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Mechanical Design Engineer

Posted on:
August 20, 2026

The Highlights:

The Role:

lusav Recruitment has a great opportunity for an Mechanical engineer with one of Irelands most reputable and largest Engineering contractors based in their Dublin HQ, and supporting local and international D&B projects. The organisation have recently centralised their engineering team internally, and looking to expand.

Reporting to the Central Engineering manager, the Mechanical design Engineer will be responsible for ensuring technical compliance on all project and, management of RIBA3-5 design processes and procedures. Some duties of the role involve attending design team meetings, managing procurement and technical submittals, assisting with tenders, producing deliverables such as plant replacement schedules, and occasional site visits.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for ensuring technical compliance on all assigned projects.
  • Responsible for ensuring scope of works are completed for mechanical packages.
  • Responsible for managing consultant selections and agreeing RACI matrices.
  • Attending design team meetings, in person or through MSTF teams.
  • Responsible for ensuring design programme are aligned with planning teams.
  • Complete reviews of client responsibility matrices and ensure alignment with project/commercial team.
  • Responsible for management of RIBA3-5 design processes and procedures.
  • Responsible for producing design management plan for projects.
  • Responsible for ensuring Central engineering checklists are implemented on each project.
  • Management of design for safe manufacturing assembly if implemented when required on the projects.
  • Responsible for ensuring below trackers are managed correctly from start-handover of project: Procurement schedule; Technical submittal register (CSA); Drawing register (CSA); RFI log; Deviation tracker; Lessons learned log; Design Change Log; Monitor all schedule and trackers throughout the course of assigned project; Carry out technical submittal & working drawing reviews with the teams on a scheduled basis.
  • Assist with workload on the projects you are involved with (Technical submittals, Drawing reviews, RFI's etc).
  • Assist the project teams with better buying - Review orders and ensure best price is obtained.
  • Challenge the consultants and Company teams to value engineer.
  • Responsible for enring compliance with ISO19650 requirements.
  • Produce report for the projects you are assigned to and issue to direct manager at agreed periods.
  • Assist with tenders for new projects when required.
  • Assisting the estimating dept and pre-construction team at agreed periods.
  • Assist with setting up the value engineering log for the DC&BS group.
  • Attend Central Engineering stage 5 weekly model review meeting.
  • Responsible for ensuring the project undergoes a lessons learned review at design stage.
  • Coaching graduate engineers on projects, how to produce tech subs, manage drawing production, issuing of RFI's, dealing with clients.
  • Attend projects within Europe for site visits from time to time.
  • Attend monthly Central Engineering F2F meeting.
  • All other tasks related to Design role that is requested by your direct line manager.

Job Requirements:

  • Third level qualification in Mechanical Engineering/ Mechanical Design Engineering.
  • 3+ years experience working on large industrial plant projects.
  • Proficiency in a related Mechanical Design package/ software.
  • Experience working on datacentres would be an advantage but not essential.

If you would like to learn more about the vacancy, apply now, or contact Brendan Mullins at bmullins@elusav.com or +353 61 527 150.

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