Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
This role sits within one of Mace Construct Limited's largest Business Units, Public, Science & Technology. As the Lead MEP Project Director on a Hyperscale Data Centre project in London, you will be accountable for the delivery of MEP services to meet agreed outcomes for time, budget, safety, and quality. You will lead the delivery of high-quality, time-efficient, and profitable outcomes while providing leadership and accountability for compliance, governance, assurance, and management of technical and construction teams.

You will build and maintain key working relationships with colleagues, internal and external stakeholders, including the Client, Consultants, Trade Contractors, and other team leaders. Your responsibilities include leading the MEP team, managing programme, health, safety & wellbeing, quality, and commissioning of the project.

Additional duties involve leading MEP tendering processes, providing technical and commercial support to bid teams, establishing procurement strategies, overseeing contract reviews, budgets, value engineering, schedules, and supporting commercial teams throughout the project lifecycle.

You will define and establish project strategic plans aligned with Mace’s operating framework and priorities such as Prefabrication (C2P), Commissioning, and Safety. You will oversee design reviews for compliance, coordination, and completeness, including Embodied Carbon and Operational Energy considerations aligned with RIBA and BSRIA frameworks.

Further responsibilities include enabling delivery strategies and programmes, influencing commissioning strategies in line with Mace standards, undertaking productivity assessments using digital technologies, supporting project close-out activities, risk identification and mitigation, driving continuous improvement, and managing large teams of senior direct reports.

You will champion a culture of continuous improvement, deliver performance management, technical development, direction, and coaching to ensure excellence in delivery.

Experience
- Advanced knowledge of engineering systems including design standards, installation techniques, prefabrication, and commissioning.
- Advanced knowledge of construction build elements, sequencing, and dependencies.
- Advanced knowledge of planning processes and management from pre-construction to practical completion.
- Advanced commercial management skills including procurement, change control, risk mitigation, and forecasting.
- Advanced knowledge of health, safety & welfare core elements relevant to construction projects.
- Advanced knowledge of Quality Assurance and Commissioning processes.
- Proven ability to manage large project teams and concurrent projects.
- Experience delivering projects with MEP values exceeding £50M.
- Demonstrated track record of successful project delivery.
- Proficiency in building services or a specified engineering discipline.
- Effective stakeholder management and strong presentation skills.
- Strong communication skills (written, oral, listening).
- Innovative, adaptable, and able to work under pressure.
- Strong analytical skills and collaborative leadership style.
- Ability to motivate, influence, and manage resources efficiently.

About you
You are a visible and reliable leader who maintains composure in pressurised situations, sets clear objectives, understands team strengths and weaknesses, and allocates workload accordingly. You take ownership of challenges and resolve problems efficiently. You establish strong partnerships and use influence to guide others towards desired outcomes.

Qualifications
- Trade/Technical apprenticeship or Graduate development programme.
- Formal Engineering training (HNC, HND, BTEC or equivalent).
- SMSTS and CSCS card.
- Project experience from diverse technical backgrounds/sectors.
- Accreditation with CIBSE, IET, IMechE, SoPHE desirable.
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent); Masters in Engineering preferred.