Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Facilities Engineer

 Job Description:

The Facilities Engineer is responsible for overseeing all facility maintenance operations and ensuring high-quality service delivery. This role manages day-to-day maintenance activities, leads the technical team, and ensures all planned and reactive tasks are completed to required standards.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage and supervise daily activities of technical staff, ensuring optimal use of manpower and resources.

  • Plan, schedule, and coordinate all maintenance works, including parts, labour, and specialist contractors.

  • Conduct audits of completed tasks to ensure workmanship meets required standards.

  • Develop and review maintenance procedures, method statements, permits to work, and risk assessments.

  • Act as the Approved/Authorised Person for risk assessments, method statements, and permits to work when required.

  • Provide hands-on technical support for planned and reactive maintenance activities.

  • Prepare reports, estimates, and quotations for small works; support competency assessments.

  • Provide technical guidance on MEP systems, chiller/district cooling, and Building Management Systems.

  • Ensure compliance with facility policies, procedures, emergency procedures, and authority requirements.

  • Coordinate with internal teams, external parties, consultants, and contractors.

  • Manage 3rd-party inspections (elevators, fire certificates, gas safety, electrical testing, water quality tests, etc.).

  • Oversee Annual Maintenance Contracts, project management activities, and start-up documentation.

  • Monitor energy usage, utilities, and implement energy management initiatives.

  • Ensure timely delivery of event requirements and inventory stock availability.

  • Support transition and DLP (Defect Liability Period) management.

  • Perform quality management checks and ensure timely closure of observations.

  • Respond to all reactive maintenance requests within agreed service levels.

Education/Qualification

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

  1. Experience

Minimum 5 years of experience with facilities management or similar environment