Senior MEP Manager

Senior MEP Manager - Venue Systems

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Industry: Construction | Function: Engineering | Experience: Extensive experience in complex MEP and venue systems delivery | Job Type: Full‑time

Country: United Arab Emirates | City: Dubai | Salary: 38,000-52,000 (estimated; final offer to be confirmed by employer) | Gender: Any | Candidate Nationality: Any

Overview: Senior MEP Manager - Venue Systems is a senior construction opportunity with Parsons Corporation for an experienced engineering leader capable of managing building services and specialist systems for major sports and entertainment facilities. The role directs MEP planning, design management, technical integration, installation oversight, testing and commissioning, operational readiness, and final handover across world‑class stadium and event venue developments.

Context: The Senior MEP Manager - Venue Systems serves as the principal technical coordinator for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, utilities, life‑safety, controls, and specialist venue systems throughout the project lifecycle. They connect the project management team with designers, contractors, vendors, operators, authorities, and end users to ensure reliable system performance within integrated venue operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, design management, installation oversight, commissioning, and handover of MEP and specialist venue systems.
• Establish the technical delivery strategy for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, utilities, controls, and event‑related systems.
• Coordinate the Lead Design Consultant, specialist designers, contractors, suppliers, operators, and project stakeholders.
• Review design criteria, engineering calculations, technical reports, drawings, specifications, equipment schedules, and system narratives.
• Confirm that MEP designs satisfy venue capacity, operational demands, event modes, maintenance requirements, and project performance targets.
• Manage multidisciplinary interfaces between architectural, structural, civil, MEP, technology, security, broadcast, and operational packages.
• Oversee heating, ventilation, air conditioning, chilled water, ventilation, smoke management, and building environmental systems.
• Coordinate electrical power distribution, emergency power, lighting, earthing, lightning protection, and energy monitoring requirements.
• Direct the technical review of plumbing, drainage, water supply, irrigation connections, fire protection, and utility infrastructure.
• Manage interfaces involving building management systems, SCADA, controls, metering, and integrated command platforms.
• Coordinate stadium lighting, sports lighting, façade lighting, event power, temporary power, and broadcast electrical requirements.
• Oversee specialist venue systems serving seating areas, hospitality suites, VIP zones, athlete facilities, concourses, media spaces, kitchens, and back‑of‑house operations.
• Review contractor shop drawings, material submissions, equipment selections, method statements, technical proposals, and coordination models.
• Lead technical workshops to identify clashes, resolve design conflicts, and close multidisciplinary interface issues.
• Evaluate system maintainability, plant access, replacement routes, equipment clearances, and long‑term asset management needs.
• Support procurement planning, tender evaluations, technical clarifications, value engineering, and specialist contractor appointments.
• Monitor installation activities to verify compliance with approved designs, specifications, quality plans, and authority requirements.
• Track construction progress, procurement status, equipment deliveries, technical approvals, and interface milestones.
• Identify MEP and systems risks that could affect safety, cost, schedule, operations, or venue readiness.
• Develop mitigation plans and ensure responsible parties close technical actions within agreed timeframes.
• Coordinate testing and commissioning strategies for individual systems and integrated venue operations.
• Review factory acceptance tests, site acceptance tests, pre‑commissioning records, functional performance tests, and integrated systems testing.
• Ensure commissioning sequences consider event operations, emergency scenarios, life‑safety interfaces, and full‑load performance.
• Support authority inspections, statutory approvals, energization, utility connections, and final certifications.
• Lead technical readiness reviews before trial events, soft openings, and operational handover.
• Coordinate operator training, maintenance procedures, spare parts, warranties, asset registers, and operations manuals.
• Verify the completeness of as‑built drawings, commissioning records, test certificates, an