MEP Project Manager in Slough

DataX Connect have partnered with a leading MEP contractor in their search for an MEP Preconstruction Engineer to join their head office in London.

Why Apply?

• Great salary and package
• Work for a fast growing forward thinking contractor
• Step off site to gain experience in the world of data centre preconstruction

Key Requirements:

• Experience within an M&E environment preferred, electrical knowledge essential.
• Sector and industry knowledge within the Data Centre and associated services environment.
• IT skills and use of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint – Intermediate / advanced level)
• Financial awareness of profit and loss and commercial costing.
• Good time management and prioritisation skills, with a results-oriented ethos.
• To have completed the relevant levels of qualification that are relevant to the sector and industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Remain up to date with the Company’s health, safety, and environmental statistics relative to industry benchmarks to demonstrate our credibility and influence current/prospective clients, as well as incorporate safety within tender processes.
• Work with the Senior management to identify and convert winning opportunities into profitable contracts, in line with business strategy.
• Ownership of assigned bids and, where necessary, early engagement involving supply chain stakeholders to meet timescales.
• Ensure accuracy of estimated cost, through detailed review, lead and undertake peer review with teams and senior management. Present cost and sales values, while capturing any risks and opportunities at final settlement.
• Maintain sales pipeline data on completion of bid submission using coordinated management tools in line with business process.
• Manage the production of allocated bid submissions to ensure that: our differentiators are communicated effectively, submission documents are completed on time, fully respond to formal and informal questions posed in the customers’ enquiry documentation and meet the requirements of the Invitation to Tender.
• Demonstrates sound understanding of software applications relevant to the job role and utilises technology to improve work processes.
• Uses technology to share information, communicate and collaborate.
• Establishes and develops a wide internal and external network supporting tendering and winning objectives.
• Demonstrates effective management and maintenance of third-party / supply chain relationships that are cost-effective and provide efficient service where applicable.
• Identifies ways to gain a competitive advantage through the delivery of superior levels of service.
• Leads secured bid handovers, ensuring the transition of knowledge has been recorded, received, and understood.
• Actively support the project teams so they fully understand the client design specification, build, suppliers’ quotations, and customer requirements, enabling successful delivery.