Construction Engineer – MEP

YCG - Embedded Talent Acquisition & Talent Solutions; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days annual leave

Sunday Times Top 100 Employer

Health & wellbeing programme

Life assurance (4x salary)

Pension scheme

Professional development

Job summary

Sacyr UK and Ireland is delivering a high-profile MEP-focused construction project at Dublin Airport. The Construction Engineer - MEP will manage planning, coordination and delivery of mechanical, electrical and public-health packages across design, procurement, installation, testing, commissioning and handover.

You will lead technical coordination, supervise subcontractors, manage interfaces with civil and airport operations, and ensure compliance with safety, quality and project standards

Qualifications

• Formal qualification in Mechanical/Electrical/Building Services or Construction Engineering, or equivalent.
• Site-based experience delivering M&E or building-services works on complex projects.
• Working knowledge of construction sequencing, design coordination, submittals, inspections, testing, commissioning and handover.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate M&E works, ensuring labour, materials, plant, access, permits and predecessor activities are available before work starts.
• Prepare short-term work plans and installation priorities aligned with the project programme.
• Coordinate M&E activities with other disciplines to prevent clashes and disruption.
• Monitor progress, maintain site records, and raise risks with recovery actions.
• Provide technical direction to subcontractors and ensure drawings and specs are used.
• Coordinate commissioning activities, handover documentation and evidence.

Skills

Safety awareness

Reading drawings

Coordination

Education

Degree or higher diploma in Mechanical/Electrical/Building Services/Construction Engineering

Tools

Microsoft 365

Excel

Word

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Location: West Apron Vehicle Underpass, Dublin, Ireland

About the Role

As a Construction Engineer - MEP, you’ll be at the heart of an exciting new West Apron Vehicle Underpass project at Dublin Airport.

The Construction Engineer - MEP will support the safe, coordinated, and timely delivery of the mechanical, electrical, public-health, and specialist systems required for the project. The role is site-focused and covers the full construction cycle: design coordination, procurement, installation, inspection, testing, commissioning, handover, and close-out.

Working under the direction of the M&E Agent and in close collaboration with the wider project team, you will take ownership of defined M&E packages and interfaces, convert design information into executable site activities, identify and resolve constraints early, and maintain clear evidence that the works comply with approved designs, specifications, quality requirements, and project HSWE arrangements.

About Us

We are a global group, listed in the IBEX 35, Spain's stock market index, with activities in more than 15 countries on four continents. At Sacyr UK and Ireland, we’re passionate about creating a better world through our projects.

Our workplace is inclusive, diverse, and designed for everyone to thrive. We are proud to have been recognised as a Sunday Times Top 100 Employer for three consecutive years (2024, 2025, and 2026), as well as being accredited as a Living Wage and Disability Confident employer.

About You

If your values align with ours and you are passionate about being part of our team, read on! Our team members are professional, great communicators, adaptable, full of integrity, and generally a fabulous bunch. If this sounds like you and you can demonstrate the required skills and experience, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

Construction Planning & Delivery

• Plan and coordinate assigned M&E works, ensuring that labour, materials, plant, access, permits, approved information, and predecessor activities are available before work starts.
• Prepare short-term work plans, look-aheads, and installation priorities aligned with the integrated construction programme and key project milestones.
• Coordinate M&E activities with civil, structural, architectural, utilities, drainage, roadworks, and airport operational interfaces to prevent clashes, abortive work, and disruption.
• Monitor productivity and progress against plan; maintain accurate site records and promptly elevate slippage, constraints, or emerging risks with recovery actions.
• Provide technical direction to subcontractors and verify that the latest approved drawings, specifications, and installation details are being used on site.

Design & Technical Coordination

• Review drawings, specifications, schedules, models, calculations, technical submittals, and manufacturers’ information for buildability, completeness, and coordination.
• Manage technical queries and RFIs from identification through response, implementation, and close-out, maintaining a clear audit trail.
• Participate in design coordination and constructability reviews; identify clashes, access and maintenance requirements, builder’s-work needs, temporary-service requirements, and system interfaces.
• Coordinate installation drawings, coordinated services layouts, builders-work information, red-line mark-ups, and as-built records.
• Ensure design changes and field instructions are communicated to affected parties and incorporated into controlled project information.

