Decima International - Project Management MEP Coordinator
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. • 20+ years • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering. • Mechanical Engineering • 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. • data center • 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. • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. • 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. • hyperscale data centers • 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. • Familiarity with UAE authority requirements, permitting processes, local construction regulations, and international building standards. • Experience supporting commissioning, startup, integrated systems testing, operational readiness, handover, and closeout of MEP systems. • Familiarity with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Aconex, Procore, Oracle Primavera Cloud, BIM 360, or other project management and document control platforms. • Knowledge of data center mechanical and electrical infrastructure, redundancy requirements, critical power systems, cooling systems, BMS/EPMS, and commissioning requirements.
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. • Assist in assessing MEP-related variations, claims, delay events, and commercial impacts from a technical and progress perspective. • Coordinate with QA/QC teams to ensure MEP inspections, testing, NCR closeout, punch lists, and quality documentation are completed in line with project requirements. • Support testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing, handover, closeout, and turnover readiness for MEP systems. • Ensure proper coordination between MEP works and civil, structural, architectural, ICT/ELV, commissioning, procurement, and operations teams. • Prepare and contribute to MEP progress reports, coordination trackers, action logs, risk registers, look-ahead schedules, and executive summaries. • Promote strong communication, accountability, safety, quality, and timely decision-making across MEP project teams. • Perform other related duties as required and assigned.
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