer visa sponsorship experience on Migrate Mate to skip companies unfamiliar with sponsoring work visas. This saves weeks spent educating HR teams who lack experience with international hiring processes.
Canadians can present credentials directly at the border
As a Canadian, you don't file with USCIS in advance. Bring your degree credentials, employer support letter, and job offer to a land port of entry or pre-clearance location. CBP adjudicates TN status on the spot, often within an hour.
Distinguish engineering duties from maintenance work in your offer letter
CBP will scrutinize Building Engineer roles that read like facilities or janitorial management. Your offer letter must emphasize systems engineering, energy management, or mechanical plant oversight to withstand inspection at the port of entry or consulate.
Building Engineer TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Building Engineer role qualify for TN visa status?
Yes, provided the position involves engineering-level duties and you hold a qualifying engineering degree. TN status under the Engineer category covers roles involving mechanical, electrical, or structural systems oversight. Roles that lean toward general maintenance or facilities coordination rather than applied engineering work are more likely to face pushback from CBP during adjudication.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Building Engineer positions?
TN has no annual lottery, no cap for Canadians, and no USCIS petition filing requirement for Canadian citizens. H-1B visa requires a lottery selection, a petition approval, and a wait that can stretch months before you can start work. For Building Engineers with a qualifying degree and a U.S. job offer, TN is a faster and more predictable path than H-1B in most cases.
Where can I find Building Engineer jobs that offer TN visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Canadian and Mexican professionals seeking U.S. roles with TN visa sponsorship. You can filter by job title and visa type to surface employers who already understand the USMCA Engineer category, which cuts out the back-and-forth with HR teams unfamiliar with TN status.
What documentation does a Mexican Building Engineer need for TN processing?
Mexican nationals apply for TN status at a U.S. consulate, not at the border. You'll need your engineering degree, official transcripts, an employer support letter detailing your engineering duties, and a valid job offer. USCIS is not involved for TN, but consular processing timelines vary by location and appointment availability.
Can I switch Building Engineer employers while on TN status?
Yes, but you cannot begin working for a new employer under your existing TN authorization. Canadians can obtain new TN status at a port of entry with documentation from the new employer. Mexican nationals must return to a U.S. consulate for a new TN stamp before starting the new role. Plan your transition timeline with that requirement in mind.