Quality Engineer (MEP) - Data Centre
Role Overview
Experienced Quality Engineer (MEP) supporting construction supervision and delivery of hyperscale data centre and mission-critical infrastructure projects across the Middle East.
Ensures MEP, ELV, ICT, and mission-critical systems are installed, tested, commissioned, and handed over according to approved specifications, project quality requirements, standards, and client expectations.
Role is identified as Office/Onsite in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Role overview
Experienced Quality Engineer (MEP) supporting construction supervision and delivery of hyperscale data centre and mission-critical infrastructure projects across the Middle East.
Ensures MEP, ELV, ICT, and mission-critical systems are installed, tested, commissioned, and handed over according to approved specifications, project quality requirements, standards, and client expectations.
Role is identified as Office/Onsite in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Quality assurance and control
- Implement and monitor the Project Quality Management System for MEP and mission-critical infrastructure works.
- Ensure compliance with Project Quality Plans, Inspection and Test Plans, method statements, specifications, and contract requirements.
- Conduct inspections, surveillance, audits, and quality reviews; review material submittals, quality records, inspection reports, and testing and commissioning documentation.
- Monitor contractor and subcontractor compliance; initiate corrective and preventive actions for deficiencies and non-conformances.
- Maintain complete and accurate quality records for client review.
Mission-critical systems oversight
- Monitor installation, testing, and commissioning of electrical systems including HV/MV/LV, transformers, substations, switchgear, UPS, batteries, generators, and power monitoring.
- Oversee quality for chilled water and cooling systems, CRAH/CRAC units, fuel systems, fire protection, plumbing, drainage, BMS, DCIM, structured cabling, and ICT infrastructure.
- Verify compliance with approved drawings, manufacturer recommendations, specifications, and international standards, including Tier III and Tier IV reliability, redundancy, resilience, and uptime requirements.
- Monitor equipment installation, cable containment, piping, plant rooms, electrical rooms, and network infrastructure spaces.
Testing, commissioning, and handover
- Witness and verify Factory Acceptance Tests, Site Acceptance Tests, pre-commissioning, integrated systems testing, and commissioning.
- Ensure quality requirements are met during testing, commissioning, energization, and operational readiness.
- Participate in substantial completion inspections, snagging, punch lists, and final handover.
- Verify testing documentation, operation and maintenance manuals, warranties, and as-built records before handover; support close-out and client turnover.
Reporting and coordination
- Prepare inspection reports, NCR logs, quality dashboards, and periodic quality performance reports.
- Coordinate with contractors, consultants, commissioning teams, vendors, and client representatives to resolve quality issues and technical concerns.
- Participate in quality meetings, project coordination meetings, client reviews, and technical workshops; support continuous improvement.
Qualifications and experience
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related engineering discipline from an accredited institution.
- Extensive quality assurance and quality control experience for Tier III and Tier IV data centres, including critical power, cooling, fire protection, ICT networks, commissioning, and integrated systems testing.
- The supplied description begins a professional certification requirement, naming ISO 9001 Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor, but ends before the sentence is complete.
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