Mechanical Engineer Consultant pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 13530
- Class code
- 13530
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- B3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Mechanical Engineer Consultant is $88,020 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 13530.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 02/24/2006.
What the state says the job is
This is advanced professional and consultative mechanical engineering work. An employee in this job performs advanced developmental and consultative mechanical engineering work in support of the statewide public works engineering function or the statewide energy and sustainability programs. Work requires developing solutions to design or general construction problems, which require advanced or innovative mechanical engineering principles and methods. An employee in this job is a mechanical engineering expert, and serves as a project coordinator for construction projects contracted to professional, licensed engineers or designed in-house and is required to advise outside architectural consultants, construction managers, construction inspectors and agency officials on an ongoing basis for a wide range of complex construction projects.
Examples of the work
Prepares or reviews plans, specifications and cost estimates designed by private professionals or in-house staff for technical soundness, economy and adherence to appropriate standards, regulations and codes. Utilizes design parameters which would include compliance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) for fire safety, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standards for indoor air quality, and PA Uniform Construction Codes (UCC). Reviews mechanical drawings, reports, catalog cuts, shop drawings, material samples, computations, and cost comparisons.
Minimum qualifications
REQUIREMENTS: Two years as a Mechanical Engineer 2; or Four years of professional mechanical engineering experience which required work on any structural mechanical system.
Special requirements
Possession of a Professional Engineer license issued by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists. Certain positions in this job will require possession of a valid driver’s license.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.