Mechanical Design Engineer

We are looking for a creative and experienced Mechanical Design Engineer to join our team in Dubai. As an Mechanical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for planning and designing in Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) practice for residential and commercial projects.

• Full time
• Immediate joining

Job Description:

• Responsible for the MEP design, engineering, coordination, and technical development of high-rise tower, lagoon, amenities, and associated infrastructure projects.
• Prepare, review, and coordinate MEP drawings, design calculations, specifications, schematics, equipment schedules, and technical reports in accordance with project requirements and applicable codes and standards.
• Design and coordinate HVAC, ventilation, chilled water, smoke management, electrical power distribution, lighting, emergency power, ELV interfaces, plumbing, drainage, water supply, fire protection, and other building services.
• Coordinate and integrate lagoon and water-feature MEP systems, including circulation, filtration, pumping, water treatment, dosing, equipment, piping, electrical requirements, and associated plant rooms.
• Ensure effective coordination of MEP services with architectural, structural, civil, landscape, interior design, and specialist systems to achieve a fully coordinated and constructible design.
• Develop and review BIM/Revit models, coordinated layouts, clash detection reports, and multidisciplinary coordination drawings, ensuring resolution of design clashes and interface issues.
• Review and coordinate plant rooms, shafts, risers, ceiling spaces, service corridors, equipment rooms, and MEP access/maintenance requirements.
• Coordinate with clients, consultants, authorities, contractors, subcontractors, specialist vendors, and suppliers on design requirements, technical submissions, approvals, and project interfaces.
• Review shop drawings, material submittals, technical proposals, equipment selections, method statements, and calculations submitted by contractors and specialist subcontractors.
• Respond to RFIs, technical queries, design clarifications, and site-related MEP issues, providing practical and technically compliant solutions.
• Support authority submissions and approvals, ensuring designs comply with applicable local regulations, authority requirements, project specifications, and international standards.
• Conduct design reviews to identify design discrepancies, omissions, constructability issues, coordination conflicts, and potential technical risks before construction.
• Provide technical support during construction through site inspections, design clarifications, coordination meetings, and resolution of MEP installation issues.
• Review proposed design changes, variations, and value-engineering proposals, assessing their technical, functional, cost, and coordination implications.
• Ensure proper design quality control, document control, revision management, and timely incorporation of design changes.
• Coordinate with project teams to ensure MEP design deliverables are completed accurately and within agreed project schedules.
• Promote energy efficiency, system reliability, maintainability, sustainability, and cost-effective design solutions while maintaining required performance and quality standards.
• Maintain effective communication and coordination across all disciplines and ensure that MEP requirements are clearly communicated to relevant project stakeholders.
• Monitor design progress, identify potential delays or technical risks, and proactively implement solutions to meet project milestones and deadlines.
• Ensure all MEP designs and deliverables are technically accurate, coordinated, compliant, constructible, and suitable for operation and maintenance.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• University Degree preferably in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING / MECHANICAL DRAFTSMAN
• Minimum 2 to 4 years of relevant MEP design experience, preferably in high-rise towers, residential, hospitality, mixed-use, or large-scale developments.
• Proven experience in MEP design, engineering calculations, multidisciplinary coordination, and design review.
• Strong knowledge of applicable international standards, local authority regulations, building codes, and project specifications.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit MEP, Navisworks, Trimble SketchUp, Graph iSOFT ArchiCAD and MS Office; knowledge of relevant MEP calculation/design software is preferred.
• Previous experience in the UAE/GCC region and knowledge of local authority requirements will be an advantage.

Relevant candidates to share CVs with [email protected]

Pay: From AED6,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person