Head of MEP Systems
Job Details
- Languages
- Excellent written and spoken English; Spanish or Portuguese language skills preferred.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Building Services Engineering.
- A relevant master’s degree or professional registration is an advantage.
- Significant MEP design experience, including leadership of teams, consultants or multidisciplinary packages.
- Proven experience delivering very high-end luxury residential and hospitality projects, such as private villas, luxury resorts and boutique hotels.
- Experience overseeing MEP design from concept through construction, commissioning or handover.
- Strong knowledge of integrated HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection and building systems.
- Experience coordinating international project teams and local consultants.
- Familiarity with Revit, Navisworks, BIM coordination and relevant engineering design tools.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Proactive, hands-on leadership and a track record of anticipating issues and driving solutions through to completion.
- Strong technical judgement and ability to manage priorities across multiple projects.
- Ability to review and challenge technical documents and explain complex issues clearly.
- Practical approach to design risk, buildability, maintenance and value engineering.
- Experience in tropical, coastal or remote locations.
- Spanish or Portuguese language skills preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead MEP design strategy and technical reviews across projects and design stages.
- Establish and maintain MEP standards, design briefs, deliverable requirements and review procedures.
- Guide the global MEP team and coordinate specialist resources across projects.
- Review project briefs, concepts, calculations, drawings, specifications, schedules and equipment selections.
- Identify design gaps, technical risks and coordination issues, and drive them to resolution.
- Coordinate MEP systems with architecture, interiors, structure, landscape and specialist equipment.
- Lead technical reviews and value engineering, balancing cost and programme with quality and long-term performance.
- Coordinate with local engineers and consultants on authority requirements and statutory submissions.
- Provide technical oversight during construction, inspections, commissioning, integrated systems testing and handover.
- Develop reusable standards, specifications, technical libraries and lessons learned across the portfolio.