Project Management MEP Coordinator
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About the Role
Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is t.
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Responsibilities
- Coordinate and oversee MEP construction activities across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, ELV/ICT, and related building services disciplines.
- Support project management teams in the supervision, planning, scheduling, and delivery of MEP works on site.
- Monitor MEP progress against approved construction schedules, look ahead plans, milestones, and project delivery targets.
- Coordinate with contractors, consultants, discipline engineers, project controls teams, vendors, and client representatives to ensure effective MEP execution and alignment.
- Review MEP construction plans, method statements, inspection and test plans, shop drawings, material submittals, technical submissions, and site coordination documents.
- Identify MEP interface issues, coordination gaps, design conflicts, procurement constraints, and construction risks, and support timely resolution.
- Participate in MEP coordination meetings, progress meetings, technical workshops, planning sessions, and site inspections.
- Support schedule development and updates by validating MEP sequencing, construction logic, dependencies, resource requirements, and progress status.
- Coordinate with planning and scheduling teams to ensure MEP activities are accurately reflected in project schedules and recovery plans.
- Review contractor progress reports and provide input on MEP progress, delays, constraints, risks, and corrective actions.
- Monitor contractor performance to ensure MEP works are delivered safely, on schedule, and in accordance with project quality and technical requirements.
- Support the review of RFIs, technical queries, design clarifications, change requests, and site instructions related to MEP scopes.
Requirements
- 20+ years of experience in MEP coordination, project management, construction supervision, planning, scheduling, or construction management for large scale building, infrastructure, industrial, or mission critical projects.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
- Strong experience supervising and coordinating MEP construction activities on large scale projects.
- Proven experience in construction scheduling, planning, sequencing, progress monitoring, and coordination of complex MEP works.
- Prior experience working on data center, mission critical, industrial, infrastructure, or large scale commercial building projects is highly desirable.
- Strong technical understanding of mechanical and electrical systems, including HVAC, chilled water, plumbing, fire protection, power distribution, generators, UPS systems, switchgear, lighting, low current systems, BMS, and related building services.
- Ability to review and interpret MEP drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements, shop drawings, material submittals, RFIs, inspection documents, and technical reports.
- Experience coordinating with contractors, consultants, subcontractors, client representatives, design teams, project controls teams, and commissioning teams.
- Strong understanding of project management principles, construction supervision practices, schedule control, quality requirements, and site coordination processes.
- Ability to identify MEP risks, delays, interface conflicts, constructability issues, and coordination challenges and recommend practical solutions.
- Strong communication, leadership, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, actions, and technical interfaces in a fast paced project environment.
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Company Overview
- Decima International is a professional services company providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East.
- The company seeks to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and oversee MEP construction activities across mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, ELV/ICT, and related building services disciplines.
- Support project management teams in the supervision, planning, scheduling, and delivery of MEP works on site.
- Monitor MEP progress against approved construction schedules, look ahead plans, milestones, and project delivery targets.
- Coordinate with contractors, consultants, discipline engineers, project controls teams, vendors, and client representatives to ensure effective MEP execution and alignment.
- Review MEP construction plans, method statements, inspection and test plans, shop drawings, material submittals, technical submissions, and site coordination documents.
- Identify MEP interface issues, coordination gaps, design conflicts, procurement constraints, and construction risks, and support timely resolution.
- Participate in MEP coordination meetings, progress meetings, technical workshops, planning sessions, and site inspections.
- Support schedule development and updates by validating MEP sequencing, construction logic, dependencies, resource requirements, and progress status.
- Coordinate with planning and scheduling teams to ensure MEP activities are accurately reflected in project schedules and recovery plans.
- Review contractor progress reports and provide input on MEP progress, delays, constraints, risks, and corrective actions.
- Monitor contractor performance to ensure MEP works are delivered safely, on schedule, and in accordance with project quality and technical requirements.
- Support the review of RFIs, technical queries, design clarifications, change requests, and site instructions related to MEP scopes.
Qualifications
- 20+ years of experience in MEP coordination, project management, construction supervision, planning, scheduling, or construction management for large scale building, infrastructure, industrial, or mission critical projects.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
- Strong experience supervising and coordinating MEP construction activities on large scale projects.
- Proven experience in construction scheduling, planning, sequencing, progress monitoring, and coordination of complex MEP works.
- Prior experience working on data center, mission critical, industrial, infrastructure, or large scale commercial building projects is highly desirable.
- Strong technical understanding of mechanical and electrical systems, including HVAC, chilled water, plumbing, fire protection, power distribution, generators, UPS systems, switchgear, lighting, low current systems, BMS, and related building services.
- Ability to review and interpret MEP drawings, specifications, schedules, method statements, shop drawings, material submittals, RFIs, inspection documents, and technical reports.
- Experience coordinating with contractors, consultants, subcontractors, client representatives, design teams, project controls teams, and commissioning teams.
- Strong understanding of project management principles, construction supervision practices, schedule control, quality requirements, and site coordination processes.
- Ability to identify MEP risks, delays, interface conflicts, constructability issues, and coordination challenges and recommend practical solutions.
- Strong communication, leadership, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, actions, and technical interfaces in a fast paced project environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional certifications such as PMP, ATD, ATS, or other relevant project management, data center, or technical certifications.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
- Experience working on hyperscale data centers or other large scale, mission critical facilities.
- Experience working in a PMC, owner's representative, consultant, or client side project management environment.
- Previous experience working in Dubai, the UAE, or the wider GCC region.
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