Engineer – Mechanical

AtkinsRéalis Group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax-free salary

Life insurance

Medical insurance

Annual leave balance

Company gratuity scheme

Discretionary bonus program

Annual flight contribution

Transportation & housing allowances

Employee Wellbeing Program

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead mechanical activities for mission-critical data centre projects, including HVAC, chilled water, plumbing, and fire protection systems.

You will review designs, coordinate installation, manage chilled water systems, and support procurement while ensuring schedules and quality standards are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Data centre or mission-critical project experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of HVAC and cooling systems.
• Knowledge of ASHRAE and NFPA standards.
• Experience with testing and commissioning activities.
• Familiarity with BIM and coordination processes.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Review mechanical designs and technical submissions.
• Coordinate installation of HVAC and cooling systems.
• Manage chilled water and heat rejection systems.
• Review shop drawings and material submittals.
• Support procurement and technical evaluations.
• Monitor construction progress and contractor performance.
• Resolve site-based technical issues.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Support testing, balancing, and commissioning activities.
• Ensure compliance with project schedules and quality standards.
• Participate in design reviews and value engineering initiatives.
• Prepare engineering reports and progress updates.

Skills

HVAC design

Data centre experience

Project management

Stakeholder management

Review calculations

BIM coordination

Microsoft Office

GCC project experience

Coordination interfaces

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Description

Overview

Responsible for managing mechanical engineering activities for mission-critical data centre projects including HVAC, chilled water, plumbing, and fire protection systems.

Your role

• Review mechanical designs and technical submissions.
• Coordinate installation of HVAC and cooling systems.
• Manage chilled water and heat rejection systems.
• Review shop drawings and material submittals.
• Support procurement and technical evaluations.
• Monitor construction progress and contractor performance.
• Resolve site-based technical issues.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary interfaces.
• Support testing, balancing, and commissioning activities.
• Ensure compliance with project schedules and quality standards.
• Participate in design reviews and value engineering initiatives.
• Prepare engineering reports and progress updates.

About you

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience.
• Data Centre or mission-critical project experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of HVAC and cooling systems.
• Knowledge of ASHRAE and NFPA standards.
• Experience with testing and commissioning activities.
• Familiarity with BIM and coordination processes.
• Ability to review technical documents and calculations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• GCC project experience desirable.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.

This includes:

• Tax-free salary.
• Life insurance coverage.
• Medical insurance.
• Annual leave balance.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Annual flight contribution.
• Transportation & housing allowances.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.

Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.