Engineering Manager – Facilities (MEP / HVAC)
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About the Role
The Department of Finance - Abu Dhabi is seeking an Engineering Manager for Facilities to provide technical assurance and oversight of mechanical systems, especially HVAC. The role involves optimizing building performance, leading maintenance programs, and ensuring compliance.
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Responsibilities
- Monitor mechanical systems and optimize setpoints, control logic, and airside balancing
- Lead preventive and predictive maintenance planning and reliability programs
- Govern BMS programming changes, trend analysis, and alarm management
- Implement energy analytics and track consumption to meet reduction targets
- Ensure adherence to HSE, QHSE, and building code requirements
- Coordinate with landlord FM teams, HVAC contractors, and DoF’s FM supplier
- Lead corrective actions on temperature/humidity variance and IAQ concerns
- Develop contingency plans for critical system failures and lead incident response
- Guide HVAC/MEP improvement initiatives and support future office design projects
- Mentor UAE National graduate engineers and build in house technical depth
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering
- 10 15 years’ experience in complex HVAC/BMS environments, chilled water systems, airside balancing, and control logic
- Familiarity with Siemens/Tridium BMS preferred
- Professional certifications such as IFMA CFM, ASHRAE membership/certifications preferred
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Objective
- Provide technical assurance and daily oversight of DoF mechanical systems (especially HVAC) to ensure operational stability, compliance, energy efficiency, occupant comfort, and proactive problem solving.
- Strengthen internal capability and coordination with landlord/FM providers.
Essential Duties
- Building system performance and optimization: monitor mechanical systems and optimize setpoints, control logic, and airside balancing.
- Preventive and predictive maintenance: lead maintenance planning, reliability programs, and root cause analysis.
- BMS oversight: govern programming changes, trend analysis, and alarm management.
- Energy and sustainability management: implement energy analytics, track consumption, and deliver reduction targets.
- Governance and compliance: ensure adherence to HSE, QHSE, and building code requirements.
- Stakeholder coordination: provide technical leadership and coordinate activities across landlord FM teams, HVAC contractors, and DoF’s FM supplier.
- Issue resolution and continuous improvement: lead corrective actions on temperature/humidity variance, dehumidification, and IAQ concerns.
- Risk management and crisis preparedness: develop contingency plans for critical system failures and lead incident response.
- Projects and change: guide HVAC/MEP improvement initiatives and support future office design and retrofit projects.
- Capability building: mentor UAE National graduate engineers and build in house technical depth.
Experience and Qualifications
- Preferable to have 10–15 years’ experience in complex HVAC/BMS environments, chilled water systems, airside balancing, and control logic.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Building Services Engineering.
- 10–15 years’ experience in complex HVAC/BMS environments, chilled water systems, airside balancing, and control logic.
- Familiarity with Siemens/Tridium BMS is preferred; experience with energy analytics and sustainability programs.
- Professional certifications such as IFMA CFM, ASHRAE membership/certifications is preferred.
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