MEP Project Director - Hyperscale Data Centres

This role will sit within one of our largest Business Units, Public, Science & Technology. You will be the Lead MEP Project Director on a Hyperscale Data Centre in London. You will be accountable for the delivery of MEP services on a project to the agreed outcomes for time, budget, safety and quality requirements.

Lead 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. You will be responsible for partners and builds key working relationships with colleagues and internal and external stakeholders.

You’ll Be Responsible For:

• Leading the MEP team on the project(s) providing clear direction, guidance and the encouragement of compliance with Mace standards.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of the MEP services including management of the Programme, Health Safety & Wellbeing, Quality & Commissioning of the project.
• Partners and builds working relationships with key project stakeholders, forming strong working relationships with the Client, Consultants, Trade Contractors and other team leaders.
• Leads for MEP in the tendering process and provide technical and commercial support to bid teams and sector leadership/bid leads.
• Ensures adequate internal and external resource needs are identified and agreed.
• Establishes and executes procurement strategies and ensures specialist packages and appointments are procured against the agreed scope demarcation and to budget.
• Oversee initial review of contracts and scope, assist 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.
• Define and establishes project strategic plans in conjunction with the Mace operating framework and strategic priorities, such as Prefabrication (C2P), Commissioning and Safety.
• Oversees 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.
• Enables achievement and executes delivery strategies and programmes for all phases of the project, ensuring the key milestones, interfaces, dependencies, logistics and work sequencing are all properly considered.
• Influences and implements Commissioning strategies in line with the Mace Commissioning standards inclusive of IST approach, ATP’s and Soft Landings.
• Oversees the undertaking of productivity assessments using digital technologies to ensure the project/package is on schedule, oversees the identification trends, key issues or critical path risks.
• Supports 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.
• Oversees the identification of risks and the production of mitigation plans.
• Accountable for the review of issues to drives continuous improvement, providing lessons learned through the knowledge share process.
• Manage a large team (or several) of senior direct reports, demonstrating effective leadership to ensure excellence in delivery against plans, championing a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities.
• Deliver performance management, technical development, direction and coaching.

You’ll Need To Have:

• An 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.
• An advanced knowledge of construction build elements, including sequencing and dependencies to ensure consideration, collaboration and co‑ordination with other work packages.
• An advanced 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.
• An advanced 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 for across the project.
• An advanced knowledge of health, safety & 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.
• An advanced knowledge of Quality Assurance process and management & Commissioning of single systems as well as the integration of systems through Cause & Effect, BMS and IST integration periods to allow full completion of the project inline with programme.
• Capable of managing large project teams and concurrent projects if necessary.
• Experience in delivering projects in excess of £50M+ MEP value.
• Experience in the relevant construction sector.
• Demonstrated track record of successful projects/contribution.
• Proficiency in building services or a specified engineering discipline.
• Sets and 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.
• Provides visible and reliable leadership; maintains composure at all times.
• Able to lead in pressurised situations, making decisions and offering concise direction.
• Setting of clear objectives and supporting others in completing complete tasks.
• Understands the strengths and weaknesses of the team; allocates workload accordingly.
• Able to motivate and influence others towards a desired outcome.
• Takes responsibility for their actions and ownership when resolving problems/challenges.
• Efficiently plans and manages resources and workloads.
• Establishes partnerships and relationships with stakeholders.
• Able to use influence to guide and get the best out of others.

You’ll Also Have:

• Project experience from diverse technical backgrounds/sectors.
• Accreditation with CIBSE, IET, IMechE, SoPHE.
• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) Masters in Engineering.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.