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Job Title: Senior MEP Manager
Location: Manchester
Salary: £70,000 - £85,000
The Client
Our client are an interior fit-out and refurbishment construction business with extensive experience of delivering commercial office refurbishments nationally. They are looking for a Senior MEP Manager to join their team.
The Role of Senior MEP Manager
We are seeking a strategic and technically excellent MEP Manager to join our clients team in a new, senior role designed to spearhead the company's drive to enhance their approach to all aspects of MEP services. This role will focus on supporting our clients design strategy and philosophy, maximizing efficiency, reducing expenditure, and de-risking their projects through considered and well-managed services design and scoping.
As a key member of the Operations Team you will play a crucial role in the Operational Team, contributing to the performance and direction of the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of MEP strategies that improve our clients ability to win
- Work closely with design, pre-construction, and supply chain teams to align strategies, designs, costs, and deliverables
- Create efficient, high-performing solutions that meet client briefs while maximizing value
- Elevate MEP services to the forefront of our thinking and design process
- Maximize usage of existing retained systems and ensure design is in alignment with these systems
- Manage the allocation and application of external consultants, in-house technical service managers, and supply chain partners
- Ensure all projects have the necessary skillsets at all stages of delivery
- Drive measurable success through increased project wins, lower MEP pro-rata expenditure, reduced client operational issues, and demonstrable reduction in on-site complexity through improved design
Requirements:
- Proven track record in MEP management with specific focus on systems design
- Experience working within the commercial interiors design & build industry highly desirable
- Degree qualification preferred but not required if compensated by extensive relevant experience
- Ideally with mechanical bias, but comprehensive knowledge of both mechanical and electrical services essential
- Demonstrated capability to operate at a senior level
- Strong team collaboration skills and ability to develop effective strategies and client proposals
- Technical excellence in understanding and mitigating risks associated with services adaptation
Personal Attributes
- Strategic thinker with ability to translate technical concepts into business advantages
- Excellent communicator able to work with diverse stakeholders and ability to discuss & explain MEP services/strategy to any audience
- Problem-solver who can identify efficiencies and opportunities
- Team player with leadership capabilities
- Results-oriented with commercial awareness
- Forward-thinking and innovative approach to MEP services
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary commensurate with the seniority of the role
- Hybrid working model with flexibility to work from London and Manchester offices, home, and sites as appropriate
- Performance-related incentive scheme offering potential 10-15% of annual salary
- Additional EOT (Employee Owned Trust) bonus with tax benefits linked to overall business performance
- Immediate inclusion in our managerial operations team
- Opportunity to build a team and influence business strategy
- Potential pathway to Senior Leadership Team
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