MEICA Manager – Clean & Wastewater in Skelmersdale

We are seeking a MEICA Manager to lead and support both clean and wastewater projects. In this role, you will drive business development, provide pre‑construction support, and cultivate strong client relationships. You will be responsible for generating and converting enquiries, supporting tender processes, and ensuring the safe, efficient, and profitable delivery of secured MEICA schemes.

What you’ll be doing:

• Establishing and growing Stonbury’s MEICA capability across existing framework agreements.
• Leading and developing MEICA opportunities and building strong senior‑level relationships across the water sector.
• Agreeing a MEICA Business Plan (BP) for approval and maintaining it thereafter.
• Generating and qualifying enquiries to maintain a healthy pipeline aligned with Stonbury’s strategy.
• Providing leadership with insight on market trends, competitor activity, framework opportunities, and emerging technologies.
• Leading or supporting all elements of MEICA tenders: scoping, methodology, programmes, risk registers, value engineering and buildability.
• Supporting pre‑qualification and framework bid submissions, ensuring Stonbury’s MEICA experience, accreditations and innovation are clearly evidenced.
• Utilising specialist MEICA experience to oversee the delivery of MEICA elements on projects typically ranging from £100k–£5m.
• Ensuring projects are delivered safely, to programme, within budget and to required quality and regulatory standards.
• Line-managing MEICA team members as they are recruited; providing clear direction, coaching, performance management and succession planning.
• Managing relationships with MEICA suppliers and subcontractors, ensuring capability, capacity and commercial competitiveness.
• Ensuring all MEICA works comply with CDM 2015, relevant electrical and machinery regulations, water industry standards and Stonbury’s certifications.
• Producing accurate and timely reports on MEICA pipeline, bid activity, project performance, risks and opportunities for internal stakeholders.

Who we’re looking for:

• Extensive experience in managing and delivering MEICA projects in the water sector.
• Proven ability to develop client relationships and win work: generating opportunities, leading bids and converting tenders/frameworks into profitable projects.
• Appropriate Level 5 qualification or IEng registration.
• Demonstrable experience leading multidisciplinary teams to safely deliver complex MEICA schemes on time and within budget.
• Experience of pre‑construction processes: defining scope, supporting tenders, building programmes, and identifying delivery risks and opportunities.
• Strong understanding of health, safety and environmental requirements for MEICA works.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder‑management skills at all levels.
• Full, UK driving licence.

What we’re offering:

• Up to £73k plus a company car or car allowance.
• 6% company pension contribution.
• Life Assurance.
• Income protection.
• Holidays: 24 days’ paid holiday per annum, rising to 25 after two years’ service.
• Options to buy five extra days using the Holiday Scheme.
• Volunteering day – up to two days per year to contribute to our local communities.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Eyecare Scheme.