Associate Project Director - MEP

Position status: This opportunity is for a secured role that is due to commence in October subject to approval. If you would like to be considered as we progress with this position, please click to apply.

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

You will be accountable for the delivery of MEP services on projects to the agreed outcomes for time, budget, safety and quality requirements. Driving the delivery of high-quality, time-efficient and profitable delivery, whilst providing leadership and accountability for compliance, governance, assurance as well as the management of teams of technical and construction staff. Builds and retains working relationships with colleagues and internal and external stakeholders.

You'll be responsible for:

• Driving MEP team on the project via demonstration of professional and respectful behaviours, providing clear direction, guidance and the encouragement of compliance with Mace standards.
• Ensuring the successful delivery of the MEP services including management of the programme, health safety & wellbeing, quality & commissioning of the project.
• Partnering with multiple key project stakeholders, forming strong working relationships with the client, consultants, trade contractors and other team leaders.
• Driving the delivery of the tendering process and provides expert technical and commercial support to bid teams and sector leadership/bid leads. Ensures adequate internal and external resource needs are identified and agreed.
• Contributing to procurement strategies and ensures specialist packages and appointments are procured against the agreed scope demarcation and to budget.
• Directing the initial review of contracts and scope, assists in the preparation of budgets, value engineering, schedules and trade contracts and provide support to the commercial teams throughout the project lifecycle in terms of reviewing progress or resolving issues.
• Inputting into the creation and deployment of project strategic plans in conjunction with the Mace operating framework and strategic priorities, such as prefabrication (C2P), commissioning and safety.
• Directing design reviews on information provided by consultants and trade specialists, checking for compliance, coordination and completeness, including embodied carbon and operational energy associated with the MEP Services design, aligned to RIBA and BSRIA design frameworks.
• Inputting into and drives the 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 the Mace commissioning standards inclusive of IST approach, ATP's and soft landings.
• Executing productivity assessments using digital technologies to ensure the project/package is on schedule.
• Identifying trends, key issues or critical path risks is fundamental.
• Driving project close out to ensure all elements of completion are delivered to a high standard, such as commissioning, as built drawings, O&M manuals and client training.
• Proactively driving the identification of risk and the production of mitigation plans.
• Identifying and oversees the reviewing issues to drive continuous improvement and providing lessons learned through the knowledge share process.
• Managing, influencing & negotiating with key senior stakeholders (up to c-suite).
• Managing a large team (or several teams) of direct reports, driving the appropriate behaviours to achieve success & KPIs, including a continuous improvement culture.
• Providing performance management, technical & career development and coaching.
• Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You'll need to have:

• Advanced knowledge of engineering systems including design standards and frameworks, installation techniques, best practice, engineering processes, prefabrication and system commissioning requirements, sufficient to manage the project team on programme from an initial tender period through to contract completion.
• Advanced knowledge of construction builds elements, including sequencing and dependencies to ensure consideration, collaboration and co-ordination with other work packages.
• Advanced knowledge of planning processes and management, with sufficient understanding of key construction release requirements, critical path, tasks/works scheduling and commissioning activities to allow for planning and control of the project from pre-construction through to practical completion.
• Advanced knowledge of commercial management to allow commercial control of a package(s), inclusive of the procurement processes, change control, programme impact, risk and mitigation, cost to complete and commercial forecasting for across the project.
• Advanced knowledge of health, safety & welfare core elements such as working from height, electrical safety, fire safety, logistics and lifting, to provide awareness and ensure application in the safe management across the project.
• Advanced knowledge of quality assurance process and management & commissioning of single systems as well as the integration of systems through cause & effect, BMS and IST integration periods to allow full completion of the project in line with programme.

You'll also have:

• Experience in delivering projects in excess of £25m+ MEP value.
• Experience in the relevant construction sector.
• Demonstrated track record of successful projects/contribution.
• Proficiency in building services or a specified engineering discipline.
• Trade/technical apprenticeship or graduate development programme.
• Formal engineering training (HNC. HND, BTEC or equivalent).
• SMSTS and CSCS card.