MEP Design Engineer

About the Role

Develop and deliver MEP design solutions (HVAC, Plumbing, Drainage, Fire Fighting/Fire Alarm, Electrical, ELV as applicable) in line with project requirements, applicable codes/standards, and authority regulations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive MEP design reviews, ensuring calculations, layouts, load schedules, equipment selections, and design assumptions are technically sound, coordinated, and buildable.
• Supervise and coordinate MEP Design Engineers and Draftsmen to produce accurate drawings, schematics, layouts, details, and schedules aligned with approved design intent and project milestones.
• Implement robust quality checks and control measures on all MEP deliverables (design calculations, drawings, reports, submission packages), ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency before issuance.
• Ensure effective multidisciplinary coordination with Structural/Architectural teams to identify clashes, resolve interface issues, and maintain coordinated design outputs.
• Manage preparation and submission of MEP authority approval packages, ensuring all required documentation is complete, compliant, and submitted within the agreed timelines.
• Liaise effectively with Authorities, Clients, and Consultants to address technical queries, clarifications, and review comments, ensuring timely closure and approvals.
• Arrange, attend, and lead meetings with Authorities / Clients / Engineers / Consultants to present designs, justify technical selections, and secure approvals.
• Develop and propose value engineering initiatives to optimize cost, energy efficiency, material usage, and constructability without compromising quality, safety, performance, or compliance.
• Provide technical guidance and ongoing support to the site execution team, including resolving site coordination issues, responding to RFIs, issuing clarifications/revisions, and supporting inspection approvals.
• Maintain proper records of design revisions, submissions, approvals, and correspondence, ensuring clear document control and traceability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate and manage MEP authority submissions and approvals (e.g., DM/DEWA/Civil Defense and other project-specific authorities), ensuring all drawings, calculations, and documents meet the required standards and timelines.
• Liaise with Authorities, Clients, Consultants, and internal design/site teams to resolve technical comments, close out queries, and secure timely NOCs/approvals.
• Maintain strong document control and quality checks for MEP deliverables (revisions, approvals, logs, and correspondence), ensuring full traceability and compliance throughout the design and approval process.

Qualifications

• Experience Total: 10 to 15 Years
• Relevant: 5-8 years in Contracting & Warehousing Industry
• Market/Geography: UAE/GCC experience only.
• Project/Domain Must-haves: Industrial / Design-Build / Built

Required Skills

• Technical Degree in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• Project/Business: Design / Estimation / Cost control

Preferred Skills

• Behavioural: Effective communication, Leadership, problem solving, team player.
• Software/Digital/ Tools: HAP, Duct sizer, Pipe sizer, Ventilation Calculation, Illumination, Voltage Drops

Pay range and compensation package

AED 22000

Equal Opportunity Statement

Our Client is committed to diversity and inclusivity.