Associate/Principal Mechanical Engineer

About Focal ME

Focal Middle East is a boutique integrated consultancy delivering cost management, engineering, and sustainability services under one roof. We partner with leading clients across the Middle East to deliver a diverse portfolio of projects, including large-scale residential, commercial, mixed-use, hospitality, healthcare, and high-rise developments.

About the Role

The role covers technical leadership, project delivery, team management, client engagement and commercial performance across a diverse portfolio of MEP projects. The successful candidate should combine strong technical expertise with leadership, commercial awareness, and excellent client and stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of Mechanical/MEP projects across various sectors and project stages.
• Take responsibility for technical quality, project delivery and timely completion.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and support to engineers and design teams.
• Review and approve technical packages and deliverables.
• Ensure compliance with company procedures, technical standards and QA/QC requirements.
• Manage team resources, workload and utilisation effectively.
• Identify training needs and support team development and career growth.
• Build a positive and collaborative team environment.
• Act as a key client and stakeholder contact and participate in meetings and presentations.
• Monitor project performance, resources, deliverables and commercial profitability.
• Identify and resolve project and team-related issues.
• Support senior leadership in achieving delivery, quality, profitability and business objectives.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives and take ownership of decisions within assigned projects and teams.

Candidate Profile

• 12+ years of relevant experience in building services / MEP consultancy.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Strong technical expertise in Mechanical Building Services.
• Proven experience leading MEP projects and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of project delivery, QA/QC and technical standards.
• Strong client-facing, presentation and communication skills.

Why Join Focal

• Take a technical and leadership role in a growing engineering consultancy.
• Work on projects across the Middle East.
• Collaborate with senior leadership and international project teams.
• Be part of a culture focused on technical excellence, innovation and professional development.
• Strong opportunities for career and leadership progression.

If you're passionate about engineering excellence and looking to grow your career with a dynamic consultancy, we'd love to hear from you.