Senior MEP Manager - Venue Systems

Parsons; Dubai; On-site; AED 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons Corporation seeks a Senior MEP Manager - Venue Systems in Dubai to lead planning, design management, installation oversight, commissioning, and handover of complex MEP and venue systems for world-class stadiums and events.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, ensure technical delivery, optimize operational readiness, and align with safety, quality, and sustainability standards across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing MEP design, construction, commissioning, and handover on complex developments.
• Proven involvement in large-scale stadiums or arenas.
• Strong knowledge of building systems and multidisciplinary coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead MEP planning, design management, installation oversight, commissioning, and handover.
• Coordinate design consultants, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Review design criteria, drawings, and reports.
• Manage interfaces between architectural, structural, MEP, and venue tech.
• Oversee testing and commissioning strategies.

Skills

MEP design management

Building services engineering

Stadium systems

Sports venue development

Mechanical systems

Electrical power distribution

Plumbing and drainage

Fire protection systems

HVAC systems

SCADA integration

Building management systems

Integrated controls

Contractor management

Technical coordination

BIM coordination

Asset handover

Testing and commissioning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

BIM (Revit/Navisworks)

AutoCAD

SCADA

Job description

Senior MEP Manager - Venue Systems

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Industry: Construction | Function: Engineering | Experience: Extensive experience in complex MEP and venue systems delivery | Job Type: Full‑time

Country: United Arab Emirates | City: Dubai | Salary: 38,000-52,000 (estimated; final offer to be confirmed by employer) | Gender: Any | Candidate Nationality: Any

Overview: Senior MEP Manager - Venue Systems is a senior construction opportunity with Parsons Corporation for an experienced engineering leader capable of managing building services and specialist systems for major sports and entertainment facilities. The role directs MEP planning, design management, technical integration, installation oversight, testing and commissioning, operational readiness, and final handover across world‑class stadium and event venue developments.

Context: The Senior MEP Manager - Venue Systems serves as the principal technical coordinator for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, utilities, life‑safety, controls, and specialist venue systems throughout the project lifecycle. They connect the project management team with designers, contractors, vendors, operators, authorities, and end users to ensure reliable system performance within integrated venue operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, design management, installation oversight, commissioning, and handover of MEP and specialist venue systems.
• Establish the technical delivery strategy for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, utilities, controls, and event‑related systems.
• Coordinate the Lead Design Consultant, specialist designers, contractors, suppliers, operators, and project stakeholders.
• Review design criteria, engineering calculations, technical reports, drawings, specifications, equipment schedules, and system narratives.
• Confirm that MEP designs satisfy venue capacity, operational demands, event modes, maintenance requirements, and project performance targets.
• Manage multidisciplinary interfaces between architectural, structural, civil, MEP, technology, security, broadcast, and operational packages.
• Oversee heating, ventilation, air conditioning, chilled water, ventilation, smoke management, and building environmental systems.
• Coordinate electrical power distribution, emergency power, lighting, earthing, lightning protection, and energy monitoring requirements.
• Direct the technical review of plumbing, drainage, water supply, irrigation connections, fire protection, and utility infrastructure.
• Manage interfaces involving building management systems, SCADA, controls, metering, and integrated command platforms.
• Coordinate stadium lighting, sports lighting, façade lighting, event power, temporary power, and broadcast electrical requirements.
• Oversee specialist venue systems serving seating areas, hospitality suites, VIP zones, athlete facilities, concourses, media spaces, kitchens, and back‑of‑house operations.
• Review contractor shop drawings, material submissions, equipment selections, method statements, technical proposals, and coordination models.
• Lead technical workshops to identify clashes, resolve design conflicts, and close multidisciplinary interface issues.
• Evaluate system maintainability, plant access, replacement routes, equipment clearances, and long‑term asset management needs.
• Support procurement planning, tender evaluations, technical clarifications, value engineering, and specialist contractor appointments.
• Monitor installation activities to verify compliance with approved designs, specifications, quality plans, and authority requirements.
• Track construction progress, procurement status, equipment deliveries, technical approvals, and interface milestones.
• Identify MEP and systems risks that could affect safety, cost, schedule, operations, or venue readiness.
• Develop mitigation plans and ensure responsible parties close technical actions within agreed timeframes.
• Coordinate testing and commissioning strategies for individual systems and integrated venue operations.
• Review factory acceptance tests, site acceptance tests, pre‑commissioning records, functional performance tests, and integrated systems testing.
• Ensure commissioning sequences consider event operations, emergency scenarios, life‑safety interfaces, and full‑load performance.
• Support authority inspections, statutory approvals, energization, utility connections, and final certifications.
• Lead technical readiness reviews before trial events, soft openings, and operational handover.
• Coordinate operator training, maintenance procedures, spare parts, warranties, asset registers, and operations manuals.
• Verify the completeness of as‑built drawings, commissioning records, test certificates, and handover documentation.
• Monitor defect rectification and confirm that outstanding technical issues are resolved before final acceptance.
• Prepare technical reports, dashboards, executive summaries, presentations, risk updates, and decision papers.
• Provide technical guidance to project managers, engineers, consultants, contractors, and specialist teams.
• Promote compliance with health, safety, quality, sustainability, and engineering governance requirements.

