Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Description:

• Carries out other given task/instructions from Head of Maintenance Division.
• Reviews shop drawings, material submittals and construction submittals.
• Reviews and approves monthly duty roster of his team to maintain standardization of time sheet management align with the budget.
• Verifies that all mechanical designs, drawings and documents are to current UAE authorities and standards and in accordance with NIGM policies and manuals.
• Organizes and manages the work engineers and draftsmen allocated and provides relevant engineering works support and/or advice to projects team and other department as applicable.
• Provides assistance and advice during procurement, construction and commissioning activities. For example, write requisitions, conduct technical bid evaluations and purchase orders.
• Implements specific Mechanical engineering design works, as applicable in accordance with the work program of a project or as requested within NIGM.
• Adheres to all rules and regulations as per company IMS system.
• Prepares or reviews budgets based on expenditures and scope of work/project.
• Provides and plan technical training and development to employees as needed for an effective and productive team.
• Liaises as directed with Client, consulting engineers, authorities and/or contractors on all matters necessary for the implementation of work program of the assigned projects/works.
• Ability in delivering effective and engaging presentation to a variety of audiences, such as the structure of the presentation, designs of the slides and the tone of the voice. Excellent in critical thinking, data research and communication.
• Goes beyond analyzing factual information to develop a conceptual understanding of the meaning of a range of information. |Ability to integrate diverse themes and lines of reasoning to create new insights or levels of understanding for the issue at hand. |Thinks in terms of generalized models rather than concrete details.
• Ensuring a ‘customer focussed’ approach is implemented in own area. Systematically analyses customer information. | Understands and keeps up to date on wider issues at local and national level that may have an impact on the service provided. | Is proactive, benchmarks, best practice, seeks service improvement. | Ensures systems are in place to communicate relevant information to others either within own division/department/team or to committees/groups, or to colleagues. | Manages the process of reviewing policies and procedures to improve satisfaction with the service provided within the scope of own department or project. | Ensures the development and implementation of agreed customer improvement plans.
• Ability to understand shared beliefs and values established by leaders and then communicate and reinforce through various methods, to model employee perceptions, behaviors and understanding.
• Able to conceive, scope, and justify the need, and execute major projects, which will have substantial business impact. normally across more than one function or geography.
• Contributes to the development of key goals. Implements agreed priorities and, communicates the vision to others. | Contributes to developing the strategy within own area. | Communicates the importance of the company’s (division/ department/ team) vision and mission to staff/others.
• Communicates persuasively and confidently both to external and internal groups. | Plays a representational role. | Presents succinct, well balanced information written and oral, with clear outcomes. | Encourages a positive environment for constructive challenge and feedback. | Creates an environment where people are encouraged to communicate openly. | Shares relevant information concerning strategic / long term plans with colleagues/own team. | Develops proposals and reports in a style and language necessary to guide, inform, and/or persuade in line with NCC protocol.
• Ability to formulate criteria that the solution must meet, including such core issues as cost, time to implement, organizational acceptability, and impact on the original problem. | Evaluate the alternative solutions against the criteria, and choose the most effective one. | Ability to present analysis and recommendations to the person (If it is outside level of authority), who has the authority to decide. | Ability to commit to the course of action chosen. | Ability to draw team and seniors into problem solving, from information gathering and analysis to generating, choosing and implementing solutions.
• Actively seeks out opportunities to learn and develop. | Actively promotes learning and development in others. | Proactively keeps up to date with own knowledge / learning by reading, and attending seminars/ conferences. | Empowers individuals and/or colleagues by appropriately delegating work which challenges them and provides stretching but realistic targets. | Provides regular informal constructive feedback on performance. | Innovative in facilitating learning opportunities. | Actively provides coaching, training and mentoring to individuals.
• Ability to make everyone feel one despite who they are and what they do for the business in the workplace, considering all are equally important.

Skills & Competencies:

Technical Skills

• Mechanical design and drafting (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, CATIA, or similar tools)
• Technical analysis, simulations, and troubleshooting
• Knowledge of industry codes, standards, and safety regulations
• Maintenance planning (preventive, predictive, corrective)
• Root cause analysis (RCA) and reliability engineering
• Project lifecycle management

Soft & Leadership Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Team leadership and mentoring abilities
• Project and resource management
• Effective communication and stakeholder management
• Decision-making within authority levels

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 7–10 years of Sr. Mechanical Engineering experience with at least 5 years in the GCC region.
• Experience in leading teams and managing multiple engineering projects.
• Professional certification (e.g., PMP, Chartered Engineer, or equivalent) is an advantage.

If you’re an experienced Sr. Mechanical Engineer with strong leadership skills and a passion for delivering innovative and reliable solutions, we’d love to hear from you.