MEP Engineer

Role overview

Tendering and engineering

• Review tender documents and prepare BOQs, estimates, technical proposals, engineering assumptions, and bid deliverables.
• Coordinate RFQs, bid evaluations, vendor assessments, subcontractor engagement, and tender lifecycle activities.
• Lead MEP design and engineering, including fire detection and suppression systems.
• Prepare and review calculations, equipment sizing, layouts, drawings, specifications, reports, shop drawings, and design packages.
• Review consultant and vendor deliverables and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering interfaces.

Project delivery and commissioning

• Coordinate with civil, electrical, protection, control, telecom, SCMS, and project teams; support procurement and construction planning.
• Supervise MEP installations and monitor progress, quality, safety, and schedule compliance.
• Resolve project execution and commissioning issues; manage design changes, technical queries, non-conformances, and site modifications.
• Support FAT, SAT, integrated testing, commissioning, and system performance verification.
• Prepare commissioning records, handover dossiers, and project close-out reports.

Compliance and documentation

• Ensure compliance with project specifications, client requirements, utility standards, local regulations, NFPA, IEC, and applicable industry standards.
• Prepare and review method statements, ITPs, risk assessments, and engineering procedures; support approvals, inspections, audits, and client acceptance.
• Maintain as-built documents, commissioning records, and O&M manuals; support quality and HSE requirements.
• Coordinate with authorities and utilities including UAE Civil Defense, TAQA, DEWA, SEWA, and Etihad Water & Electricity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and 8–12 years of relevant MEP engineering, tendering, design management, and project execution experience.
• Experience in substations, transmission and distribution, power plants, industrial facilities, or related infrastructure.
• Knowledge of fire protection, HVAC, LSP, ELV, plumbing and drainage, utility services, and EOT crane systems.
• Experience with bid evaluation, cost estimation, vendors, subcontractors, procurement, construction supervision, testing, and commissioning.
• Working knowledge of UAE utility and authority requirements; proficiency in AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.
• Willingness to travel across the UAE and wider Middle East as required.

Preferred technical knowledge

• Preferred knowledge includes fire detection and suppression, HVAC and building mechanical services, LSP, ELV and building services, plumbing, drainage, and utility services.
• Preferred knowledge includes design and hydraulic calculations, equipment sizing, technical specifications, FAT, SAT, testing, commissioning, NFPA, IEC, utility, and local authority requirements.