Senior Mechanical Engineer

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Job Description

Project Description:

Building Water Infrastructure (BWI) Task Order is an Architecture and Engineering (A&E) services agreement for conducting planning, engineering designs, construction supervision, and related support in the water and wastewater field.

Primary Responsibilities:

In this role, the Senior Mechanical Engineer will support the Project Manager/Sr. Construction Manager and the Jordan team as resident project representative (RPR) for the construction and operation supervision of several work assignments. This position involves a 48-hour work week, with approximately 80% of the time spent in the field and 20% in the office. This may vary based on business needs. The field work will take place at sites across different governorates throughout Jordan.

Key responsibilities include the following:

Construction supervision

• Serve as the lead mechanical for assigned construction packages, championing the successful delivery of the work while providing trusted technical guidance to the Project Manager/Sr, Construction Manager.
• Safeguard the integrity of the mechanical design by thoroughly reviewing contract drawings, specifications, design criteria, equipment schedules, bills of quantities, and all supporting contract documentation, ensuring that the project vision is translated into reality with precision and quality.
• Provide expert evaluation and timely responses to mechanical RFIs, technical queries, proposed substitutions, deviations, and contractor recommendations, collaborating closely with the Engineering drawings and multidisciplinary teams to achieve practical and effective solutions.
• Drive excellence in construction execution by identifying nonconforming, defective material, incomplete, damaged, or unsafe work, documenting observations, recommending corrective measures, and ensuring issues are resolved to closure.
• Oversee the installation, commissioning, and integration of critical mechanical systems, including pumps, process and utility piping, valves, HVAC and ventilation systems, plumbing, fire protection systems, odor-control facilities, lifting equipment, fuel systems, and other project-specific assets essential to operational success.
• Contribute technical expertise to the evaluation of change proposals, variation orders, claims, work-change directives, and extensions of time related to mechanical works, ensuring decisions are supported by sound engineering judgment and accurate records.
• Promote a culture of quality, safety, environmental stewardship, integrity, and compliance, proactively identifying risks and ensuring that incidents and concerns are communicated through the appropriate project channels.
• Review testing and performance results, assess contractor-proposed modifications, and verify that all systems continue to meet the intended design criteria and operational objectives.
• Prepare clear, insightful memoranda and technical reports for the Project Manager and Senior Construction Manager, translating complex treatment-process and mechanical engineering matters into actionable recommendations.
• Inspect and supervise operational and construction activities across the project, documenting significant modifications and ensuring that all changes are effectively evaluated and recorded.
• Support project leadership in resolving treatment-process engineering challenges, including the assessment of claims, variation orders, and technical matters associated with treatment-process equipment and systems.
• Thrive within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, building strong partnerships with Employer and Contractor teams to deliver innovative, efficient, and sustainable project outcomes.
• Undertake additional responsibilities assigned by the Supervisor, contributing wherever needed to advance project success and organizational objectives.

Construction of the facilities:

• Attend meetings with Contractor such as progress meetings, job conferences, and other related meetings and prepare and circulate copies of minutes thereof the project durations..
• Assist in obtaining from WAJ and Contractor additional details or information when required for proper execution of the Project.
• Advise supervisor and Contractor of the commencement of any Work requiring a Shop Drawing or Sample if the submittal has not been approved by BWI.
• Conduct on-site observations of the Project in progress to assist BWI in determining if the Work is proceeding in accordance with the Contract Documents.
• Report to supervisor whenever any Work will not produce a completed Project that conforms to the Contract Documents or will prejudice the integrity of the design concept of the completed Project as a functioning whole as indicated in the Contract Documents, or has been damaged, or does not meet the requirements of any inspection, test or approval required to be made; and advise supervisor of Work that the RPR believes should be corrected or rejected or should be uncovered for observation, or requires special testing, inspection or approval.
• Accompany visiting inspectors representing public or other agencies having jurisdiction over the Project, record the results of these inspections, and report to supervisor.
• Coordinate and review the results of tests made by the independent soils and materials testing laboratory.
• Report to supervisor when clarifications and interpretations of the Contract Documents are needed and transmit to Contractor clarifications and interpretations as issued by BWI.
• Consider and evaluate Contractor’s suggestions for modifications in Drawings or Specifications and report recommendations to supervisor. Transmit to Contractor in writing decisions as issued by BWI.
• Maintain at the job site orderly files for correspondence, reports of job conferences, Shop Drawings and Samples, reproductions of original Contract Documents including Work Changes, Addenda, Change Orders, Field Orders, additional Drawings issued subsequent to the execution of the Contract, BWI’s clarifications and interpretations of the Contract Documents, progress reports, Shop Drawing submittals received from and delivered to Contractor, and other Project related documents which take place during the period.
• Prepare a daily report, keep a diary or log book, recording Contractor’s hours on the job site, weather conditions, data relative to questions of Work Change Directives, Change Orders or changed conditions, list of job site visitors, daily activities, decisions, observations in general, and specific observations in more detail as in the case of observing test procedures; and send copies to supervisor.
• record names, addresses and telephone numbers of all Contractor s and major suppliers of materials and equipment.
• Furnish to supervisor periodic reports as required of progress of the Work and of Contractor’s compliance with the progress schedule and schedule of Shop Drawing and sample submittals.
• Consult with supervisor in advance of scheduled major tests, inspections, or start of important phases of the Work.
• Provide assistance to review the proposed Change Orders and Work Change Directives obtaining backup material from Contractor and provide recommendations.
• Report immediately to supervisor and client the occurrence of any accident.

Skills & Abilities

Expert Knowledge of computer assisted design and drafting (CADD) 3D and 4D software and practices. Expert Knowledge of engineer principles of design. Expert Knowledge of Microsoft business software (excel, word, etc.). Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
• Minimum 15 years of total professional experience and recognized expertise in mechanical engineering and construction delivery for complex infrastructure or industrial facilities.
• Construction supervision for water and wastewater treatment facilities, pumping stations, pipelines, conveyance systems, or comparable infrastructure.
• Coordination across civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation and controls, process, architectural, health and safety, and environmental disciplines.
• Experience working with contractors, equipment manufacturers, vendors, clients, authorities, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Demonstrated capabilities to lead diverse, multidisciplinary teams while playing a key role in local capacity building
• Must be legally authorized to work in Jordan.
• Registered and accredited in Jordanian engineers Association (JEA).
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English and Arabic. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering
• Knowledge on administration of FIDIC based (Red Book), FIDIC D/B (Yellow Book), FIDIC DBO (Gold Book) conditions of contract preferred.
• Prior experience in the region preferred, prior experience in Jordan advantageous.
• Proven mechanical design experience.

Amount of Travel Required

60% - 90%
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