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Plumbing, HVAC & Utilities Engineer

The Foth Companies

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Location
Cincinnati, OH
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Professional Engineer LicenseBachelor's degree

Job overview

Foth seeks an experienced Plumbing, HVAC & Utilities Engineer to serve as a technical resource and mentor, with a focus on plumbing in manufacturing environments and broader industrial HVAC and utility systems. The role will help strengthen Foth’s plumbing specialty and support client projects. Approximately 25% of the work will focus on plumbing, and travel is approximately 25% annually.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Industrial HVACPlumbing SystemsPiping SystemsUtility SystemsManufacturing PlumbingEngineered Package DevelopmentScope of Work DevelopmentP&ID DevelopmentMechanical Equipment ArrangementsPiping and Ductwork DesignPlumbing Code ComplianceConsumer Products ManufacturingCapital ProjectsIndustrial UtilitiesEquipment SpecificationsCoaching and Mentoring

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering or Related FieldProfessional Engineer License10+ Years Industrial Systems Experience

Full job description

Foth is a 100% member-owned science and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Wisconsin, with over 85 years of success. Our 750 members across 33 locations are dedicated to solving our clients’ toughest science and engineering challenges . Consistently ranked by Engineering News Record in the top 150 firms, we offer a values-based, collaborative, and flexible work environment with professional growth opportunities. If you thrive working alongside a smart and caring team, Foth may be the place for you.

Join our team and experience the Foth difference that contributes to our impressive 92+% member retention rate ! Learn more at foth.com/careers .

Foth is currently seeking a Plumbing, HVAC & Utilities Engineer to contribute to our clients’ success while serving as a technical resource and mentor to junior engineers. This is a great opportunity for an experienced engineer to serve as a subject matter expert in plumbing within manufacturing environments, help build and strengthen this specialty within Foth, and continue applying broad technical expertise across industrial HVAC and utility systems. Approximately 25% of the role will focus on plumbing-related work.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Serve as a technical resource for plumbing, HVAC, and utility systems

  • Help build and strengthen our plumbing specialty through technical expertise, knowledge sharing, and mentorship

  • Coach and mentor junior engineers and designers

  • Develop equipment specifications

  • Work with clients, vendors, and suppliers to develop cost estimates and support proposals

  • Develop mass and energy balances

  • Develop process and instrumentation drawings (P&IDs)

  • Develop equipment lists, line lists, and POC lists

  • Develop operation specifications

  • Work with designers to create drawings

  • Write installation scope documents

  • Support on-site construction, installation, checkout, and start-up activities

  • Perform on-site surveys to determine existing conditions

  • Travel as needed, approximately 25% annually

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license

  • 10+ years of experience with industrial HVAC, plumbing, piping, and utility systems

  • Experience with plumbing systems within manufacturing environments

Required Previous Experience:

  • Engineered package development including scope of work, P&IDs, and mechanical equipment arrangements

  • Process, plumbing, and utility system piping and ductwork design

  • Determining code compliance for new and existing plumbing systems

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience working in consumer products manufacturing environments and supporting capital projects

  • Experience with industrial utility systems including steam, chilled water, hot water, compressed air, CO2, refrigeration, hydraulics, and related utility systems

  • Developing equipment specifications

  • Experience coaching or mentoring junior engineers

All Foth Companies are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. Qualified women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. All locations are tobacco-free. Subject to applicable state law, all applicants who have received a written offer of employment and a copy of Foth’s Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace Program Policy, will be required to undergo testing for commonly abused controlled substances. Applicants must complete the required drug testing within two business days of offer acceptance. Foth will pay for all drug testing, which will be conducted by a licensed independent medical laboratory that follows testing requirements in accordance with applicable state law.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters/Agencies: Foth does not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting firms. Absent a signed recruiting agreement coordinated through Foth, Foth reserves the right to pursue and hire candidates without financial obligation to third party recruiters or agencies.

How this job compares

Set against the 577 open HVAC Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$91–152K/yr267 salary ranges
  • US median$41–46/hr59 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 34 open HVAC Engineer jobs in Ohio and 577 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Ohio
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four HVAC Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 520 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 334 of the 577 open HVAC Engineer jobs (58%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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