Senior Project Manager - MEP (M3) in City of London

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe.

The Project

This role works for our in‑house Mechanical & Electrical subcontractor on a multi‑million pound project in Central London.

Our Values

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Managing the MEP team on the project via demonstration of professional and respectful behaviours, providing clear direction, guidance, and encouragement of compliance with Mace standards.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of the MEP services including management of the programme, health safety and wellbeing, quality and commissioning of the project.
• Liaising and coordinating with key project stakeholders, forming strong working relationships with the client, consultants, trade contractors and other team leaders.
• Managing tendering process and providing technical and commercial support to bid teams and sector leadership/bid leads.
• Ensuring adequate internal and external resource needs are identified and agreed.
• Establishing procurement strategies and ensuring specialist packages and appointments are procured against the agreed scope demarcation and to budget.
• Undertaking initial review of contracts and scope, assisting in the preparation of budgets, value engineering, schedules and trade contracts and providing support to the commercial teams throughout the project lifecycle in terms of reviewing progress or resolving issues.
• Creating and deploying project strategic plans in conjunction with Mace operating framework and strategic priorities, such as Prefabrication (C2P), commissioning and safety.
• Overseeing 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, in accordance with RIBA and BSRIA design frameworks.
• Preparing and coordinating delivery strategies and programmes for all phases of the project, ensuring key milestones, interfaces, dependencies, logistics and work sequencing are properly considered.
• Supporting and implementing commissioning strategies in line with Mace commissioning standards inclusive of IST approach, ATP’s and soft landings.
• Undertaking productivity assessments using digital technologies to ensure the project/package is on schedule, identifying trends, key issues and/or critical path risks.
• Managing project close out to ensure all elements of completion are delivered to a high standard, such as commissioning, as‑built drawings, O&M Manuals and client training.
• Proactively identifying risk and producing mitigation plans.
• Reviewing issues to drive continuous improvement and providing lessons learned through the knowledge share process.
• Managing and providing leadership to a team of managers and professionals, ensuring the principles, structures, tools/capabilities and responsibilities are in place to deliver area plans and deliver excellence.
• Providing performance management, technical development and coaching.
• Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and sharing 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.
• Proficient knowledge of construction builds elements, including sequencing and dependencies to ensure consideration, collaboration and coordination with other work packages.
• Proficient knowledge of planning processes and management, with sufficient understanding of key construction release requirements, critical path, tasks/works scheduling and commissioning activities to allow for planning and control of the project from pre‑construction through to practical completion.
• Proficient knowledge of commercial management to allow commercial control of a package(s), inclusive of the procurement processes, change control, programme impact, risk and mitigation, cost to complete and commercial forecasting across the project.
• Proficient advanced knowledge of health, safety and welfare core elements such as working from height, electrical safety, fire safety, logistics and lifting, to provide awareness and ensure application in the safe management across the project.
• Proficient advanced knowledge of quality assurance process and management and commissioning of single systems as well as the integration of systems through cause and effect, BMS and IST integration periods to allow full completion of the project in line with programme.

You’ll Also Have

• Experienced in delivering projects in excess of £25m+ MEP value.
• Experience in the relevant construction sector.
• Demonstrated track record of successful projects/contribution.
• Proficiency in building services or a specified engineering discipline.
• Drives high standards and ensures consistency in our approach.
• Effective stakeholder management.
• Strong presentation skills; presents clearly and confidently with their audience in mind.
• Good communication skills - written, oral and listening.
• Innovative and adaptable; not fazed by challenges and open to new ways of working.
• Strong analytical skills - numeric, statistical and written detail.
• Collaborative and inclusive - harnesses the power of the collective for impact/progress.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation. We are also open to discussing part‑time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.