MEP Project Engineer

Role overview

Site management and coordination

• Lead on-site HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and ELV installation activities.
• Coordinate MEP work with civil, structural, and architectural teams; manage work interfaces and sequencing to avoid conflicts and delays.
• Ensure site work follows approved drawings, method statements, and project programs.

Technical coordination and compliance

• Review and coordinate shop drawings, material submittals, and technical clarifications with consultants and subcontractors.
• Ensure compliance with SBC, Saudi Civil Defense, SEC, NWC, MODON, and other relevant authority requirements.
• Resolve design conflicts and technical issues and coordinate authority inspections, approvals, testing, and certification.

Workforce, materials, and delivery

• Manage MEP subcontractors and site labor; monitor productivity, workmanship, quality, and safety compliance.
• Support procurement through technical specification reviews and supplier and material evaluations.
• Monitor delivery, storage, and installation of materials and equipment against approved submittals and project specifications.

Progress, handover, and risk

• Monitor MEP installation progress against the project schedule and coordinate testing, commissioning, and pre-commissioning.
• Prepare handover documentation, including as-built drawings and O&M manuals.
• Resolve technical, quality, safety, and progress issues; propose constructability and value engineering improvements and capture lessons learned.
• Manage split-contract and subcontractor interface risks using interface matrices, responsibility documents, sequencing plans, and a live risk register.
• Lead cross-trade coordination meetings and workshops to resolve interface and sequencing issues and avoid delays and claims.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Building Services Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum 5–7 years of MEP installation experience, including at least 3–5 years in Saudi Arabia.
• SCE Professional Accreditation is required.
• Experience on industrial facilities, logistics warehouses, large commercial, or infrastructure projects, including split-package or multiple-subcontractor MEP management.
• Strong knowledge of SBC, Saudi Civil Defense requirements, and local authority approval processes.
• Hands-on project management system experience for tracking, submittals, and site reporting, such as Aconex, Procore, BIM, or Primavera.
• Strong site coordination, problem-solving, leadership, cost awareness, and commercial acumen; able to work in a multicultural, fast-paced environment.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is essential.