MEP Project Director - Data Centre

A privately owned global delivery consultant and construction expert with a rich history of exceptional delivery, founded on the belief that the industry could be more efficient, innovative, and responsible. They aim to become the world's leading programme and project delivery consultancy and a trusted construction partner, known for bringing their clients' visions to life.

Position Overview: Responsible for driving the construction delivery of MEP services on projects to the agreed outcomes for time, budget, safety and quality requirements. Leads a high-quality, time-efficient and profitable delivery, providing leadership and accountability for compliance, governance, assurance as well as overseeing the management of teams of Construction staff. Partners as a strategic business partner with colleagues and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Driving the MEP construction and team, reporting to the MEP Lead, leading compliance.
• Holding full accountability for the construction aspects of the MEP services and the management of the site environment, programmes, health safety & wellbeing, quality & commissioning of the project.
• Partnering as a strategic business partner with key project stakeholders, forming strong working relationships with the client, consultants, trade contractors and other team leaders.
• Deploying project strategic plans in conjunction with the operating framework and strategic priorities, such as Prefabrication (C2P), Commissioning and Safety.
• Overseeing programme review process with trade specialists, checking for productivity, key issues/blockers and trade to trade coordination, using digital technologies to ensure the project/package is on schedule.
• Leading the quality assurance process, ensuring that a high level of installation quality is provided and that all trade contractors and consultants follow the agreed process.
• Influencing strategic development and executing delivery strategies and programmes for all phases of the project, ensuring the key milestones, interfaces, dependencies, logistics and work sequencing are all properly considered.
• Implementing commissioning strategies inclusive of IST approach, ATP’s and Soft Landings.
• Leading productivity assessments using digital technologies to ensure the project/package is on schedule.
• Playing a lead role in the driving of project close out to ensure all elements of completion are delivered to a high standard, such as commissioning, as built drawings and QA/Snagging.
• Driving the identification of risks and the production of mitigation plans.
• Leading the implementation of a systematic performance improvement cycle to drive continuous improvement and providing lessons learned through the knowledge share process.
• 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.

We require you to have:

• An advanced knowledge of management process and technique to lead, manage and oversee the successful completion of the project.
• An advanced knowledge of a technical trade (building services engineering) including installation and testing methods, best practice and prefabrication to allow supervision, planning, and quality control of a Packages or systems assigned to the individual.
• An advanced knowledge of other technical trades, including basic installation techniques, prefabrication and best practice to ensure consideration, collaboration and co-ordination with other systems and packages.
• An advanced knowledge of construction builds elements, including sequencing and dependencies to ensure consideration, collaboration and co-ordination with build elements.
• Proficient knowledge of commercial management to assist the commercial teams with commercial control of a packages, such as clean up notices, good received and contract charges between packages.
• An advanced knowledge of planning processes and management, with sufficient understanding of key construction release requirements, systems critical path, tasks/works scheduling and commissioning activities to allow for planning and control of the packages or systems during construction.
• 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 of supply chain packages.
• An advanced knowledge of quality assurance processes and commissioning of single systems to allow full completion of their package or system of responsibility whilst assisting in the integration of systems.
• An advanced knowledge of digital setting out and scanning technologies.
• An advanced understanding of the commissioning process including the integration of systems through Cause & Effect, BMS Functionality and IST.
• The ability to understand the structuring and set up of site teams, able to define project requirements and undertake any recruitment required to fill the position.
• Capable of managing large project teams and concurrent projects if necessary.

Qualifications:

• Project experience from diverse technical backgrounds/sectors.
• Accreditation with CIBSE, IET, IMechE, SoPHE, CIOB.
• Relevant bachelor’s degree (or vocational equivalent).