MEP Senior Project Manager

Description

You will join the team and lead MEP delivery on a portfolio of capital projects for a global pharmaceutical client.

The company is a global professional services firm with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. It works across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, with capabilities in programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls, procurement, supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

The company is majority-owned by the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, and its partners hold a significant minority interest.

The ideal candidate has an engineering background and strong MEP knowledge, thinks like a consultant, and has experience with Owner's Representation.

Responsibilities

• Act as the main contact for the client's project portfolio and programme leaders, building trust and setting expectations through regular governance meetings, written updates and timely escalation.
• Own delivery of capital projects from planning through design, construction, commissioning and closeout.
• Route project information between internal and external stakeholders through meetings and written communication.
• Build and maintain individual project schedules and fold them into the portfolio-wide programme schedule.
• Prepare and update project capital budgets and forecasts, and use them to shape the client's overall capital plan.
• Manage change carefully across every project phase.
• Identify, track and reduce project risks, and raise issues early.
• Keep projects moving and take ownership of delivering all project and programme scope.
• Review, manage and confirm execution against engineering drawings, specifications and project documents.
• Apply MEP expertise in design reviews, checking constructability and operational feasibility in a mission critical setting.
• Manage and coordinate MEP upgrades to mission critical infrastructure across the site.
• Coordinate contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, building management and engineering teams, and client representatives.
• Walk the site with the general contractor and trade partners to check quality, safety and progress.
• Assign and oversee work for technical and non-technical support staff.

Requirements

• Required: a bachelor's degree with 8-10 years of relevant experience. Without a degree, experience in a similar field is accepted instead.
• Preferred: a degree in engineering, construction management, architecture or a related field.
• Required: professional MEP engineering or construction experience across the full project life, from initiation to closeout.
• Required: field construction management on active job sites.
• Required: experience managing capital project budgets of $50M+ and schedules across several connected concurrent projects.
• Required: a proven record of managing senior client stakeholders and building strong relationships with client leadership.
• Required: excellent verbal and written communication, adapted for project team members, stakeholders and vendors.
• Preferred: experience in data center or mission critical utilities improvement construction.
• Preferred: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Preferred: experience leading or mentoring other project managers or engineers.

Conditions

On-site at the client's campus in Indianapolis, IN.

On-site presence and requirements may change depending on the client's needs.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of the role and must be followed where they apply.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all parts of the community.

Benefits

• A healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.