MEP Team Leader

Role Overview

Leadership and Delivery

• Lead and manage Electrical and Mechanical engineering teams across multiple projects.
• Plan resources, provide technical guidance, review deliverables, and monitor engineering progress, man-hours, and risks.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces and participate in client meetings, workshops, design reviews, and project meetings.
• Support proposals, project planning, quality processes, recruitment, staff development, and continuous improvement.

Electrical and I&C Scope

• Cover MV and LV distribution, substations, transformers, generators, emergency power, UPS, DC batteries, VFDs, and motor control centres.
• Address protection and coordination, short-circuit and load-flow studies, earthing, lightning protection, lighting, small power, and power quality.
• Coordinate SCADA, control, instrumentation interfaces, and electrical equipment specifications.

Mechanical Scope

• Lead activities involving HVAC, ventilation, pumps, pumping systems, mechanical piping, water and wastewater equipment, and fire protection.
• Coordinate plumbing, drainage, mechanical equipment packages, equipment sizing, technical specifications, calculations, and equipment selection.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• At least 15 years of relevant engineering experience, including significant team leadership or managerial experience.
• Previous management of multidisciplinary engineering teams and strong experience in infrastructure, utilities, water and wastewater, and industrial projects.
• Experience in engineering consultancy and multidisciplinary design environments is required.
• Professional engineering registration or chartership is preferred.
• PMP certification is preferred but not mandatory.

Core Skills

• Strong technical leadership, team and resource management, multidisciplinary coordination, and technical review capabilities.
• Ability to manage several projects and competing priorities, with commercial awareness and man-hour estimation experience.
• Excellent communication, client-facing, problem-solving, decision-making, mentoring, and staff development capabilities.

Standards and Software

• Understand IEC, IEEE, NFPA, BS/EN, and local authority requirements.
• Preferred software includes ETAP, AutoCAD, Revit or BIM platforms, DIALux, HAP, Microsoft Project or Primavera P6, and Microsoft Office.