Senior MEP Project Manager – Construction

Description

You will join the team on a project for a global manufacturing client as a senior MEP project manager on construction work.

The ideal candidate has an engineering background with strong mechanical, electrical, or MEP knowledge, is consultant-minded, and has owner's representation experience.

You will have supported construction and capital projects in one or more of the company's key markets: data centers, critical infrastructure, aviation, life sciences, and energy and natural resources. Experience with complex projects, stakeholder management, and multidisciplinary teams in these sectors is preferred.

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, and offers programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls, procurement, net zero and digital solutions. It is majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., with partners holding a significant minority stake.

Responsibilities

• Manage the relevant engineering drawings, specifications and documents.
• Keep internal and external team members and stakeholders informed and communicating clearly at every project stage.
• Give the scheduler progress updates.
• Coordinate in the field between the general contractor, commissioning agent and client.
• Walk the site with the general contractor and subcontractor trades.
• Attend field and punch walks with the architect and the MEP engineering team.
• Help prepare and manage project close-out documentation.
• Make sure QA/QC procedures are followed, and report any issues or gaps.
• Review technical documentation for accuracy and contract compliance.
• Carry out engineering quality assurance and quality control reviews of all design drawings before they go to construction for builds.
• Prepare scheduled and ad hoc reports on progress, key performance indicators (KPIs), and progress tracking.
• Manage the flow of project information between the team and the client through regular meetings and written updates.
• Capture key information and lessons from each commission in internal databases, and share them.
• Identify quality, safety, health and environmental issues, and make sure the client and management know about them.
• You may take on SOX control duties, which must be followed where they apply.

Requirements

• Field construction experience.
• Experience in manufacturing construction is beneficial.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to coordinate across delivery teams, stakeholders and vendors.
• Strong client relationship skills to keep relations positive between stakeholders and corporate leadership.
• Ability to manage and delegate work to technical and non-technical support staff.
• Demonstrated postgraduate-level mechanical or MEP engineering experience, covering both design and site work.
• Engineering background with strong mechanical knowledge and experience.
• A bachelor's or postgraduate degree in engineering, construction management, architecture or a related field.
• A project management qualification such as PMP, or an engineering or related background.

Conditions

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

The company is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Benefits

• A healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
• The chance to have your say and help bring about change.
• Support for people to succeed at work and in life.