We are currently seeking a Mechanical Turnover Engineer to join our Life Sciences team in Dublin. Reporting to the Regional Director/Regional MEP Lead, the Mechanical Turnover Engineer will coordinate all turnover activities throughout the project lifecycle.

This role is critical in ensuring a seamless transition from construction to commissioning and final handover to operations, maintaining compliance with project timelines, quality standards, and client expectations.

At John Sisk & Son, we’ve been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty, and value to our clients—while being at the heart of innovation and progress.

• Implement a structured turnover plan, including division into systems and subsystems.

• Manage and coordinate turnover packages, ensuring all documentation, punch lists, and quality records are complete and accurate.

• Oversee the turnover process from construction through to commissioning, including system handover walkdowns.

• Collaborate with project managers, construction teams, quality assurance, commissioning teams, and client representatives to align on turnover requirements and milestones.

• Serve as the primary point of contact between project teams and client representatives during turnover activities.

• Ensure all turnover documentation—such as inspection records, test results, and punch list items—is properly compiled, reviewed, and approved.

• Drive the timely resolution of punch list items to ensure readiness for system handover.

• Maintain turnover logs, status reports, and dashboards to communicate progress to stakeholders.

• Minimum 6 years’ relevant experience in a similar role.

• Strong background in turnover, construction, or commissioning within large-scale industrial, construction, or infrastructure projects.

• Proven experience managing system turnovers and handovers.

• Excellent communication, coordination, and organisational skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field – or equivalent experience.

• Competitive Salary with yearly increase   

• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more)  

• Employer pension   

• Flexible and remote working   

• Enhanced parental leave   

• Professional and Educational development   

Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits and surround yourself with great people.   

Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfil all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.  

At Sisk we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organisation. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It’s not all about your technical expertise. Don’t hold back, we’d love to hear from you.