Senior Project Manager - MEP Mechanical Project Lead

Senior Project Manager - Mechanical Project Lead (MEP) This role sits within our Commercial Business Unit. You will be the Mechanical Lead on a £250m+ project in Central London that is in the very early stages.

You will be accountable for the delivery of MEP services on projects to the agreed outcomes for time, budget, safety and quality requirements.

Driving the delivery of high-quality, time-efficient and profitable delivery, whilst providing leadership and accountability for compliance, governance, assurance as well as the management of teams of technical and construction staff. builds and retains working relationships with colleagues and internal and external stakeholders.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Drives MEP team on the project via demonstration of professional and respectful behaviours, providing clear direction, guidance and the encouragement of compliance with Mace standards.
• Ensures the successful delivery of the MEP services including management of the programme, health safety and wellbeing, quality and commissioning of the project.
• Partners with multiple key project stakeholders, forming strong working relationships with the client, consultants, trade contractors and other team leaders.
• Drives the delivery of the tendering process and provides expert technical and commercial support to bid teams and sector leadership/bid leads. Ensures adequate internal and external resource needs are identified and agreed.
• Contributes to procurement strategies and ensures specialist packages and appointments are procured against the agreed scope demarcation and to budget.
• Directs the initial review of contracts and scope, assists in the preparation of budgets, value engineering, schedules and trade contracts and provide support to the commercial teams throughout the project lifecycle in terms of reviewing progress or resolving issues.
• Inputs into the creation and deployment of project strategic plans in conjunction with the Mace operating framework and strategic priorities, such as prefabrication (C2P), commissioning and safety.
• Directs design reviews on information provided by consultants and trade specialists, checking for compliance, coordination and completeness, including embodied carbon and operational energy associated with the MEP Services design, aligned to RIBA and BSRIA design frameworks.
• Inputs into and drives the delivery strategies and programmes for project phases, ensuring key milestones, interfaces, dependencies, logistics and work sequencing are considered. Develops and implement commissioning strategies in line with the Mace commissioning standards inclusive of IST approach, ATP’s and soft landings.
• Executes productivity assessments using digital technologies to ensure the project/package is on schedule. The ability to identify trends, key issues or critical path risks is fundamental. Drives project close out to ensure all elements of completion are delivered to a high standard, such as commissioning, as built drawings, O and M manuals and client training.
• Proactively drives the identification of risk and the production of mitigation plans. Identifies and oversees the reviewing issues to drive continuous improvement and providing lessons learned through the knowledge share process.
• Manages, influences and negotiates with key senior stakeholders (up to c-suite). Manages a large team (or several teams) of direct reports, driving the appropriate behaviours to achieve success and KPIs, including a continuous improvement culture.
• Provides performance management, technical and career development and coaching.
• Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition, and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You’ll Need To Have

• Trade/technical apprenticeship or graduate development programme.
• Formal engineering training (HNC. HND, BTEC or equivalent).
• SMSTS and CSCS card.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering systems including design standards and frameworks, installation techniques, best practice, engineering processes, prefabrication and system commissioning requirements, sufficient to manage the project team on programme from an initial tender period through to contract completion.
• Advanced knowledge of construction builds elements, including sequencing and dependencies to ensure consideration, collaboration and…