Mechanical Systems Testing & Commissioning Engineer
CareerFinders Recruitment Services
Location
Larnaca
Type
contract
Experience
Senior (5+ yrs)
Salary (Gross)
Salary upon interview
Apply within
31 days
Category
Mechanical Engineering
About the Role
CareerFinders is seeking a Mechanical Systems Testing & Commissioning Engineer for a dedicated project management service provider, specialized in real estate, facilities management, and construction. The successful candidate will provide services to a client with operations in Larnaca and Paphos on an initial 1-year fixed-term contract. The role involves reviewing and test-attendance capacity for certification readiness at major facilities, under the technical direction of the Technical Project Manager. An attractive remuneration and benefits package is offered, including onsite travel provisioning, with the possibility of a longer-term arrangement.
Responsibilities
- Review readiness of HVAC, plumbing, drainage, pumping, fire suppression, mechanical plant, and building controls for each certification zone/system
- Verify equipment schedules, approved submittals, coordinated drawings, installation records, and installed conditions against the approved design
- Check access, isolation, drainage, ventilation, lifting provisions, and maintenance clearances for critical equipment
- Review BMS/SCADA and electrical-mechanical interfaces with the HOR Electrical Engineer
- Review test plans, ITPs, method statements, prerequisites, acceptance criteria, and test/inspection records, including failures and retests
- Review HVAC TAB, plant performance, controls, setpoints, alarms, trends, and interlocks, plus pressure, flushing, disinfection, drainage, pumping, and fire-system tests
- Confirm commissioning covers normal/emergency operation, power loss, equipment failure, standby systems, and recovery where applicable
- Attend selected high-risk tests and integrated demonstrations, recording observations and outstanding matters
- Verify test-instrument calibration and traceability of results to equipment, locations, drawings, ITPs, and acceptance criteria
- Review asset identification, warranties, spares, training, and preventive-maintenance requirements for handover
- Escalate incomplete, failed, or unverified works incorrectly classified as snagging
- Maintain consolidated mechanical/system open-item registers for each readiness gate
- Provide targeted cross-discipline readiness reviews and verify certification-critical interfaces across design, construction, testing, commissioning, operations, and handover
Requirements
- Degree in mechanical or building-services engineering
- Registration with ETEK (Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber) or eligibility to register, or equivalent professional registration
- At least 8 years’ experience in mechanical building services, of which at least three in testing, commissioning, or completion of large public, commercial or transport buildings
- Working knowledge of HVAC, plumbing and drainage, fire suppression, pumping systems and BMS/SCADA commissioning, and of reading commissioning records against design intent
- Familiarity with ITP, method-statement, and commissioning-record review and with NCR and snagging classification
- Ability to write clear, evidence-based findings and to present them to contractors and management
- Professional working proficiency in English; full driving licence
- Experience of integrated systems testing, cause-and-effect verification or smoke-control commissioning is desirable
- Familiarity with FIDIC or comparable contract forms and with independent certifier arrangements will be considered a plus
- Fluency in English is essential, with knowledge of Greek considered an advantage
Benefits
- ✓Attractive remuneration and benefits package
- ✓Onsite travel provisioning
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