MEP Technical (Mechanical) Manager

Job Location: Cambridge, Jersey, London

Country/Region: United Kingdom

Contract Type: Permanent Contract

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Remote/Onsite: On-site/Office based

Travel Requirements: Occasional travel

Information at a Glance: Bouygues UK is a leading construction and property development company in the United Kingdom. It is part of Bouygues Construction which employs 35,600 people around the world, all driven by the greatest and most exciting responsibility of all – building for life.

Overview: This role supports our MEP Unbundled strategy, reducing our reliance on external market supply to ensure better quality, safety, and control over project timelines. The Manager will provide overall design & engineering leadership/management for the business region(s), with responsibility for the delivery of design information. MEP project values typically range from £5M - £130M, covering prequalification to completion with emphasis on work winning and preconstruction.

Responsibilities include building and leading effective relationships with MEP designers & BIM Coordinators to maximise value/opportunity and mitigate risk. Projects are based in London and the Southeast (including Jersey) and cover various sectors: Healthcare, Residential Regeneration, Schools, and Data Centres.

Skills Profile:

• Substantial experience collaborating with a main contractor or large subcontractor
• Degrees in Mechanical subject are preferable but we’d also consider people qualified by experience
• Proven in-depth technical knowledge of Mechanical MEP Services
• Proven people management (including mentoring) experience of managing/developing teams
• An effective analytical person
• Initiative-taking, with proven organisational ability and the drive to meet deadlines
• Client-driven with effective communication skills
• Advocate for Health and Safety
• Commercially astute

Main Accountabilities:

• Member of the MEP Unbundled Strategy Core Team involved and contributing to strategic planning, business decisions, and overall performance of the business region
• Ownership of key customer/consultant relationships, ensuring where possible mutually positive outcomes
• Ownership & implementation of key activities & accountabilities for Self and Engineering Management Team
• Design & Engineering Management
• Resource Management
• Customer Management
• Designers
• Work Winning/Bid Management
• Safety/Environment
• Drive Zero Harm and exemplary health, safety, wellbeing, and environmental performance

Guiding Framework/Our Behaviours: Promote the BYUK policies and Key Values and function as a role model in demonstrating behaviours.

Regional Responsibility

Why Bouygues UK: Day in day out our teams deliver some of the most technically innovative and challenging projects across the UK and the world. With a strong corporate culture, our values reflect how we operate with Respect, Commitment, Pioneering, Sharing. We offer competitive basic salaries coupled with generous company benefits including:

• 26 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days
• 2 paid volunteering days a year
• Pension scheme
• Life insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Generous share scheme
• BY Extra – opt into lifestyle benefits

Company Recognition: Bouygues Construction UK was awarded the Top Employers United Kingdom and Top Employers Europe certification. Together with our partners and clients, Bouygues UK delivers award-winning construction, development and regeneration projects to the most exacting standards across public and commercial private sectors.

Diversity & Inclusion: Be Yourself! Here at Bouygues we value the creativity and innovation that our diverse workforce brings, encouraging people from all backgrounds, particularly those from under-represented communities to apply. By joining us, you will be inspired to bring your full self to the workplace, speak up and share your unique ideas. You will also have an opportunity to join our employee-led diversity & inclusion communities such as WeLink (women network), Encompass (LGBTQ+), Kaleidoscope (BAME), Disability and Wellness peer support network, Parents and Carers network.

Equal Opportunity: We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

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