MEP Package Manager

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Skillset: MEP/ Package management/pre-construction, delivery, commissioning, and handover.

Job location: North Acton Base. Accessible by public transport? Yes.

Working hours: Weekdays. Contract: Permanent.

As the Package Manager for the M&E systems, you will be the senior point of contact for the subcontract supply chain members delivering this package of works. Your role will oversee the delivery of works on 12 No assets along the line of route for the London Tunnels. You will lead a team of Delivery Managers based on the Assets, developing a close working relationship with the Asset Leads. You will report to the MEP Lead.

You will manage your supply chain packages from design through construction and commissioning to handover. Working collaboratively with the supply chain partners, you will ensure that the subcontract and technical requirements are met, and that lessons are learnt between assets, consistently improving efficiency and our value offering as the works progress.

Main Responsibilities

• Subcontract Supply Chain Management.
• Managing the full lifecycle of the contract from design through construction and commissioning to handover. This shall include:
• Subcontract and Change Management – Be fully conversant with subcontractor’s contract conditions, assist to develop job specific subcontract conditions and manage the subcontractors account with the support of the Commercial team.
• Cost Management – Being able to develop and manage budgets, proactively managing costs as the works progress.
• Programme Management – Able to develop own and review subcontract programmes. Able to integrate the subcontract programmes into the main programme. Able to understand and clearly communicate progress and challenges/risks. Ensure that contemporaneous records are maintained.
• Risk Management – Able to develop risk register for subcontract package, communicate and manage the risks proactively.
• Ensure the Safety of Our Workforce and the Protection of the Environment. You will take a leading role in ensuring the safety of our delivery and minimising our environmental impact. This shall include:
• Ensuring that the supply chain are aware of and fulfilling all relevant SCS and statutory requirements.
• Proactively engaging with senior subcontract managers and site teams on safety.
• Driving continuous improvement in safety, identifying lessons learnt from both within the scheme and the wider industry.
• Undertaking constructability reviews for subcontract design ensuring that risks are eliminated prior to construction commencing and ensuring that the Design Risks are managed through design to construction.
• Deliver a Quality Product. You will ensure that a quality product is delivered to the end user. This shall include:
• Ensuring that quality risks are identified and managed through the use of ITPs.
• Engage with the senior subcontract managers and quality teams, making quality relevant to those on site.
• Ensure that technical requirements for the works are met.
• Lead on the development of technical solutions, engaging with the engineering and technical specialist teams.
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that lessons are learnt between the work packages and assets.
• Deliver on Time. Understand the requirements of the main contract programme and how your works packages interface with it. Work proactively with the Delivery Managers and Asset Leads to resolve any issues that are delaying progress. Understand the SCS processes and timescales, ensuring that these are communicated to the supply chain.
• Exceed the expectations of our Customer. Develop trusting working relationships with our customers' representatives. Seek to understand our customers' needs and how you can support them.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in a similar level role, responsible for the delivery of Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health systems including management, procurement, design, construction, testing, commissioning, and handover.
• A professional qualification or degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related subject.
• Knowledge of construction techniques, sequencing, and best practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of working to and implementing NEC construction contracts.
• Capable of working independently and proactively to progress works but also skilled at working collaboratively with other integrated team members and external stakeholders for the overall benefit of the project.
• Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Document Control Systems, Auto CAD).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to adjust communication style to suit receiver.
• SMSTS/SSSTS.

We are an equal opportunity employer and provide a policy of equal treatment. The employer is an equal opportunity employer and supports diversity across the workforce, respecting the principles and rights within the Equality Act 2010. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.