Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
This role sits within Mace Construct Limited's Commercial Business Unit as the Mechanical Lead on a multi-million pound project in Central London currently in its early stages. You will be accountable for delivering MEP services to meet agreed time, budget, safety, and quality requirements. You will drive high-quality, time-efficient, and profitable delivery while providing leadership and accountability for compliance, governance, assurance, and managing teams of technical and construction staff. Building and retaining strong working relationships with colleagues and internal and external stakeholders is key.

Responsibilities include:
- Leading the MEP team by demonstrating professional and respectful behaviours, providing clear direction, guidance, and encouraging compliance with Mace standards.
- Ensuring successful delivery of MEP services including programme management, health, safety and wellbeing, quality, and commissioning.
- Partnering with key project stakeholders such as clients, consultants, trade contractors, and other team leaders.
- Driving the tendering process and providing expert technical and commercial support to bid teams and sector leadership.
- Identifying and agreeing internal and external resource needs.
- Contributing to procurement strategies and ensuring specialist packages are procured within scope and budget.
- Directing contract and scope reviews, assisting with budgets, value engineering, schedules, and supporting commercial teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Inputting into project strategic plans aligned with Mace’s operating framework and priorities, including prefabrication, commissioning, and safety.
- Leading design reviews for compliance, coordination, and completeness, including embodied carbon and operational energy considerations.
- Driving delivery strategies and programmes, ensuring milestones, interfaces, dependencies, logistics, and sequencing are managed.
- Developing and implementing commissioning strategies in line with Mace standards.
- Executing productivity assessments using digital technologies to monitor schedule adherence.
- Driving project close out to ensure completion of commissioning, as-built drawings, O&M manuals, and client training.
- Proactively identifying risks and producing mitigation plans.
- Leading continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
- Managing and negotiating with senior stakeholders up to C-suite level.
- Managing large teams, driving behaviours to achieve success and KPIs, and fostering a continuous improvement culture.
- Providing performance management, technical and career development, and coaching.
- Collaborating towards net zero carbon transition and managing associated carbon emissions and reductions during delivery.

At Mace, we redefine the boundaries of ambition by creating responsible places that transform communities and societies across the UK. Our values are Safety First, Client Focus, Integrity, and Creating Opportunity. We are an inclusive employer welcoming diverse candidates and encourage applications even if you do not meet all criteria, as you may be the best fit for this or other roles within our organisation.

Experience
- Proven experience managing MEP services on large-scale projects from tender through to completion.
- Advanced knowledge of engineering systems, design standards, installation techniques, prefabrication, and commissioning.
- Strong understanding of construction build elements, sequencing, dependencies, and collaboration with other work packages.
- Advanced planning and programme management skills including critical path, scheduling, and commissioning activities.
- Commercial management expertise including procurement, change control, risk mitigation, cost forecasting, and programme impact.
- Comprehensive knowledge of health, safety, and welfare requirements relevant to construction projects.
- Experience managing quality assurance processes and commissioning of integrated systems.

About you
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage and motivate large teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including negotiation with senior and C-suite stakeholders.
- Proactive approach to risk identification and mitigation.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
- Passionate about sustainability and net zero carbon transition.
- Professional, respectful, and collaborative working style aligned with Mace values.

Qualifications
- Trade or technical apprenticeship or graduate development programme.
- Formal engineering training such as HNC, HND, BTEC or equivalent.
- SMSTS and CSCS card.
- Relevant professional qualifications or certifications in mechanical engineering or project management are advantageous.