MEP Engineer
Role Overview
Manages and coordinates mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work across Dubai building projects.
Covers multi-storey residential, office fit-outs, and commercial developments, through execution, testing, commissioning, and handover.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Manages and coordinates mechanical, electrical, and plumbing work across Dubai building projects.
Covers multi-storey residential, office fit-outs, and commercial developments, through execution, testing, commissioning, and handover.
Site management and technical coordination
- Manage and supervise MEP activities and installations at project sites.
- Coordinate MEP works with civil, architectural, structural, and other disciplines.
- Monitor daily work, manpower, materials, and subcontractor performance; resolve site constraints and coordination issues.
- Review drawings, shop drawings, specifications, material submittals, method statements, and technical documents.
- Coordinate service routes, ceiling services, shafts, plant rooms, and equipment locations; identify clashes and revisions.
- Ensure installations follow approved drawings, specifications, project requirements, and UAE regulations.
- Coordinate DEWA, Dubai Municipality, Dubai Civil Defence, and other authority requirements, inspections, approvals, and documentation.
- Coordinate with project managers, engineers, consultants, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors; attend project meetings.
- Track programme progress and potential delays; coordinate procurement and project resource availability.
Testing, quality, and handover
- Coordinate inspection requests and consultant inspections; manage testing and commissioning of MEP systems.
- Monitor snagging and rectification, workmanship, non-conforming work, and quality issues.
- Ensure MEP activities follow HSE requirements and safe working procedures.
- Prepare testing reports, commissioning records, as-built drawings, O&M manuals, and handover documents; support final handover.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 4 years of relevant MEP construction experience; minimum 2 years of UAE experience is strongly preferred.
- Practical Dubai/UAE building construction experience is required.
- Proven experience on G+4, G+8 and/or multi-storey building projects.
- Strong knowledge of HVAC, electrical, plumbing and drainage, firefighting, and water supply systems.
- Good understanding of Dubai authority regulations and approval procedures.
- Strong knowledge of MEP installation, inspection, testing, and commissioning.
- Ability to read and review MEP drawings, shop drawings, and technical documents.
- Experience coordinating with consultants, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors; understanding of construction schedules and coordination.
- Strong communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills; ability to independently manage MEP site activities.
- AutoCAD and Microsoft Office proficiency are required; Revit MEP, BIM, and project management software are advantageous.
Work location
- Work location is in person.
Salary
- Salary starts at AED 4,000 per month and is negotiable based on experience and capability.
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