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March 6, 2012

Electrical / Mechanical Engineer - Edarat Group - Lebanon

Responsibilities
- Confer with engineers, vendors, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects and products.
- Design, implement, maintain, and improve mechanical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems for Data Centers and mission critical facilities.
- Responsible for the Electrical/Mechanical Design and Documentation of the respective projects.
- Requires a broad knowledge of precedents in the specialty area and a solid knowledge of principles and practices of related technical areas.
- Performs assignments independently with instruction as to the general results expected and with guidance from the engineering specialists on unusual or complex problems.
- Performs research on new technology solutions in the electrical/mechanical arenas in general and for the data center industry in particular.
- Direct and coordinate, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, and testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, local codes, and customer requirements.
- Coordinates work with CAD Operators, Senior Designers and Engineers.
- Plan, schedule, conduct, coordinate and prioritize tasks of assigned work and projects.
- Preliminary Conceptual load estimate and space allocation for Building services (MEP) such as HVAC, Plumbing, Fire Fighting, Mechanical, Fire alarm, Security system and BMS Systems.
- Develop and administer functional tests for various building MEP systems, such as: HVAC air and water distribution systems, air handling units, pumps, cooling towers, chillers, boilers, etc
- Inspect completed installations and observe operations, to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational and safety standards.
- Prepare and study technical drawings, specifications of electrical/mechanical systems, and topographical maps to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements.
- Develop reports, calculations, maps, drawings, tests scripts, and other data to plan and design mechanical and plumbing systems and components, sequence of operations, Monitoring and Control Building Management Systems with interface to Fire Alarm, Fire Fighting, Dampers, and Cooling systems.
- Prepare and study technical drawings, specifications of mechanical systems, and topographical maps to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards, local codes, and customer requirements.
- Plan layout of chilled water plants, pumps, and piping distribution including valves, fittings, etc.
- Collect data relating to IT systems critical cooling loads, ambient temperature, and relative humidity to determine operating efficiency and high-availability requirements of mechanical systems and density, and power system interconnection to determine operating efficiency and high-availability requirements of electrical systems.
- Conduct field surveys if required and study maps, graphs, diagrams, and other data to identify and deal with existing/new electrical and mechanical systems.
- Plan layout of electric power generating plants, substation and LV power distribution
- Lead and support the fire and plumbing engineering and design of systems cold and hot water system, all types of pumping systems, refrigerant gas distribution systems, special plumbing systems; fire suppression systems; sprinkler piping design, including hydraulic calculations; incipient fire detection systems.
- Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Requires extensive and independent contact with equipment manufacturer or vendor’s representatives and project implementation field personnel.
- Use engineering and computer aided design software (AutoCAD, HAP, E20 Carrier, Elite, MS VISIO, and MS Project) to complete assigned work.

Skills
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
- Moderate and good experience in design and management of project assigned tasks of chilled water and cooling systems including concept design, detailed design, and construction specifications and medium and low voltage electrical systems including concept design, detailed design, and construction specifications.
- Good Knowledge of design techniques, tools, engineering principles and best practices involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Provide technical assistance and resolution when electrical or mechanical or engineering problems are encountered during design development.
- Ability to foster motivation within the project team to meet tight deadlines.
- Strong ability to work under pressure and for long consecutive hours.
- Must have solid communication skills, both written and verbal
- Experience with working in a virtual team environment
- Experience of Software Design and Calculation tools (MS Outlook, MS Office, MIS Visio, MS Project, AutoCAD, HAP, E20 Carrier, Elite, etc…)

info@edaratgroup.com