Do you wish to work in an engaging consulting environment on exciting projects? Are you a Mechanical engineer with BIM knowledge, particularly in Revit, and an interest in combining design tasks with modeling? Then you might be the one we are looking for to join our Buildings MEP team!
Create the solutions that will enable a better tomorrow
Join our COWI’s Buildings MEP team in Chennai (Hybrid - Office/Home) and help deliver high-quality HVAC, Plumbing, and Drainage systems design on some of the most prestigious Data centre projects and Buildings Industry projects in Scandinavia.
As we expand our footprint in the rapidly growing data centre sector, you will help shape the digital infrastructure of tomorrow, delivering resilient, sustainable, and high-performance mechanical solutions on complex, mission critical projects.
Be part of a team that is engineering the future where innovation, sustainability, and technical excellence create practical results.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
- Design and specify Mechanical systems for data centres and buildings using relevant software tools and standards.
- Prepare detailed design documentation, calculations and drawings for statutory and authority submissions.
- Participate in client, consultant and technical coordination meetings.
- Support project development from early concept stages through design, tender and construction.
- Collaborate with colleagues across engineering, architecture, sustainability and environmental advisory.
- Support model layout development (equipment, ducting, piping), schematics, basic system diagrams and update project content in Revit MEP both with your own initiative and in collaboration with our skilled BIM team.
- Able to work effectively both on your own and within a multidisciplinary team environment.
- Ensure quality and compliance with COWI’s QA/QC processes, to maintain organized documentation and drawing revision.
Your Skills. Our Team. Together We Design the Future
The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
On top of that, you should have:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with 8–10 years of experience in M&E building and data centre consultancy. Solid experience in data centre mechanical design is essential.
- Data centre mechanical design, including Tier standards, redundancy, utilities, and IT infrastructure.
- Extensive expertise in HVAC design calculations using HAP or similar software and plumbing design calculations, equipment selections, duct / pipe sizing and pressure loss calculations.
- Experience in plumbing design, including domestic water and drainage systems.
- Solid understanding of international mechanical design codes and standards, with practical experience in AutoCAD and Navisworks. Working knowledge of Revit is required. MagiCAD and Bluebeam experience are added advantages.
- Solid English communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in global teams and meet project deadlines.
- Building performance simulation software IES VE software and energy modelling software experiences are an added advantage.
A place to work and so much more
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.
We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.
With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.
Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.
Before you apply
All you need to include in your application is your CV – no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you’re interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.
Equal opportunity employer
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
