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 to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International’s founders established a simple yet powerful formula:
Approach each client engagement as a partnership, create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards.
We are seeking an accomplished and highly experienced Project Management MEP Coordinator to support the planning, coordination, supervision, and delivery of MEP works for a large-scale project in Dubai, UAE. This client-facing role requires strong technical expertise in mechanical and electrical systems, combined with extensive experience in construction supervision, scheduling, planning, coordination, and project delivery for complex building projects.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, with proven experience coordinating multidisciplinary MEP works on large-scale construction projects, preferably within data center, mission-critical, industrial, infrastructure, or high-tech commercial developments.
You will play a key role in supporting project management and construction delivery by coordinating MEP activities, monitoring progress against schedule, resolving technical and interface issues, and ensuring MEP works are executed in accordance with approved drawings, specifications, quality standards, safety requirements, and project objectives.
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.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required 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.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
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.
- 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.
POSITION DETAILS
- Location (On-site): Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Position: Project Management MEP Coordinator
- Position Classification: Salary-based full-time hours
Decima International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to the safety and well-being of all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.
