We are looking for a qualified Junior (2-3 years experience) and Senior Mechanical Engineer with a minimum of 10 years in Consulting Design experience, ideally with experience working on UAE and/or KSA projects. A background in design of hospitality and residential projects will be an added advantage.
As this is a Design Consultancy appointment, site-based engineers dealing with contractors submissions would not be considered.
Senior HVAC Engineers:
Professional Capabilities:
- 7-10 years UAE design experience in mixed use chilled water projects exceeding 1,000TR cooling capacity.
- 5 years design team management experience.
- Delivered designs working with BIM.
- CIBSE CEng/IEng Certified, (or equivalent).
- Local registered Dubai Municipality or Trakhees mechanical engineer.
Senior Plumbing and Fire Services Engineers:
Professional Capabilities:
- 7-10 years UAE design experience in mixed use projects with central hot water systems heat pumps and gas fired condensing boilers.
- 5 years design team management experience.
- Delivered designs working with BIM.
- CIBSE CEng/IEng Certified, (or equivalent).
- Local registered Dubai Municipality or Trakhees mechanical engineer.
Roles and responsibilities.
- Report to the Partners, Technical Directors and Team Leads as required by the project brief.
- Review, understand and deliver project deliverables on time.
- Accountable and Professional.
- Self-motivated, proactive and capable of applying common sense.
- Client facing.
- Fluent in spoken and written English.
- Capable of communicating effectively with Clients and staff through email correspondence, generating letters and reports.
- Attend Client MEP design meetings, record actions for the design team and effectively delegate work to the design office.
- Reporting design progress to the Client and managing project deliverables.
- Understand and accurately document Client’s needs, expectations and budget constraints.
HVAC Design Standards Code Capabilities:
Proficient in the use, understanding and implementation of the following air conditioning & ventilation design standards:
- ASHRAE Handbooks and ASHRAE Design Standards.
- 90.1 Energy Standard for Building Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.
- 62.1 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality.
- 62.2 Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Residential Buildings.
- 34 Designation & Safety Classifications of Refrigerants.
- 55 Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy.
- 15 Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems.
- CARRIER Hand Book.
- UAE Fire Life Safety Code.
- NFPA.
- Dubai Municipality Al-Safat Dubai Green Building Evaluation System.
- Dubai Building Code.
- Saudi Building Code.
- SBC Mechanical Code 501.
- SBC Fire Code 801.
- HVCA Standards.
- SMACNA Standards.
- Duct Standards.
- ESP Calculations.
- CIBSE Standards.
- LEED Standards.
- Estidama.
Plumbing and Fire Services Design Standards Code Capabilities:
Familiar in the use, understanding and implementation of the following Plumbing and Fire Services design standards:
- UAE Fire Life Safety Code (2018).
- NFPA.
- Dubai Municipality Al-Safat Dubai Green Building Evaluation System.
- Dubai Municipality and DEWA design guidelines.
- Dubai Building Code 2021.
- Saudi Building Codes.
- SBC Plumbing Code 701
- SBC Fire Code 801.
- ASPE and IPC.
- CIBSE Standards.
- LEED Standards.
- Mustadam Standards.
Design Software Capabilities:
Capable of efficiently utilising the following software:
- Carrier Hap E20-II Heat load software. (HVAC)
- Techni Solve / Carrier and equivalent psychrometric software. (HVAC)
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, MS Projects).
- Adobe PDF / Bluebeam.
- BIM 360 Design Suit / Navisworks etc.
- Auto Cad
- DWF TrueView.
HVAC Design Capabilities:
Responsible for the detailed design of various air-conditioning and ventilation systems for existing and new buildings to include the following:
- Develop design concepts into working drawings, coordinating with architects, structure, interior designers and other trades.
- MEP Coordinator.
- Liaise internally with all disciplines to provide a coordinated set of design documentation.
- Central air cooled and water-cooled chilled water plant design.
- Energy transfer station design and specification for connection to district cooling networks.
- Chilled water pipe network design.
- Duct Design.
- Building air side design for both constant and variable air volume systems.
- Conduct building air balance checks and ensuring Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) requirements are maintained throughout the building.
- Design and specification of direct expansion (DX) and Variable Refrigerant Volume systems.
- Design and specification of energy efficient air handling plant.
- BMS systems design specification and generating control schematics / data point schedules for standard and bespoke HVAC systems.
- Prepare detail design, tender, authority submission and construction drawings.
- Develop the construction specifications, design and budget reports.
- Technical, commercial review capabilities to effectively analyse and adjudicate tender returns.
- Review and approve construction shop drawings and material submittals.
- Manage site teams, budget, payment certificates and report costing.
- Conduct site inspections and supervise construction activities.
- Has a good technical understanding for testing and commissioning processes for chilled water networks, VRF Systems, and BMS installations.
- Manage project close out, systems completion and client handover of air-conditioning and ventilation systems.
Plumbing and Fire Services Design Responsibilities:
Responsible for the detailed design of various fire and wet services systems for existing and new buildings to include the following:
- Develop design concepts into working drawings, coordinating with architects, structure, interior designers and other trades.
- MEP Coordination.
- Liaise internally with all disciplines to provide a coordinated set of design documentation.
- Domestic water and drainage pipe sizing using the loading units method.
- Pump head calculations.
- Storm water calculations.
- Plumbing pipe routing design and coordination.
- Hydraulic plant room design.
- Design of fire sprinklers, landing valves, fire extinguishers and clean agent systems.
- Coordinating with other specialist trades and develop the fire and wet services designs according to their requirements e.g. kitchen consultant, spa consultant, landscape consultant, etc.
- Central hot water generation systems, complete with hot water return calculations.
- Drainage lifting station and grease trap designs.
- LPG Gas network design complete with pipe sizing.
- Prepare detail design, tender, authority submission and construction drawings.
- Develop the construction specifications, design and budget reports.
- Technical, commercial review capabilities to effectively analyse and adjudicate tender returns.
- Review and approve construction shop drawings and material submittals.
Project Administration:
- Prescribe and manage BIM operator workflows and output.
- Monitor and record engineering KPI’s and CAD/BIM KPI’s for their deliverables.
- Maintain HVAC design files.
- Generate reports and documents as prescribed by the Project leads and senior persons.
Qualifications:
All qualifications should be attested as noted below:
- Ministry of Education in the country where the qualification has been obtained.
- Notary / Court in the country where the qualification has been obtained.
- UAE Embassy in the country where the qualification has been obtained.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dubai, UAE
Registration with Dubai Municipality/Trakhees is desirable.
Training opportunity shall be provided for:
· Adobe PDF / Bluebeam.
· BIM 360 / Navisworks etc.