Procurement & Supply-Chain Management

• Support the preparation and procurement of M&E work packages, scopes, technical schedules, and tender clarifications in conjunction with the M&E and Commercial teams.
• Undertake technical reviews of tender submissions, proposed equipment, materials, and alternatives, identifying compliance gaps, exclusions, and interface risks.
• Monitor design approvals, manufacture, factory testing (where applicable), delivery, storage, and installation of long-lead and critical equipment.
• Coordinate subcontractor mobilisation, workface readiness, and performance; chair or support package progress meetings and issue clear actions and records.
• Maintain package trackers covering submittals, RFIs, procurement, deliveries, inspections, testing, commissioning, defects, and handover deliverables.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

• Implement the project Quality Plan for assigned M&E works, including Inspection and Test Plans, check sheets, benchmarks, samples, hold points, and witness points.
• Inspect installations and verify compliance with approved design information, specifications, manufacturers’ requirements, relevant standards, and agreed workmanship criteria.
• Raise, manage, and close non-conformance reports, defects, punch-list items, and corrective actions, ensuring root causes and repeat issues are addressed.
• Compile and maintain quality records, test certificates, equipment data, inspection evidence, photographic records, red-line drawings, and handover documentation.
• Support inspections by the client, designers, statutory bodies, airport stakeholders, and other authorised parties, and coordinate timely close-out of observations.
• Assist in developing the commissioning strategy, programme, system boundaries, test scripts, inspection plans, and resource requirements from early construction stages.
• Coordinate pre-commissioning, energisation, functional testing, integrated systems testing, witnessing, demonstrations, and performance verification for assigned systems.
• Confirm readiness before testing, including completion status, safety documentation, calibrated instruments, approved procedures, temporary arrangements, and attendance requirements.
• Track commissioning results, failures, defects, and retests through to verified closure.
• Coordinate handover deliverables including O&M manuals, as-built drawings, asset information, warranties, spares, training records, certificates, and final completion evidence.
• Demonstrate visible HSWE leadership and support the project’s One-Team culture through active engagement, site presence, and prompt intervention where standards are not met.
• Ensure assigned works are planned and delivered in accordance with project HSWE requirements, approved RAMS, permits, isolations, lifting plans, temporary works controls, and environmental constraints.
• Participate in task planning, briefings, inspections, assurance walks, and incident or near-miss reviews; verify that actions are completed and learning is shared.
• Coordinate safe access, working areas, service isolations, testing zones, temporary supplies, and interfaces with live or operational areas.
• Promote good housekeeping, material control, waste reduction, and protection of completed works and the surrounding airport environment.

Commercial, Reporting & Stakeholder Support

• Maintain contemporaneous records of progress, labour, plant, materials, instructions, delays, disruptions, testing, and changes relevant to assigned packages.
• Support the M&E and Commercial teams with technical assessment of variations, quotations, scope changes, claims information, and subcontractor applications.
• Prepare concise engineering reports, dashboards, meeting inputs, and package updates that clearly state status, risks, decisions required, and accountable actions.
• Build constructive working relationships with client representatives, designers, airport stakeholders, subcontractors, suppliers, and other project disciplines.

Requirements

• Qualification: Degree, higher diploma, or equivalent qualification in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Construction Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience: Relevant site-based experience delivering M&E or building- services works on a construction, infrastructure, transport, industrial, or similarly complex project.
• Technical Knowledge: Working knowledge of construction sequencing, design coordination, technical submittals, inspections, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• Drawing & Layouts: Ability to read and interpret M&E drawings, schematics, specifications, schedules, builders-work information, and coordinated services layouts.
• Safety & Quality: Practical understanding of safe systems of work, RAMS, permits, isolations, quality inspections, and construction-site controls.
• IT Skills: Competence in Microsoft 365 applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) and willingness to work within project document-control systems.

What We Offer

In return, you will be working on a high-profile "once in a lifetime" project supported by a collaborative team in a learning environment. We offer local and global career opportunities.

• Generous Leave: 34 days' annual leave + Enhanced annual leave
• Workplace Culture: Inclusive work environment, Sunday Times Top 100 Employer (3 consecutive years)
• Health & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Randox Health annual checks & half-yearly check-ins, Eye care vouchers
• Financial & Protection: Life assurance (4x annual salary), Pension scheme
• Professional Development: Company-funded training, certifications, accredited memberships, and Spanish/English language lessons

Application Process

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We are open to making reasonable adjustments to enable all applicants to participate in the recruitment process. Please let us know if you need any adjustments as part of the application process.