Senior Mechanical Engineer (Hospital/Healthcare)

Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer with hands-on experience in healthcare construction to join our PMCM team across Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah. The role sits at the intersection of technical review and day-to-day site coordination. You will own the shop drawing and material submittal review process for complex hospital and clinic projects, working directly with contractors, MEP designers, and clinical end-users to ensure what gets built is what was designed and what the codes require.
This is not a desk role. You will move between review meetings, design coordination sessions, and site walkthroughs, and you need to be comfortable doing all three. If you have built your career on critical mechanical systems operating theatres, ICUs, medical gas, clean-room HVAC

Qualifications
• Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng. or B.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering from a recognised university with an accredited degree strongly preferred.
• Minimum 12 years of post-graduate mechanical engineering experience in building construction, with at least 4 of those years spent on healthcare facility projects (hospitals, surgical centres, clinical laboratories, or specialist clinics).
• Demonstrated experience reviewing or producing HVAC, medical gas, and plumbing/drainage shop drawings and submittals in a client-side, PMC, or supervisory role.
• Working knowledge of UAE MEP code requirements, UAE Fire and Life Safety Code, and at least one international healthcare MEP standard (HTM, NFPA 99, or ASHRAE 170).
• Competent user of AutoCAD and Autodesk Revit; able to navigate federated BIM models for clash review without specialist BIM support.
• Fluency in written and spoken English; ability to produce clear, precise technical comments and formal correspondence without ambiguity.
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
Technical Skills
• HVAC system design and commissioning: air handling, ductwork, chillers, cooling towers, fan coil units, VRF, and specialist healthcare ventilation.
• Medical gas pipeline systems: oxygen, medical air, nitrous oxide, vacuum, AGSS design, installation sequence, and commissioning protocols.
• Hydronic systems: chilled water, hot water heating, condenser water, primary/secondary pumping arrangements, variable flow.
• Pump and fan selection verification: duty/standby arrangement, affinity laws, system resistance curves.
• Air change rate verification for clinical spaces per ASHRAE 170, HTM 03-01, and UAE regulatory requirements.
• Pressure differential cascade design and verification for isolation, operating, and clean rooms.
• Filtration media selection and validation: HEPA, ULPA, pre-filter, and bag filter grades for healthcare spaces.
• Fire and smoke control: smoke extract, pressurization systems, fire damper schedules, and interlocking logic review.
• Software: AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit (Mechanical), Navisworks, MS Excel (engineering calculations), MS Project.