Wet Utilities Lead - Mechanical
Posted date [2026-07-05]
(ID: 47475)
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Job Description and Requirements
Wet Utilities Lead - MechanicalJob Snapshot
Role: Wet Utilities Lead - Mechanical
Location: Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Mechanical Engineering
Experience: Minimum 20 years of utility or mechanical engineering experience
Job Type: Full-time
Position Overview
Wet Utilities Lead - Mechanical in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates is a Civil Engineering opportunity for a senior technical leader who can guide wet utilities and mechanical engineering practices across planning, design, coordination, technical assurance, and project delivery. This role is suited for an experienced engineering professional with strong leadership capability, deep infrastructure design knowledge, multidisciplinary coordination skills, authority approval experience, and the ability to strengthen technical quality, project performance, and sustainable business growth.
Job Details
Country: United Arab Emirates
City: Abu Dhabi Emirate
Industry: Civil Engineering
Function: Mechanical Engineering
Salary: 45000-65000
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Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Wet Utilities Lead - Mechanical will provide strategic and technical direction for wet utilities and mechanical engineering disciplines across major infrastructure projects. The role supports high-quality design delivery by setting technical standards, guiding senior reviews, managing discipline resources, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring that potable water, wastewater, stormwater, irrigation, TSE, pumping, storage, HVAC, plumbing, firefighting, and related infrastructure systems are planned and delivered with reliability, compliance, constructability, and long-term asset performance in mind.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the wet utilities and mechanical engineering practices across capability development, resource planning, workload allocation, technical direction, and continuous improvement.
* Oversee the planning, design, review, and delivery of potable water, wastewater, stormwater, irrigation, TSE, pumping stations, storage facilities, water transfer systems, HVAC, plumbing, firefighting, and related mechanical infrastructure systems.
* Establish and maintain discipline standards, design procedures, checking protocols, quality controls, review processes, and technical delivery requirements.
* Act as a senior technical authority for design calculations, hydraulic modelling, mechanical system analysis, equipment selection, specifications, design criteria, constructability, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
* Direct multidisciplinary coordination with civil, structural, electrical, roads, dry utilities, landscape, BIM, GIS, digital drafting, and project management teams.
* Review and guide integrated design solutions to ensure wet utilities and mechanical systems align with project scope, authority requirements, operational needs, and client expectations.
* Manage technical interfaces with clients, consultants, contractors, local authorities, and project stakeholders during submissions, approvals, design reviews, and technical comment resolution.
* Support business development through client engagement, technical proposals, delivery methodologies, fee estimation, presentations, and pursuit planning.
* Monitor project delivery quality, technical risk, team utilization, design productivity, and commercial performance across assigned discipline workstreams.
* Implement corrective actions where needed to improve design efficiency, reduce delivery risk, maintain profitability, and protect project commitments.
* Mentor engineers and technical staff through coaching, design guidance, knowledge sharing, recruitment support, succession planning, and performance development.
* Promote innovation, sustainability, digital engineering, BIM-enabled workflows, lessons learned, and practical design improvements across wet utilities and mechanical teams.
* Support constructability reviews, resilience planning, risk assessments, value engineering, and quality assurance activities for infrastructure systems.
* Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, standards, infrastructure design guidelines, local authority requirements, and Parsons Corporation quality expectations.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor\'s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
* Master\'s degree is preferred.
* Minimum 20 years of relevant experience in utility engineering, mechanical engineering design, infrastructure delivery, or multidisciplinary project leadership.
* Significant experience leading discipline teams, managing technical quality, and supporting project delivery across major infrastructure programs.
* Strong background in wet utilities, mechanical systems, hydraulic calculations, network modelling, equipment selection, design assurance, and technical coordination.
* Comprehensive knowledge of potable water, wastewater, stormwater, irrigation, TSE, pumping and storage facilities, HVAC, plumbing, firefighting, and infrastructure-related mechanical systems.
* Strong understanding of applicable codes, design standards, local authority requirements, infrastructure guidelines, and regulatory approval processes.
* Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary coordination, authority submissions, design approvals, constructability issues, quality reviews, and technical risk.
* Ability to support profitable project execution through resource planning, utilization monitoring, technical governance, and delivery improvement.
* Excellent communication, report writing, presentation, stakeholder management, and client engagement skills.
* Strong leadership style with the ability to mentor engineers, develop technical capability, and guide high-performing discipline teams.
* Experience with BIM-enabled delivery, digital engineering workflows, sustainable design integration, and modern infrastructure design tools.
Skills Set
* Wet utilities design
* Mechanical engineering leadership
* Potable water systems
* Wastewater systems
* Stormwater systems
* Irrigation networks
* TSE systems
* Pumping stations
* Storage facilities
* HVAC systems
* Plumbing systems
* Firefighting systems
* Water transfer systems
* Hydraulic calculations
* Network modelling
* Mechanical system analysis
* Equipment selection
* Technical assurance
* Design management
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Authority submissions
* Design approvals
* Standards compliance
* Regulatory management
* Constructability review
* Resilience planning
* Risk management
* Quality control
* BIM-enabled delivery
* Digital engineering workflows
* Sustainable design
* Resource planning
* Discipline leadership
* Proposal support
* Client engagement
Why Join Us
This position offers a senior leadership opportunity to shape wet utilities and mechanical engineering delivery on major infrastructure projects in Abu Dhabi Emirate. The role provides strong influence over technical standards, team capability, design quality, digital delivery, and sustainable infrastructure outcomes while supporting complex projects that require reliable utility systems, resilient engineering solutions, and coordinated multidisciplinary performance.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, construction management, and infrastructure solutions company supporting major development programs across the Middle East. In the United Arab Emirates, Parsons delivers design, supervision, technical advisory, project management, utilities, transportation, stormwater, buildings, and smart infrastructure services through disciplined engineering leadership, quality-focused delivery, and practical solutions for future-ready communities.
