Head of MEP Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain, +4 more countries.

📋 Description

• Direct the MEP design strategy and conduct technical reviews throughout various projects and design phases.

• Develop and uphold MEP standards, design briefs, deliverable specifications, and review processes.

• Lead the global MEP team and synchronize specialist resources across different projects.

• Examine project briefs, concepts, calculations, drawings, specifications, schedules, and equipment selections.

• Detect design deficiencies, technical risks, and coordination challenges, driving them to resolution.

• Align MEP systems with architecture, interiors, structure, landscape, and specialized equipment.

• Ensure that designs are feasible, maintainable, compliant with codes, and appropriate for each project's location and operational needs.

• Safeguard comfort, reliability, energy and water efficiency, and enhance guest experiences.

• Lead technical assessments and value engineering efforts while balancing cost, schedule, quality, and long-term performance.

• Collaborate with local engineers and consultants regarding authority requirements and statutory submissions.

• Assist procurement and delivery teams with tender evaluations, technical clarifications, and suggested substitutions.

• Provide technical oversight during construction, inspections, commissioning, integrated systems testing, and project handover.

• Monitor design decisions, modifications, risks, and unresolved issues, promptly escalating significant matters.

• Create reusable standards, specifications, technical libraries, and insights gained across the portfolio.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Building Services Engineering; a relevant master's degree or professional registration is preferred.

• Extensive experience in MEP design, including managing teams, consultants, or multidisciplinary packages.

• Demonstrated experience in delivering high-end luxury residential and hospitality projects, such as private villas, luxury resorts, and boutique hotels.

• Experience leading MEP design from initial concept through construction, commissioning, or handover.

• Strong understanding of integrated HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, and building systems.

• Experience coordinating international project teams and local consultants.

• Familiarity with Revit, Navisworks, BIM coordination, and relevant engineering design tools.

• Proficient written and spoken English.

• Proactive, hands-on leadership style, with a proven ability to foresee issues and drive solutions to completion.

• Strong technical judgment and the capacity to manage priorities across multiple projects.

• Exceptional communication, coordination, and decision-making skills.

• Ability to review and critique technical documents and convey complex issues clearly.

• Practical approach to design risk, feasibility, maintenance, and value engineering.

• Experience working in tropical, coastal, or remote environments.

• Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Chance to establish and influence the People function of a global luxury hospitality organization.

• Direct participation in strategic organizational decisions and impactful transformations.

• High level of autonomy, ownership, and visibility with senior leadership.

• International exposure, remote work opportunities, and occasional travel.

• Entrepreneurial atmosphere with a lean, collaborative, multidisciplinary team.