MEP Site Engineer- Hospital

Key Responsibilities

MEP Planning and Design Coordination

• Review MEP designs, drawings, BOQs, specifications, and technical submissions for hospital projects.
• Coordinate with architects, structural consultants, MEP consultants, medical planners, and project management teams.
• Identify design clashes and ensure proper integration of MEP services with architectural, structural, medical equipment, and interior requirements.
• Review coordinated drawings, shop drawings, builders work drawings, and as-built drawings.
• Ensure adequate provision for future expansion, equipment upgrades, and maintenance access.
• Support value engineering initiatives without compromising safety, quality, or hospital functionality.

Mechanical and HVAC Systems

• Oversee the installation and commissioning of HVAC systems, including chillers, AHUs, ventilation systems, cooling towers, pumps, ducts, and controls.
• Ensure proper air quality, temperature, humidity, pressure differentials, and air-change requirements in critical hospital areas.
• Coordinate HVAC requirements for operation theatres, ICUs, isolation rooms, laboratories, CSSD, imaging areas, wards, pharmacies, and other clinical spaces.
• Review testing, balancing, and validation of HVAC systems.

Electrical Systems

• Manage electrical systems including HT/LT panels, transformers, DG sets, UPS systems, batteries, cabling, lighting, earthing, and lightning protection.
• Ensure reliable and uninterrupted power supply for critical hospital equipment and clinical areas.
• Coordinate emergency power, essential power, and backup power requirements.
• Review load calculations, single-line diagrams, panel schedules, cable sizing, and power distribution plans.
• Coordinate electrical provisions for medical equipment, modular operation theatres, imaging equipment, laboratories, and critical care areas.

Plumbing and Public Health Engineering

• Supervise water supply, drainage, sewage, stormwater, hot-water, and water-treatment systems.
• Ensure proper installation and commissioning of STP, WTP, RO, water pumps, tanks, and filtration systems, wherever applicable.
• Review plumbing layouts and ensure compliance with hygiene, infection-control, and water-conservation requirements.
• Coordinate drainage and water requirements for clinical, laboratory, kitchen, laundry, and utility areas.

Medical Gas and Fire Protection Systems

• Coordinate the installation, testing, and commissioning of medical gas pipeline systems, including oxygen, vacuum, compressed air, nitrous oxide, and other required gases.
• Review medical gas plant rooms, manifolds, alarm panels, valve boxes, outlets, and pipeline routing.
• Oversee fire detection, fire alarm, fire hydrant, sprinkler, suppression, smoke management, and emergency evacuation systems.
• Ensure compliance with applicable fire and life-safety requirements and support statutory inspections and approvals.

ELV and Building Management Systems

• Coordinate ELV systems such as CCTV, access control, public address systems, nurse call systems, data networks, fire alarms, and building management systems.
• Ensure integration of mechanical and electrical equipment with the BMS.
• Coordinate with IT, biomedical, security, and hospital operations teams for system integration.

Project Execution and Site Management

• Monitor day-to-day MEP execution activities at the project site.
• Prepare and track project schedules, work plans, material requirements, and contractor deliverables.
• Ensure work is executed as per approved drawings, method statements, technical specifications, and quality standards.
• Conduct regular site inspections and identify technical, quality, and safety issues.
• Monitor project progress and take corrective action to avoid delays.
• Coordinate shutdowns, service diversions, and renovation work in operational hospital areas with minimum disruption to patient care.
• Ensure infection-control and safety measures are followed while working in live hospital environments.

Vendor and Contractor Management

• Support the technical evaluation and finalization of MEP contractors, consultants, and equipment vendors.
• Review technical bids, BOQs, quotations, material submittals, and vendor proposals.
• Monitor contractor performance, manpower deployment, material availability, and quality of work.
• Review contractor bills, measurements, variations, and additional work claims.
• Conduct regular progress meetings with contractors and consultants.

Quality, Safety, and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with applicable healthcare, electrical, fire-safety, environmental, and building regulations.
• Implement quality-control procedures for MEP installation and commissioning.
• Review inspection requests, test reports, material approvals, checklists, and non-conformance reports.
• Ensure adherence to EHS requirements, permit-to-work systems, and safe construction practices.
• Coordinate with statutory authorities for required inspections, NOCs, and approvals.

Testing, Commissioning, and Handover

• Prepare and monitor testing and commissioning plans for all MEP systems.
• Witness equipment testing, system integration testing, performance testing, and final commissioning.
• Ensure all system deficiencies and snag points are resolved before handover.
• Verify O&M manuals, test certificates, warranties, spares, asset registers, and as-built drawings.
• Coordinate training for hospital engineering and facilities teams.
• Support project closure, final handover, and transition to hospital operations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Additional certification in project management, fire safety, energy management, or healthcare engineering will be an advantage.
• 10–15 years of relevant experience in MEP project execution.
• Significant experience in hospital, healthcare, laboratory, pharmaceutical, or other critical infrastructure projects is strongly preferred.