Head of Mechanical Design (Associate Director)
Job Description
Head of Mechanical Design (Associate Director)
MEP Building Services Design
50,000 55,000 AED per month + benefits
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Are you a dynamic HVAC building services design professional based in the MENA region, looking for an opportunity to lead in a multi-disciplinary global consultancy
This global, multi-award winning consultants have live projects including cultural, aviation, commercial, residential, hospitality, data centers and retail across the Middle East region.
As the Head of Mechanical Design / Associate Director, you will be joining a highly dynamic, established & successful team in the heart of Dubai & given full autonomy to make decisions. The MEP design team has a deep focus on design and a highly digital, sustainable & visual approach.The successful candidate for the Head of Mechanical / Associate Director role will provide full MEP project leadership on an array of projects with signature architects spanning the MENA region & report directly to the MEP Director.
To apply for this role, you will come with over 15 years of building services MEP design experience, coming from a HVAC Design background & minimum of 7 years of experience in the Middle East on major projects.
YOUR NEW EMPLOYER
We have partnered with this multi-award winning, global, multi-disciplinary consultancy for over 20 years, first placing an engineer in their Dubai office in 2006!
Not only do they have a fantastic reputation for a supportive and collaborative company culture, but they enjoy everything they do & so will you! Likeminded and personable people will thrive in this environment and will really help strengthen the team, which has rapid progression on offer for talented, driven candidates.
You will enjoy their focus on digital and parametric design and believe that the future of our industry lies in working smarter not harder.
If you&aposve got potential and want to push the boundaries of design, they will help you achieve it!
What Will You Be Doing In The Head of Mechanical / Associate Director Role
Specific areas of key responsibility include the following:
- MEP Project leadership.
- Training, mentoring and development of engineers.
- Input into business development activities through actively getting involved in marketing and profile-raising activities such as industry related events.
- To act as PM on selected projects by managing the successful delivery of high quality multi and single disciplinary projects
- Attending client meetings, delivering presentations and design reports
- Project manage and supervise teams to successfully deliver high quality discipline projects in accordance with corporate and client requirements
- Develop a thorough design philosophy, effectively contributing to the inception, development and detailed delivery of projects across all stages
- Actively engage with clients and partners to gain feedback and deliver service improvement initiatives
- Multi-disciplinary coordination & QA/QC
- Coordinating with architects, structural engineers plus client, PMs and QS.
- 15+ years experience in MEP Building services Design, 7+ years experience in Middle East.
- Degree qualified in mechanical or building services engineering
- Proven track record in building services design with different types of sectors, including high rise, commercial, residential, retail, Healthcare, Industrial, refurbishment, etc.
- Chartered member of CIBSE, ASHRAE etc.
- Understanding of the financial and commercial management of projects.
- Experienced at:
- Presenting to clients
- Attending demanding client meetings
- Preparing project proposals for agreement
- Arranging project resources
- Planning and running projects
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
THE NEXT STEPS
Simply click apply with your updated CV and contact details & I will personally call you for a confidential discussion. We will explore your current situation, skillset and career aspirations along with discussing this role and the client in more detail.
I will then speak to my client and share your CV for review. Interviews will be held via MS Teams.
To apply for this fantastic opportunity, please contact James Mowat, Managing Director - EMEA of Energi People.
ABOUT US
Energi People are a privately owned global multi-disciplinary recruitment consultancy, established in 2002.
We are one of the most experienced and successful recruitment consultancies in the built environment & have successfully helped some of the largest and most technically advanced building construction projects across the world be completed by bringing the best technical people in our industry together.We strive to help companies grow & careers flourish.
Our MEP Design consultancy team have more than 35 years of recruitment experience within building services engineering recruitment within the MENA region, including a former building services design and project engineer.
James Mowat has been elected as a Judge at the MEP Middle East Awards for the past 3 years running & the CIBSE UAE Awards for 2 years. A real statement of recognition of our commitment, presence, and dedication to the MENA Built environment Industry.