MEP Director

About the role

Responsibilities

• Leads the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection discipline in design and supervision. MEP designs pass client and authority review, contractor submittals are answered correctly and on time, and MEP works on site match the approved design and code.
• Signs MEP deliverables for issue and issues approval codes on MEP submittals.
• • Rejects MEP work on site that does not meet the approved design, within the powers the contract gives SMC.
• • Assigns his team's work day to day.
• 1. Leads MEP design: HVAC, plumbing and drainage, power and lighting, low-voltage distribution and low current systems, and, with the fire protection lead, fire fighting and fire alarm.
• 2. Checks and signs MEP calculations, load schedules, drawings, specifications and BOQs before issue, and coordinates them with architecture and structure.
• 3. On supervision projects, reviews contractor material submittals, shop drawings and method statements and issues approval codes. Answers RFIs and technical queries within the contract periods.
• 4. Witnesses inspections, testing and commissioning. Raises non-conformance reports and follows them to close-out. Signs off MEP snag lists and handover.
• 5. Applies SBC 401, 501, 601, 701 and 801 and the utility and Civil Defense requirements, and prepares the MEP inputs for authority approvals.
• 6. Prepares the MEP scope, hours and technical sections for proposals, and answers MEP tender queries.
• 7. Assesses the technical basis of MEP variations and contractor claims for the project manager.
• 8. Assigns MEP engineers to projects with the Engineering Director, reviews their work and coaches them.
• 9. Keeps MEP checklists, standard details and master specifications up to date, and feeds client comments back into them.

Skills

• HVAC
• plumbing and drainage
• power and lighting
• low-voltage distribution
• fire protection systems
• fire fighting
• fire alarm
• MEP design
• calculations
• load schedules
• drawings
• BOQs
• materials submittals
• shop drawings
• method statements
• inspections
• testing and commissioning
• non-conformance reports
• handover
• SBC 401
• SBC 501
• SBC 601
• SBC 701
• SBC 801
• Civil Defense requirements
• authority approvals
• proposals
• tender queries
• variations and claims