Gender: Any
Candidate Nationality: Any
Job Type: Full-time
Role Context
The Wet Utilities Lead - Mechanical will provide strategic and technical direction for wet utilities and mechanical engineering disciplines across major infrastructure projects. The role supports high-quality design delivery by setting technical standards, guiding senior reviews, managing discipline resources, coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, and ensuring that potable water, wastewater, stormwater, irrigation, TSE, pumping, storage, HVAC, plumbing, firefighting, and related infrastructure systems are planned and delivered with reliability, compliance, constructability, and long-term asset performance in mind.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the wet utilities and mechanical engineering practices across capability development, resource planning, workload allocation, technical direction, and continuous improvement.
* Oversee the planning, design, review, and delivery of potable water, wastewater, stormwater, irrigation, TSE, pumping stations, storage facilities, water transfer systems, HVAC, plumbing, firefighting, and related mechanical infrastructure systems.
* Establish and maintain discipline standards, design procedures, checking protocols, quality controls, review processes, and technical delivery requirements.
* Act as a senior technical authority for design calculations, hydraulic modelling, mechanical system analysis, equipment selection, specifications, design criteria, constructability, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
* Direct multidisciplinary coordination with civil, structural, electrical, roads, dry utilities, landscape, BIM, GIS, digital drafting, and project management teams.
* Review and guide integrated design solutions to ensure wet utilities and mechanical systems align with project scope, authority requirements, operational needs, and client expectations.
* Manage technical interfaces with clients, consultants, contractors, local authorities, and project stakeholders during submissions, approvals, design reviews, and technical comment resolution.
* Support business development through client engagement, technical proposals, delivery methodologies, fee estimation, presentations, and pursuit planning.
* Monitor project delivery quality, technical risk, team utilization, design productivity, and commercial performance across assigned discipline workstreams.
* Implement corrective actions where needed to improve design efficiency, reduce delivery risk, maintain profitability, and protect project commitments.
* Mentor engineers and technical staff through coaching, design guidance, knowledge sharing, recruitment support, succession planning, and performance development.
* Promote innovation, sustainability, digital engineering, BIM-enabled workflows, lessons learned, and practical design improvements across wet utilities and mechanical teams.
* Support constructability reviews, resilience planning, risk assessments, value engineering, and quality assurance activities for infrastructure systems.
* Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, standards, infrastructure design guidelines, local authority requirements, and Parsons Corporation quality expectations.
Ideal Profile
* Bachelor\'s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
* Master\'s degree is preferred.
* Minimum 20 years of relevant experience in utility engineering, mechanical engineering design, infrastructure delivery, or multidisciplinary project leadership.
* Significant experience leading discipline teams, managing technical quality, and supporting project delivery across major infrastructure programs.
* Strong background in wet utilities, mechanical systems, hydraulic calculations, network modelling, equipment selection, design assurance, and technical coordination.
* Comprehensive knowledge of potable water, wastewater, stormwater, irrigation, TSE, pumping and storage facilities, HVAC, plumbing, firefighting, and infrastructure-related mechanical systems.
* Strong understanding of applicable codes, design standards, local authority requirements, infrastructure guidelines, and regulatory approval processes.
* Proven ability to manage multidisciplinary coordination, authority submissions, design approvals, constructability issues, quality reviews, and technical risk.
* Ability to support profitable project execution through resource planning, utilization monitoring, technical governance, and delivery improvement.
* Excellent communication, report writing, presentation, stakeholder management, and client engagement skills.
* Strong leadership style with the ability to mentor engineers, develop technical capability, and guide high-performing discipline teams.
* Experience with BIM-enabled delivery, digital engineering workflows, sustainable design integration, and modern infrastructure design tools.
Skills Set
* Wet utilities design
* Mechanical engineering leadership
* Potable water systems
* Wastewater systems
* Stormwater systems
* Irrigation networks
* TSE systems
* Pumping stations
* Storage facilities
* HVAC systems
* Plumbing systems
* Firefighting systems
* Water transfer systems
* Hydraulic calculations
* Network modelling
* Mechanical system analysis
* Equipment selection
* Technical assurance
* Design management
* Multidisciplinary coordination
* Authority submissions
* Design approvals
* Standards compliance
* Regulatory management
* Constructability review
* Resilience planning
* Risk management
* Quality control
* BIM-enabled delivery
* Digital engineering workflows
* Sustainable design
* Resource planning
* Discipline leadership
* Proposal support
* Client engagement
Why Join Us
This position offers a senior leadership opportunity to shape wet utilities and mechanical engineering delivery on major infrastructure projects in Abu Dhabi Emirate. The role provides strong influence over technical standards, team capability, design quality, digital delivery, and sustainable infrastructure outcomes while supporting complex projects that require reliable utility systems, resilient engineering solutions, and coordinated multidisciplinary performance.
About the Company
Parsons Corporation is a global engineering, construction management, and infrastructure solutions company supporting major development programs across the Middle East. In the United Arab Emirates, Parsons delivers design, supervision, technical advisory, project management, utilities, transportation, stormwater, buildings, and smart infrastructure services through disciplined engineering leadership, quality-focused delivery, and practical solutions for future-ready communities.
