Turnover Lead

Mercury Engineering; Dublin; On-site; EUR 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercury Engineering is seeking a Turnover Lead to manage Fire Protection system turnover across projects. You will coordinate documentation, testing, inspections, and handover to clients or commissioning teams, ensuring compliance with quality standards.

The role requires strong organizational and communication skills, plus experience with turnover, punch lists, and final handover activities on large-scale data centres, pharma, and life sciences projects.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Fire Protection, Construction Management or related discipline.
• Experience with turnover, system completions, commissioning support or handover activities in construction.
• Understanding of Fire Protection systems, testing, inspection and certification requirements.
• Experience reviewing turnover docs, test packs and quality records.
• Knowledge of punch list management and system completion processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the turnover process for Fire Protection projects, ensuring all docs and testing are complete and transferred to the client or commissioning team.
• Ensure clear turnover deliverables, boundaries, and requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Liaise with clients, CMT, contractors, subcontractors and commissioning teams to achieve turnover.
• Lead turnover meetings, provide progress updates, and maintain status of allocated systems.

Skills

Project coordination

Communication

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Diploma/Qualification in Fire Protection

Construction Management qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Documentation management systems

Job description

Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions.

We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life changing advancements that connect people, communities, and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again.

We deliver our clients’ visions through leading edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection.

At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.

Scope of the Role:

The Turnover Lead is responsible for ensuring the clear understanding, tracking, and successful delivery of Fire Protection systems throughout the project lifecycle. The role supports project turnover and handover activities, ensuring all systems, documentation, inspections, testing, and certification requirements are completed and transferred to the client or commissioning team in accordance with project quality and compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

• Manage and coordinate the turnover process for Fire Protection projects, ensuring all construction activities and documentation are completed and transferred to the project owner or operator.
• Ensure a clear understanding of Fire Protection system deliverables, boundaries, and turnover requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Liaise with project stakeholders, including clients, Construction Management Teams (CMT), contractors, subcontractors, and commissioning teams to ensure turnover requirements are achieved.
• Support turnover meetings and provide regular progress updates to project stakeholders.
• Review, update, and communicate the status of allocated systems with the Construction Management Team.
• Carry out early system walkdowns to assess construction progress, quality standards, and turnover readiness.
• Coordinate with contractors to confirm readiness of construction works, documentation, and testing activities.
• Conduct walkdown inspections with contractors, commissioning teams, and end users to verify system completion and readiness for handover.
• Ensure punch list items are identified, tracked, reported, and closed out in a timely manner.
• Oversee final inspections and testing activities to verify system functionality and compliance with project and regulatory requirements.
• Collate, review, and verify all turnover documentation, including test packs, drawings, certifications, compliance records, and handover documentation.
• Compile turnover packs and coordinate sign-off and formal handover to the commissioning team.
• Ensure all turnover documentation is archived and retained in accordance with project and company requirements.
• Identify, manage, and resolve turnover-related issues and discrepancies.
• Escalate quality, documentation, or turnover concerns to the Contracts Manager and Quality Team as required.

Essential Criteria for the Role:

• Degree, diploma, trade qualification, or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering, Fire Protection, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Previous experience in project turnover, system completions, commissioning support, or handover activities within the construction industry.
• Strong understanding of Fire Protection systems and associated testing, inspection, and certification requirements.
• Experience reviewing and managing turnover documentation, test packs, and quality records.
• Knowledge of punch list management and system completion processes.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple contractors and project teams to meet critical handover milestones.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality and compliance standards.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and document management systems.
• Experience working on large-scale data centre, pharmaceutical, life sciences, industrial, or mission-critical projects.
• Familiarity with commissioning and startup activities.
• Knowledge of digital completions and turnover management platforms.
• Experience participating in client acceptance testing and final handover processes.
• Understanding of relevant Fire Protection codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Previous experience working in a fast-paced international project environment.

Mercury is an equal opportunities employer.