Senior Mechanical Engineer

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Project Overview:

Bechtel has been involved over the last 80 years in some of the world’s busiest and most complex airport projects, including Greenfield and Brownfield developments. In the GCC, we have held significant roles on King Khalid, King Fahad, Dubai, Hamad, and Muscat international airports. Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company has been appointed to provide project management consultancy services (including technical, commercial, and construction management) for the development of a state of the art international airport in the city of Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

King Salman International Airport will have a capacity of up to 120 million travellers by 2030 and 185 million travellers by 2050, and the capacity to process up to 3.5 million tons of cargo by 2050.

Bechtel will provide PMC services for three new terminals; Terminal 6 is a new build ‘low cost carrier’ – hyper efficient terminal with gross floor area of ≈450,000m2, capacity of 20mppa; Iconic Terminal is a new build ‘new concept’ terminal with gross floor area of ≈ 1M m2, capacity of 40 to 45 mppa, and Private Aviation Terminal and hangars for VIPs and business jet passengers

Job Summary:

• In this role, you will report to the MEP Lead and be accountable for supervising and managing the work of the customer’s designers and contractors in the delivery of design for the airport terminal buildings mechanical systems design including HVAC systems, emergency ventilation systems, pumping systems, horizontal & vertical transportation systems (elevators, escalators and moving walks), and building maintenance systems.
• You will prepare estimates, work plans, progress reports and assist with the tender, evaluation and award recommendations for the MEP contractor(s).
• You will coordinate and collaborate with other teams such as the Terminal Delivery teams, Stakeholder Management, Contracts & Procurement and Start-up/Commissioning as required through all stages of the Project life cycle.
• Your technical expertise and coordination will ensure outcomes meet customer and project requirements.

Major Responsibilities:

• Supervision and management of the customer’s designers and contractors in the delivery of terminal buildings mechanical systems design.
• Review of technical submissions from designers and contractors relating to mechanical systems.
• Support to Contracts & Procurement in the delivery of design to support procurement and post tender technical evaluation and award recommendations.
• Monitoring & reporting on the progress and performance of the customer’s designers and contractors.
• Coordination with the Stakeholder Management team to ensure that all required permits and approvals are achieved in a timely manner throughout the Project life cycle.
• Support to Construction & Quality delivery teams during the execution of the works relating to terminal buildings mechanical systems, including resolution of requests for information, field change requests, non-conformance reports and work inspection requests.
• Support the undertaking of vendor factory testing & inspections for mechanical systems.
• Support to Start-Up/Commissioning team from the outset to ensure that start-up/commissioning and hand-over requirements are addressed early in the design process and support the conduct of testing and commissioning during the execution of the works.
• Coordinate mechanical systems design with other project disciplines, review project design criteria, vendor submissions, construction inspection records and startup test reports
• Coordinate mechanical systems design integration across numerous contracts, work packages and stakeholders.
• Liaison with customer representatives as the subject matter expert and accountable person for delivery of mechanical systems engineering documentation, including presentations and reporting as required.
• Undertake audits, reports and present findings of designer, contractor, stakeholder and project team application and adherence to engineering processes and policies.
• Support the production of verification packages to facilitate turnover of completed mechanical systems and facilities.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires a bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years mechanical systems engineering experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge and experience with mechanical systems design including HVAC systems, emergency ventilation systems, pumping systems, horizontal & vertical transportation systems (elevators, escalators and moving walks) and building maintenance systems.
• Familiarity with applicable national and international design codes.
• Familiarity with sustainability design requirements applicable to conservation of energy and water supplies and third party sustainability accreditation requirements such as LEED.
• Understanding of airline industry and international regulatory codes, standards and design criteria relating to airport design.
• Experience with integration of airport mechanical systems into building management systems.
• Knowledge of interface management and the management of system to civil and system to system interfaces.
• Possesses working knowledge and production ability with computer-aided drafting software, such as AutoCAD and Revit.
• Possesses a working knowledge of BIM processes, including experience designing projects in BIM platforms, particularly Revit and Navisworks.

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