Commissioning Engineer - MEP and ICT Systems

Commissioning Engineer - MEP and ICT Systems Job Snapshot Role:
Commissioning Engineer - MEP and ICT Systems

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Industry: Construction Function:
Engineering General

Experience:

Minimum 5 years of relevant testing and commissioning experience Job Type: Full-time

Commissioning Engineer - MEP and ICT Systems in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Construction opportunity focused on testing, commissioning, systems integration, operational readiness, and technical handover across complex building and infrastructure environments. Parsons is hiring an experienced commissioning professional to coordinate MEP, ICT, ELV, BMS, security, and related specialist systems while ensuring that installations are tested, demonstrated, documented, and accepted in accordance with approved designs, project specifications, client standards, and operational requirements.

Job Details Country:
Saudi Arabia City:
Riyadh Industry: Construction Function:
Engineering General Salary:  Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality:
Any Job Type: Full-time

Role Context The Commissioning Engineer will bridge the transition from construction completion to fully functional and operational systems. Working across engineering, construction, quality, HSE, MEP, ICT, specialist vendors, project controls, airport operations, and client teams, the role will coordinate commissioning readiness, functional testing, interface verification, defect resolution, and final system acceptance. The position has a direct impact on operational reliability by ensuring that individual systems and interconnected technologies perform correctly before handover.

• Support preparation and implementation of the overall Project Commissioning Plan, commissioning strategy, sequencing, and system completion approach.
• Coordinate commissioning activities for assigned MEP, ICT, ELV, controls, and integrated systems.
• Review commissioning specifications, approved drawings, sequences of operation, design documents, equipment data, and functional requirements.
• Prepare or review Commissioning Procedures, testing scripts, Inspection and Test Plans, commissioning checklists, and test records.
• Coordinate MEP and ICT contractors, specialist subcontractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and vendors before and during commissioning activities.
• Confirm installation completeness and system readiness before authorizing pre-commissioning or functional testing.
• Perform pre-commissioning inspections and readiness assessments across relevant systems.
• Verify that construction completion requirements, inspections, clearances, and prerequisite documentation are satisfied before testing.
• Coordinate testing and commissioning of HVAC, chilled water, ventilation, plumbing, drainage, pumps, mechanical equipment, and associated MEP systems.
• Support commissioning of electrical interfaces serving mechanical and specialist systems where required.
• Coordinate ICT commissioning activities involving structured cabling, telecommunications, network infrastructure, data systems, ELV services, and related interfaces.
• Support testing of security, access control, and other specialist technology systems where included in the assigned scope.
• Witness functional testing and confirm equipment performance against approved design criteria and specified acceptance requirements.
• Record equipment tests, functional verification, performance testing, and Integrated Systems Testing activities.
• Verify control sequences, alarms, interlocks, operating logic, and communication interfaces.
• Coordinate BMS integration and functional testing with applicable mechanical and electrical systems.
• Manage interfaces between MEP, ICT, BMS, Fire and Life Safety, security, controls, and other specialist systems.
• Support Integrated Systems Testing and end-to-end verification of interconnected systems.
• Coordinate cause and effect testing and confirm that system responses operate as designed.
• Review commissioning results and determine whether systems satisfy contractual and technical acceptance criteria.
• Identify deficiencies, performance deviations, interface failures, incomplete works, and commissioning constraints.
• Maintain commissioning punch lists and track defects, failed tests, outstanding works, and corrective actions.
• Coordinate system retesting after rectification and verify satisfactory closure.
• Participate in technical troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis when systems fail to achieve required performance.
• Coordinate closely with Quality teams to ensure inspections, approvals, test documentation, and supporting records are complete.
• Verify that commissioning activities follow approved Method Statements, Risk Assessments, ITPs, and project HSE requirements.
• Work with HSE teams to maintain safe testing, isolation, energization, and commissioning practices.
• Participate in commissioning meetings and provide clear updates on system readiness,…