MEP Design Lead (Data Centres)
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About the Role
Mace is seeking an experienced MEP Design Lead to join a large-scale data centre project in Abu Dhabi. The role involves leading all MEP design activities, coordinating with consultants and contractors, and ensuring designs are ready for construction.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and manage all MEP design activities across the project, ensuring coordination, quality, and compliance
- Oversee transition of MEP design from detailed design through to construction
- Act as primary interface between design consultants, contractors, and PMC team for MEP matters
- Review and approve MEP design packages for alignment with specifications, codes, and performance requirements
- Drive design coordination across disciplines, resolving interface issues
- Provide technical leadership on complex MEP systems including mechanical cooling, electrical distribution, ELV, and specialist infrastructure
- Support value engineering initiatives to optimise design, cost, and programme
- Ensure design delivery aligns with programme milestones, proactively identifying risks and mitigation strategies
- Champion health, safety, and sustainability considerations within the design process
- Support construction teams during mobilisation and delivery, providing technical guidance
- Contribute to project reporting on design progress, risks, and technical issues for senior stakeholders
Requirements
- Degree qualified in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related discipline
- Extensive experience at senior level within MEP design, ideally in PMC/consultancy
- Proven track record delivering large scale, MEP intensive or mission critical developments
- Strong technical expertise across MEP systems and ability to lead multidisciplinary coordination
- Experience managing design through to construction/delivery phases
- Strong knowledge of international design standards and codes; Middle East experience desirable
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Strong commitment to health, safety, quality, and sustainability standards
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Project Overview
- Mace is supporting delivery of a large scale, next generation digital infrastructure programme in the region, working alongside a leading developer in the data centre sector.
- The project involves complex design coordination, fast paced delivery and rigorous governance for a mission critical environment.
You’ll Be Responsible For
- Lead and manage all MEP design activities across the project, ensuring coordination, quality, and compliance with project standards.
- Oversee the transition of MEP design from detailed design through to construction, ensuring design deliverables are complete, coordinated, and buildable.
- Act as the primary interface between design consultants, contractors, and the wider PMC team for all MEP related matters.
- Review and approve MEP design packages, ensuring alignment with project specifications, codes, and performance requirements.
- Drive design coordination across disciplines, resolving interface issues between MEP, architectural, structural, and specialist systems.
- Provide technical leadership on complex MEP systems, including mechanical cooling, electrical distribution, ELV, and specialist infrastructure.
- Support value engineering initiatives, identifying opportunities to optimise design, cost, and programme without compromising quality.
- Ensure design delivery aligns with programme milestones, proactively identifying risks and implementing mitigation strategies.
- Champion health, safety, and sustainability considerations within the design process.
- Support construction teams during mobilisation and delivery, providing technical guidance and resolving design related queries.
- Contribute to project reporting, including design progress, risks, and key technical issues for senior stakeholders.
You’ll Need To Have
- Degree qualified in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Extensive experience operating at a senior level within MEP design, ideally within PMC/consultancy environments.
- Proven track record delivering large scale, MEP intensive or mission critical developments.
- Strong technical expertise across a broad range of MEP systems, with the ability to lead multidisciplinary coordination.
- Experience managing the transition from design through to construction/delivery phases.
- Strong knowledge of international design standards and codes, with Middle East experience highly desirable.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Strong commitment to health, safety, quality, and sustainability standards.
Our Values
- Safety first Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment.
- Client focus Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships.
- Integrity Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while aligning with compliance obligations.
- Create opportunity For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities.
Additional Information
- Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates.
- Open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
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