Ideal Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience managing MEP design, construction, commissioning, and handover on complex developments.
• Demonstrated involvement in stadiums, arenas, convention centers, airports, hospitality destinations, entertainment venues, or comparable large‑scale facilities.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, utilities, and specialist building systems.
• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary consultants, contractors, vendors, operators, and senior stakeholders.
• Experience managing technically complex interfaces across architecture, structures, civil works, MEP services, venue technology, and operations.
• Detailed understanding of design management, procurement, installation sequencing, testing, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Ability to review engineering calculations, specifications, equipment schedules, contractor submissions, and technical reports.
• Familiarity with building management systems, integrated controls, energy monitoring, and intelligent venue operations.
• Knowledge of spectator facilities, hospitality operations, athlete spaces, media areas, broadcast requirements, and event‑readiness needs.
• Strong understanding of life‑safety systems, emergency power, fire protection, smoke control, and authority approval processes.
• Experience overseeing integrated systems testing and resolving complex commissioning defects.
• Working knowledge of international engineering codes, sustainability requirements, quality systems, and construction safety standards.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to evaluate technical changes, value engineering options, and delivery risks.
• Excellent reporting, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Professional registration, chartered status, or membership of a recognised engineering institution is desirable.

Skills Set

• MEP design management
• Building services engineering
• Stadium systems
• Sports venue development
• Mechanical systems
• Electrical power distribution
• Plumbing and drainage
• Fire protection systems
• HVAC systems
• Chilled water systems
• Smoke management
• Emergency power
• Sports lighting
• Event power systems
• Building management systems
• SCADA integration
• Integrated controls
• Utility coordination
• Venue technology interfaces
• Broadcast system interfaces
• Hospitality facility systems
• Athlete facility systems
• Design review
• Technical coordination
• BIM coordination
• Contractor management
• Specialist vendor management
• Procurement support
• Installation supervision
• Factory acceptance testing
• Site acceptance testing
• Testing and commissioning
• Integrated systems testing
• Operational readiness
• Authority approvals
• Asset handover
• Defect management
• Risk management
• Technical reporting

Why Join Us

This role offers the opportunity to shape the engineering performance of major sports and entertainment venues in Dubai. The position combines strategic technical leadership with direct involvement in design coordination, construction delivery, integrated testing, and venue activation. Complex event facilities require reliable systems that can respond to changing occupancy levels, broadcast demands, hospitality operations, emergency conditions, and intensive event schedules. This opportunity provides substantial professional exposure to advanced venue engineering, multidisciplinary delivery, and high‑profile infrastructure development.

About the Company

Parsons Corporation delivers engineering, project management, systems integration, and construction supervision services for complex infrastructure and building developments. Its multidisciplinary teams support major projects through rigorous technical coordination, structured delivery controls, digital engineering, and a strong commitment to safe and reliable operations.