Lead MEP Engineer

Role Overview

The role of the Lead MEP Engineer is to lead and coordinate Mechanical, Electrical, and CSA-adjacent interfaces from early project engagement through to delivery, acting as a key technical, coordination and decision interface between Kirby Group Engineering (KGE), the client, FIA team, AE, PMC, SPCs, and key vendors.

The Lead MEP Engineer is responsible and accountable for driving the day to day MEP interface coordination, managing interfaces, ensuring technical clarity of scope, maintaining alignment with internal KGE procedures, and providing confidence to the client through structured planning, tracking, and proactive issue resolution. This role requires strong client-facing capability, engineering judgement, and ownership of complex interfaces across OFE, CSA, and MEP scopes.

Key Responsibilities

• Management
• Support the Engineering & BIM leads through execution of defined project engineering tasks and coordination activities.
• Undertake project reviews and support risk assessments from an engineering and MEP interface perspective.
• Provide technical input and assistance to Pre‑Construction and BIM coordination
• Identify CDP Elements across all disciplines and perform a risk assessment on all items identified. Agree package deliverables with specialists and take all necessary steps to derisk the scope.
• Assist with identification and engagement of specialist design consultants and subcontractors where required.
• Produce a weekly report detailing engineering progress, completed activities, upcoming actions, and highlighting areas of concern and potential risks, issued in a timely manner to the Project Manager [PM] and Engineering Manager [EM].
• Provide engineering support and guidance to project teams on MEP, interface, and constructability issues.
• Liaise with client, FIA, PMC, AE, and suppliers on technical coordination matters and emerging engineering challenges.
• Support continuous improvement of engineering procedures, checklists, and trackers through lessons learned.
• Support MEP teams and track project‑level engineering KPIs and progress metrics. Highlighting corrective actions where performance deviates.
• Manage and coordinate all assigned aspects of the works from project setup through to client handover, ensuring engineering activities are aligned with programme and contractual requirements.
• Escalate to the EM and PM any matters impacting cost, programme, contractual requirements, local statutory compliance or design responsibility.

EHS

• Read and understand the Project EHS Plan and ensure engineering decisions support safe construction and commissioning.
• Identify and escalate design‑related safety and constructability risks at an early stage.
• Support the temporary works coordination and compliance through Engineering input & interface coordination.

Procurement

• Identify and engage key vendors, OFE suppliers, and subcontractors forming the basis of the construction delivery strategy.
• Support preparation and review of RFQ technical inputs for MEP systems, interfaces, and specialist packages.
• Assist and pursue the evaluation of RFQ returns for technical compliance and scope alignment.
• Support the development and updating of technical submittal and procurement trackers.
• Liaise with vendors to obtain the technical data required for interface coordination and constructability assessments.

Quality

• Review and understand applicable Quality Plans, ITPs and testing procedures/requirements relevant to the MEP scope and as per the client’s quality requirements.
• Ensure engineering deliverables (Technical Submittals, RFIs, drawings, benchmarks, reports, calculations) are complete, coordinated, and of a high standard.
• Arrange, issue invites for, and attend Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) and Site Attendance / Acceptance Tests (SATs) as required by the specification and ITPs.
• Ensure FAT/SAT/IST outcomes, actions, and close‑outs are documented and tracked.
• Track and support closure of engineering‑related snags arising from reviews, testing, and coordination activities during all handover phases.

Planning

• Understand how the project programme is constructed and how engineering deliverables integrate into it.
• Coordinate early input from Planning, Constructability, Logistics, Commissioning, and OSM teams.
• Track engineering deliverables against programme milestones and highlight risks to schedule adherence.
• Investigate feasibility of utilising KGE OSM facilities for applicable S‑code assemblies, including logistics and transportation considerations.

Business Development

• Act as a competent technical representative of KGE in client and FIA interactions.
• Support technical workshops, scope clarifications, and coordination sessions that reinforce client confidence.
• Escalate potential opportunities for additional scope, value engineering, or follow‑on work through the PM or EM.

Engineering

• Drive multi discipline coordination across Electrical, Mechanical, CSA, Structural, and BIM teams.
• Define and manage scope splits between disciplines, packages, and SPCs to avoid gaps and/or overlaps.
• Own and maintain the MEP Interface Asset Register / Interface Schedule.
• Coordinate interfaces between:
• OFE/FIA vendors / MEP / CSA
• KGE [SPC Fitout scope] and other SPCs (PUF, S&C, Perun)
• Chase and validate missing technical information including fixings, weights, earthing, pipework interfaces, and scope ownership.
• Review and filter RFIs generated by the internal MEP teams and vendors prior to issue to the AE, with the objective of limiting RFIs to critical queries only.
• Ensure RFIs issued are clear, technically robust, of a high technical standard, fully coordinated, and clearly written that enables timely and accurate AE responses.
• Validate design intent through technical reviews and the CDP identification process.
• Maintain a constructability issues / design deviation log where risks or deviations are identified.
• Review BIM models and coordinated drawings to ensure compliance with design intent, access requirements, and future expansion provisions.
• Support commissioning planning, interface management, and close out activities in line with agreed plans.

Communications

• Act as a primary technical coordination point between KGE, Client, FIA, PMC, AE, SPCs, and key vendors.
• Attend and support technical, coordination, and PMC‑led meetings as required.
• Maintain correspondence with the localisation consultant, including CSR tracking.
• Ensure agreed weekly trackers and progress updates are prepared and issued.

Risk

• Identify engineering, interface, and constructability risks at early stages.
• Populate and maintain risk logs relevant to MEP and interface scope.
• Escalate risks promptly to the PM and EM where programme, cost, or delivery may be impacted.

Commercial

• Understand the commercial fundamentals of the project as they relate to MEP scope and interfaces.
• Support identification of potential cost or scope impacts arising from technical decisions, changes, or gaps.
• Inform PM and Commercial Manager of emerging technical risks with commercial implications.
• Support identification, documentation, and technical substantiation of engineering instruction / change orders from design development, OFE clarifications, or interface resolutions.

HR

• Support and mentor junior engineers and package owners through guidance and knowledge sharing.
• Encourage consistent use of engineering processes, templates, and tracking tools.
• Participate in CPD activities and technical knowledge‑sharing initiatives where appropriate.

Why Join

• Work on a flagship European data centre project
• Gain exposure to both Mechanical and Electrical project delivery
• Opportunities for career progression across European projects
• A role with real influence on quality, coordination, and successful project execution