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About the Role
Tawasol Solution and Services LLC seeks an experienced MEP Draftsman to support data center delivery works. The role involves preparing and updating MEP shop drawings, coordination drawings, and as-built documentation, requiring strong AutoCAD skills and site awareness.
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Responsibilities
- Prepare and update MEP shop drawings, coordination drawings, builders work drawings, redline drawings, and as built drawings
- Prepare HVAC layouts including ducting, chilled water piping, equipment locations, supports, insulation areas, access panels, and maintenance clearances
- Prepare electrical layouts including containment, cable trays, trunking, panels, power routes, earthing, equipment connections, and service coordination
- Prepare mechanical layouts for piping, valves, drainage, supports, firefighting interfaces, and equipment rooms
- Coordinate MEP drawings with architectural, structural, civil, ceiling, equipment, and service layouts
- Identify drawing clashes and raise them early before site execution
- Support site engineers with sketches, details, sections, installation markups, and quick turnaround drawing updates
- Maintain drawing logs, revision history, submission status, consultant comments, and latest approved drawing records
- Ensure as built drawings are updated progressively based on actual site installation
Requirements
- Diploma or technical qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or Drafting discipline
- 4 to 8 years of MEP drafting experience
- Strong AutoCAD skills
- Ability to read and understand MEP drawings, IFC drawings, shop drawings, specifications, schedules, SLDs, equipment layouts, and site markups
- Good understanding of HVAC, electrical containment, chilled water piping, mechanical equipment, firefighting interfaces, ELV/BMS coordination, and access requirements
- Strong drawing organization, layering, plotting, revision control, and submission discipline
- MS Office proficiency
- Data center, telecom, critical infrastructure, hospital, airport, industrial, or technical building experience preferred
- UAE project experience preferred
- Revit/BIM experience preferred
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Role Purpose
- We are looking for an experienced MEP Draftsman to support data center delivery works, including HVAC, electrical, mechanical, ELV, BMS, firefighting interfaces, main equipment layouts, site fixes, redlines, coordination drawings, shop drawings, and as built documentation.
- The role requires more than AutoCAD drafting. The draftsman must understand site execution, MEP coordination, access requirements, equipment clearances, drawing revisions, consultant comments, and handover requirements.
- The draftsman will work closely with site engineers, QA/QC, subcontractors, consultants, and project management to convert site reality into clear, controlled, buildable, and traceable drawings.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and update MEP shop drawings, coordination drawings, builders work drawings, redline drawings, and as built drawings.
- Prepare HVAC layouts including ducting, chilled water piping, equipment locations, supports, insulation areas, access panels, and maintenance clearances.
- Prepare electrical layouts including containment, cable trays, trunking, panels, power routes, earthing, equipment connections, and service coordination.
- Prepare mechanical layouts for piping, valves, drainage, supports, firefighting interfaces, and equipment rooms.
- Prepare drawing details for site fixes, routing changes, clashes, access corrections, and installation improvements.
- Update drawings based on site markups, consultant comments, engineer instructions, inspection comments, and approved changes.
- Coordinate MEP drawings with architectural, structural, civil, ceiling, equipment, and service layouts.
- Identify drawing clashes and raise them early before site execution.
- Support site engineers with sketches, details, sections, installation markups, and quick turnaround drawing updates.
- Ensure equipment clearances, maintenance access, service zones, and operational requirements are properly shown.
- Maintain drawing consistency between shop drawings, coordination drawings, redlines, and as builts.
- Maintain drawing logs, revision history, submission status, consultant comments, and latest approved drawing records.
Required Qualifications
- Diploma or technical qualification in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, or Drafting discipline.
- 4 to 8 years of MEP drafting experience.
- Data center, telecom, critical infrastructure, hospital, airport, industrial, or technical building experience is preferred.
- UAE project experience is preferred.
Required Technical Skills
- Strong AutoCAD skills are mandatory.
- Revit/BIM experience is preferred.
- Ability to read and understand MEP drawings, IFC drawings, shop drawings, specifications, schedules, SLDs, equipment layouts, and site markups.
- Good understanding of HVAC, electrical containment, chilled water piping, mechanical equipment, firefighting interfaces, ELV/BMS coordination, and access requirements.
- Strong drawing organization, layering, plotting, revision control, and submission discipline.
- MS Office proficiency.
Candidate Profile
- Fast and accurate.
- Site aware, not only software aware.
- Able to understand what is buildable.
- Disciplined with revisions and drawing control.
- Able to work under pressure.
- Able to convert rough site inputs into clear drawings.
- Comfortable working directly with engineers and site teams.
Key Performance Indicators
- Accuracy of drawings.
- Speed of drawing updates.
- Quality of coordination drawings.
- Reduction of site clashes caused by drawing issues.
- Timely update of redlines and as builts.
- Drawing revision control.
- Consultant comment closure.
- Support quality provided to site execution team.
Salary Range
- 5,500.00 AED 7,500.00 AED
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