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Building Mechanic roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under USMCA for Canadian and Mexican professionals with trade credentials or technical training in HVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, or general building maintenance. Canadian citizens get same-day border admission; Mexican citizens apply at a U.S. consulate. No lottery, no cap for Canadians.
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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 Mechanic
Match your credentials to U.S. trade standards
TN visa admission for Building Mechanics requires documented technical training or a degree in a related field. Get your Canadian Red Seal or Mexican trade certificate evaluated by a NACES-recognized credential evaluator before applying to any employer.
Target facilities management and property companies
Large commercial real estate operators, hospital systems, and university facility departments hire Building Mechanics regularly and have internal HR teams familiar with TN sponsorship. Search by NAICS codes for real estate and facilities services when filtering job postings.
Request a support letter covering all your duties
Your employer's TN support letter must list every task you'll perform, not just a job title. A CBP officer can deny entry if mechanical duties like HVAC repair or electrical work aren't explicitly described alongside the specialty occupation basis.
Prepare for port-of-entry inspection as a Canadian
Canadian citizens apply for TN status directly at a U.S. land border or airport, not a consulate. Bring your credential evaluation, employer support letter, and a copy of any relevant trade license. Processing typically takes under an hour when documents are complete.
Confirm your employer doesn't confuse TN with H-1B sponsorship
Some HR teams decline TN requests assuming the same cost and complexity as H-1B visa. TN has no lottery, no USCIS petition for Canadians, and no prevailing wage requirement. Canadians can present their support letter directly at the port of entry, while Mexicans apply through a U.S. consulate. Clarifying this streamlined process often converts a 'no' into a 'yes.'
Use Migrate Mate to find employers with active TN filings
Filtering by employers with recent visa filings for trade and facilities roles dramatically shortens your search. Migrate Mate surfaces those employers by role and location so you're not cold-applying to companies unfamiliar with visa sponsorship processes.
Building Mechanic TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Building Mechanic role actually qualify for a TN visa?
Yes, provided your job duties align with a recognized USMCA professional category. Building Mechanics typically qualify under the engineer or technologist categories when the role involves specialized systems like HVAC, electrical, or plumbing, and you hold a relevant trade credential or technical degree. The classification depends on how your employer documents the position, not just the job title.
How does TN compare to H-1B for Building Mechanic positions?
TN is faster and less expensive than H-1B for qualified Canadian and Mexican professionals. There's no annual lottery, no USCIS petition required for Canadians, and Canadian citizens can receive TN status at the border on the same day. H-1B requires employer sponsorship through a competitive lottery and months of processing. For Building Mechanic roles, TN is almost always the more practical path if you're eligible.
What documents does my employer need to provide for my TN application?
Your employer needs to provide a detailed support letter on company letterhead that describes your specific job duties, confirms you're being hired in a qualifying professional capacity, states your salary and employment terms, and references your relevant credentials. For Mexican citizens, the employer may also need to support a consular visa application. The letter is the foundation of your TN case.
Where can I find Building Mechanic jobs where the employer already understands TN sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for this search. It lets you filter for employers with a history of sponsoring TN visas in trade and facilities roles, so you spend less time educating HR departments about the process and more time interviewing. Employers already familiar with TN move faster through the offer and filing stages.
Can I change employers after getting TN status as a Building Mechanic?
Yes, but your TN status is tied to a specific employer and position. If you change jobs, your new employer must document a fresh TN case, and you'll need to either re-enter at the border or file a change of status with USCIS. Canadian citizens can often handle this at a land border crossing. Mexicans need to return to a consulate for a new visa stamp.