Building Services Manager

Talk Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Pension

Bonus

Job summary

Talk Recruitment is seeking an M&E Coordinator/Manager to join a growing M&E team. You will split time across 2-3 live sites in the Midlands, with initial projects in Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire.

Previous main contractor or consultancy experience is welcome, with opportunities to move into senior M&E management. Ideal candidates will have a Building Sector background, relevant qualifications, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Experience as M&E Coordinator/Manager or equivalent.
• Experience on Commercial, Leisure, Mixed Use, Residential, Hotel, Healthcare projects.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and control M&E installations to meet spec and programme.
• Ensure adherence to H&S policies and risk assessments.
• Manage M&E design information and approvals for construction.
• Review design information and perform design gap analyses for bids.

Skills

M&E coordination

Site management

Communication skills

Building sector knowledge

Education

Degree / HND / HNC in related field

Job description

M&E Coordinator / M&E Manager / Building Services Manager

*Previous Main Contractor or Sub Contractor or Consultancy experience all considered.*

Sector:

Building / Construction

Role:

As part of agrowing M&E team you will split your time across visiting2-3 sites in the midlands, so predominately live works. Upcoming projects initally in Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire.

Company:

My client is an international building main contractor with a strong order book of local midlands projects across a range of sectors.

This company is renowned for working on a variety of projects and in particular a reputation for prestigious and bespoke multi million pound projects.

This employer is looking to recruit a permanent M&E Manager or Senior M&E Managerto work on general build sector projects.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to transfer their M&E experience into a main contractor environment for example from a Sub contractor or Engineering Consultancyoran alreadyexperienced main contractor M&E Coordinator / Manager.

Requirements:

• - Knowledge of Building Sector.
• - Previous employment as a M&E Co-ordinator, Building Services Coordinator, M&E Manager, Building Services Manager or Mechanical Design Engineer, Mechanical Designer, Project Engineer, M&E Supervisor or M&E Project Manager.
• - Previous experience / knowledge in building sector projects such as Commercial, Leisure, Mixed Use, Residential, Apartment Blocks, Student Accommodation, Hotels, Extra Care Housing, MOJ, Industrial, Education or Healthcare.
• - Previous Main Contractor employment would be ideal but not essential, Engineering Consultancy and M&E Subcontractor backgrounds also considered.
• - Good communication skills.
• - Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc).

Duties:

The responsibility of this role is to coordinate and control specialist engineering installations and ensure that the work is completed with accordance with the specification and completed programme.

Key Accountabilities:

• -Adhering to the company H&S policy.
• -Monitor, co-ordinate and control the flow of M&E design information to ensure the timely release of information for construction activities.
• -Ensuring the M&E designers identify hazards and assess risks to health and safety when designing the works.-Review M&E design information at tender stage and undertake a full design gap analysis to advise the bidding team of any design shortfalls.
• -Ensure all required approvals (statutory, regulatory, client and company) are in place as and when required.
• -Assist in ensuring that the M&E designers produce design development programmes which meet the needs of the contract programme, and review the programmes regularly as required.
• -Assist, when required, in the selection and appointment of the M&E consultant designers and design and build sub contractors.
• -Ensure M&E information released for construction has been reviewed by all interface designers and construction team and amended/approved prior to issue for construction and is in line with the specification/ contract.
• -Ensure M&E designs and details produced are economic and do not exceed budgeted or estimated cost without good reason and are in conformance with the specified or detailed requirements for quality.
• -Ensure the M&E design is validated on completion of the works.
• -Keep appropriate cost and installation records including the witnessing of testing and commissioning as required.
• -Carry out cost checks on M&E design proposals and report serious deviations to senior management immediately.
• -Ensure risk assessments are carried out and all risks identified.
• -Assist in the production of O & M manuals on completion of the project.
• -Ensure that specialist mechanical and electrical sub-contractors work strictly within company Safety Management System and comply fully with all its requirements.
• -Promote the use of off site manufacturing to ensure programme and quality requirements are achieved using modern methods.
• -To ensure that production controls are in place for monitoring, reporting, benchmarking works and improving performance.

Remuneration:

• *CompetitiveBasic (Dependent on experience)
• *Car Allowance
• *Pension
• *Bonus