Responsibilities
- Design and develop fin and tube heat exchangers, coils, condensers, evaporators, and related components.
- Prepare technical drawings, 3D models, BOMs, and manufacturing documentation.
- Select appropriate tube materials, fin materials, fin spacing, tube diameter, circuiting, headers, and connection details.
- Utilize heat exchanger design software and engineering calculation tools.
- Support product development, customization, and value engineering projects.
- Coordinate with production teams to ensure designs are manufacturable and cost-effective.
- Review customer specifications and prepare technical proposals.
- Assist in troubleshooting design, production, and performance-related issues.
- Ensure compliance with relevant standards, codes, and customer requirements.
- Collaborate with quality teams to resolve non-conformities and improve product reliability.
- Support testing and validation of heat exchanger prototypes and final products.
- Maintain design records, calculation sheets, drawings, and revision history.
- Collaborate with purchasing teams for material and component selection.
- Continuously improve existing product designs for efficiency, durability, and cost reduction.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Diploma in Thermal Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience in heat exchanger design, preferably in fin and tube heat exchangers.
- Strong understanding of heat transfer, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and HVAC/R systems.
- Knowledge of coil design, refrigerant circuits, and air-side and fluid-side pressure drop calculations.
- Proficiency in CAD software such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Creo, or Inventor.
- Ability to read and prepare engineering drawings and technical documents.
- Understanding of manufacturing processes including tube bending, fin punching, expansion, brazing, soldering, welding, and assembly.
- Familiarity with materials such as copper, aluminium, stainless steel, galvanized steel, and coated fins.
Skills
- Heat exchanger thermal design
- Fin and tube coil design
- CAD modeling and drafting
- BOM preparation
- Mechanical design calculations
- Pressure drop calculation
- Refrigerant circuiting
- Material selection
- Manufacturing support
- Product testing and validation
- Cost reduction and value engineering
- Strong communication skills
- Team collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving mindset
- Project management
- Customer-focused approach
Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years of experience in heat exchanger, HVAC, refrigeration, or mechanical product design
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
- Diploma in Thermal Engineering
About the Company
- Al Shirawi Group is a conglomerate founded in 1971 with operations across the GCC region, India, and Egypt.
- The group operates in trading, industrial, distribution, contracting, and service industries.
- OCC is a premier HVAC coil manufacturing and coating company in the GCC region.
- OCC is the exclusive distributor of Heat Pipe Technology, Inc. (HPT) and fresh air UV lamps in the region.
