Senior Mep Manager - Building Services

I am searching for an experienced Senior Technical Services Manager on behalf of a Leading City Main Contractor to oversee M&E on Major Cat A and Refurb Projects within the London area.

If you have experience of managing MEP Packages on Commercial Cat A and Cat B projects in the UK for a Main Contractor as a Senior Technical Services Manager and would like to hear more, please contact me on 07836 291 662

Basic Salary to £110k plus Car Allowance.

Key accountabilities

• To take full responsibility from Tender to Completion of a construction project in varying value, up to £10m+

• To identify problems and offer solutions.

• To suggest trade contractors, systems and manufacturers for team appraisal.

• To review design and shop drawings, the project programme and contribute where necessary.

• To offer high level strategic thinking at project level (lower level strategic input only is required for the skills area).

• To contribute information to the proposal team, when required.

• To prepare, manage, attend and present a solution or project at the “pitch”.

• To carry out a champion role, if required, including publication of ‘champion papers’, as appropriate.

• To be aware of the existence of marketing relationships with external professionals and clients.

• To actively promote Interior philosophy and culture.

• To produce precise and succinct project / lookahead reports.

• To take responsibility for strategic control of the programme.

• To take a lead role in the presentation of the project or task to the client.

• To offer buildability advice and value engineering solutions.

• To understand and manage cost, programme, deliverables and risk for a tendered or live project and produce a

report on the current position.

• Be aware of element costings and costs/ft2

• Thorough understanding of M&E systems.

• Promote and implement Zero Defects & Absolute Completion Initiative.

• To implement Best Practice Manual.

• To manage the design process including the production and review of design and shop drawings.

• To monitor the design against cost plan.

Skills & experience

• Industry experience. Track record of successful projects either internally or externally.

• Understands the pre-construction process. Can organise and manage the design phase of a project. Help prepare

and maintain the client decision matrix.

• In-depth knowledge of the construction process, preferably fit-out/refurbishment based

• Has a good political awareness.

• Able to collate information from the team to prepare and present the project report.

• Has been involved at a senior level in medium (£10m+) and preferably at least one large (£20m+) project.

• Understanding of how to comply with a Health & Safety policy and Health & Safety management system

• Good team leader and “people manager”

• Sensitive to political situations - good relationship builder

• Decision maker

• Good delegator and manage the outcome of that delegation

• Good communicator

• Prepared to be innovative

• Training and mentoring of team members

• A good organiser/system implementer

• Able to apply and operate a safe system of works

• have experience in negotiating, both internally and externally with customers