Job Description

Join Us:

Build Your Career with Purpose as an Early Career Mechanical Engineer — Learn, Collaborate, and Make Real Impact

Are you ready to bring your mechanical engineering skills to projects that improve communities and support a more sustainable future? Do you excel in team settings where collaboration, curiosity, and thoughtful execution are central to delivering great work?

CHA Consulting, Inc. is seeking Early Career Mechanical Engineers to join our growing Mechanical Engineering teams. In this role, you'll work alongside Professional Engineers and multidisciplinary teams to support the planning, design, and implementation of infrastructure projects across a variety of markets—while gaining hands-on experience and building a strong foundation for your career.

What You'll Do:

• Collaborate with project teams on mechanical engineering design development and implementation
• Perform technical analysis and support diverse systems, new designs, and updates to existing schemes
• Contribute to multiple projects simultaneously, supporting client, contract, and company requirements
• Help identify timely, cost-effective solutions that meet project goals and community needs
• Support technology-enhanced planning and design services across public, private, and institutional projects

What You Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering required
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification preferred
• No prior engineering experience required; internships or cooperative learning through civil/site design, transportation design, construction, surveying, material testing, or other related field of civil engineering preferred
• Familiarity with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, or other drafting/modeling software preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite preferred
• A collaborative mindset, strong work ethic, and passion for improving the world through great work

Why You'll Love It Here:

• Work alongside approachable, hands-on professionals who value collaboration and innovation
• Gain exposure to diverse markets including Commercial, Education, Government, Industry, Transportation, Utilities, and Water Resources
• Build your engineering skill set while contributing to meaningful projects that serve communities
• Be part of a firm committed to sustainability, inclusion, and finding a better way

Curious about how CHA is finding a better way? Explore our work, people, and purpose at

Salary Range:

$65,000 - $80,000

Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards.

Culture/EEO Statement:

At CHA, we work every day to create solutions, help people, and improve our world, committed to creating and fostering excellence in our diverse and highly talented teams. Our teams continually strive to find better ways – always searching, never settling – to achieve extraordinary results. Our values around hiring, training, and community engagement reflect a company culture that is inclusive and forward leaning, always pushing the limits of what is possible.

We as an organization celebrate the values of inclusion and equality, and advocate for the full participation of all people in an environment free of discrimination. To support these values, we invite all qualified applicants to be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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