Merab Chkhikvadze graduated from Georgian Polytechnic Institute in 1979 with the qualification of a civil engineer.

From 1981 to 1984 he worked as an engineer-constructor at the Design Institute Saksoplmshenproekti. From 1985 he held the position of the head of the Technical Department at Kobuleti Construction-Maintenance Division. In 1988 - 2005 he was the chief engineer at Iveria - the government residence in Kobuleti.

Since 2005 Merab Chkhikvadze has been working at Anagi Construction Company as a site manager.