About Us

Our Company

WNA Engineering’s history can be traced back to 1972 with the establishment of Lawler & Associates; the firm continues to support some of the same long-standing clients today.  WNA Engineering is licensed in more than 40 states across multiple offices in Pennsylvania, with a team of 70+ professionals. The firm serves all commercial market sectors, with expertise in Retail, Corporate, Healthcare, Higher Education, Industrial Facilities, K–12, Mixed-Use, and Multifamily Projects. Comprehensive services include MEP/FP Engineering, Commissioning (Cx), Preventative Maintenance (PM), and a dedicated Surveying Team.

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide exceptional, professional engineering service by delivering innovative, cost-effective solutions tailored to our client’s needs and goals. We will accomplish this by following our core values and providing value in our relationships with clients, partners and one another.

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Our Vision

Our vision is to be the leading engineering partner of choice, proactively meeting and solving challenges. Our reputation continues to be built on our high-quality and innovative work, team focused culture and achieving success for our clients in the built environment.

Our Values

Our core values guide and lead us each day. By following these values, we consistently generate and deliver projects of the highest quality, attract and retain top talent, and develop respected client relationships and partnerships.

We are committed to leading ourselves and driving our work with honesty, and always doing what is right.

Surpassing goals and pushing boundaries creates additional value, transforms the client experience, and strengthens our reputation.

We utilize our experience and education to apply new ideas and techniques to all initiatives for our company and our clients.

Solutions are best developed through an open and trusting environment, where ideas are generated, shared, and debated, which ultimately generates informed decisions. These outcomes make a difference for ourselves and our clients.

Our Leadership

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Justin Vernam

Executive Vice President

Jeffry S. Vodenichar

Vice President/Operations Manager

Jason Heilman, PE

Vice President of Engineering

Christopher Casey

Operations Manager

Ronald Pace

Operations Manager

Heather Grillo

Director of Business Development

Gloria Chacon,
SHRM-CP

HR Manager

Sara Kradel

Assistant Business Manager

Nancy Gilliland

Administrative Assistant

Lynn Graf

Administrative Assistant

Jeffrey Campbell

Project Manager

Jerry Heckman

Project Manager

Awards & Recognition

Industry acknowledgements reflect our core values of fostering a great workplace culture while delivering exceptional engineering solutions. Over the past several years we are grateful to have been highlighted by these prestigious organizations as a firm that values both people and performance.

Memberships/Affiliations