Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
This role sits within our Commercial Business Unit as the Mechanical Lead on a £250m+ project in Central London currently in the very early stages. You will be accountable for the delivery of MEP services on projects to agreed outcomes for 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.

You will be responsible for driving the MEP team through professional and respectful behaviours, providing clear direction, guidance and encouraging compliance with Mace standards. You will ensure successful delivery of MEP services including programme management, health, safety and wellbeing, quality and commissioning.

Partnering with multiple key project stakeholders, you will form strong working relationships with clients, consultants, trade contractors and other team leaders. You will drive the tendering process and provide expert technical and commercial support to bid teams and sector leadership.

You will identify and agree internal and external resource needs, contribute to procurement strategies, and ensure specialist packages and appointments are procured against agreed scope and budget. You will direct contract and scope reviews, assist in budget preparation, value engineering, scheduling and trade contracts, and support commercial teams throughout the project lifecycle.

Inputting into project strategic plans aligned with the Mace operating framework and strategic priorities such as prefabrication (C2P), commissioning and safety will be essential. You will direct design reviews for compliance, coordination and completeness, including embodied carbon and operational energy considerations aligned to RIBA and BSRIA design frameworks.

You will drive delivery strategies and programmes for project phases, ensuring key milestones, interfaces, dependencies, logistics and work sequencing are considered. Developing and implementing commissioning strategies in line with Mace commissioning standards, including IST approach, ATPs and soft landings, will be part of your remit.

Using digital technologies, you will execute productivity assessments to ensure the project/package remains on schedule, identifying trends, key issues or critical path risks. You will drive project close out to ensure all elements such as commissioning, as-built drawings, O&M manuals and client training are delivered to a high standard.

Proactively identifying risks and producing mitigation plans, reviewing issues to drive continuous improvement and sharing lessons learned through knowledge sharing processes will be expected.

You will manage, influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders up to c-suite level and lead large teams or multiple teams of direct reports, driving behaviours to achieve success and KPIs including fostering a continuous improvement culture. Providing performance management, technical and career development and coaching will be key.

Working collaboratively towards net zero carbon transition, you will share responsibility for proactively identifying and managing associated carbon emissions and reductions during project delivery.

Experience
- Trade/technical apprenticeship or graduate development programme.
- Formal engineering training (HNC, HND, BTEC or equivalent).
- Advanced knowledge of engineering systems including design standards and frameworks, installation techniques, best practice, engineering processes, prefabrication and system commissioning requirements.
- Advanced knowledge of construction build elements including sequencing and dependencies to ensure collaboration and coordination with other work packages.
- Advanced knowledge of planning processes and management including construction release requirements, critical path, task scheduling and commissioning activities.
- Advanced commercial management knowledge including procurement processes, change control, programme impact, risk mitigation, cost to complete and commercial forecasting.
- Advanced knowledge of health, safety and welfare core elements such as working from height, electrical safety, fire safety, logistics and lifting.
- Advanced knowledge of quality assurance processes and commissioning of single systems and integration through cause & effect, BMS and IST integration periods.

About you
You are a confident leader with the ability to manage large teams and multiple stakeholders, including senior executives. You demonstrate professional and respectful behaviours, provide clear direction and guidance, and encourage compliance with standards. You are proactive in risk identification and mitigation, committed to continuous improvement and knowledge sharing, and passionate about contributing to net zero carbon goals.

Qualifications
- SMSTS and CSCS card.
- Formal engineering qualifications as listed above.
- Relevant trade or technical apprenticeship or graduate development programme.