Mechanical Associate Director - Building Services (MEP)

Meinhardt (UK) Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative multidisciplinary firm is seeking a Mechanical Associate Director to lead project teams in delivering high-quality engineering solutions. This role involves managing a portfolio of projects, ensuring job profitability, and being the main contact for clients. You will utilize your extensive experience to motivate teams, present to clients, and contribute to business development. The firm values a collaborative approach and aims to provide efficient solutions while maintaining environmental integrity. Join a forward-thinking company that supports your professional growth and offers a range of benefits, including additional holiday and chartership support.

Benefits

Annual Leave of 20 days plus bank holidays

Three additional holiday days at Christmas

Life Assurance

Group Income Protection scheme

Four company socials per year

Chartership support

Birthday leave

Alternate breakfast/lunch on Fridays

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience as a Chartered Engineer with a track record in design.
• Proven record as a Project Engineer with M&E systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage project portfolios and ensure timely delivery of accurate information.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and motivate staff to deliver client solutions.

Skills

Chartered Engineer

Project Management

Design and Project Delivery

M&E Systems Knowledge

Client Presentation

Negotiation Skills

Team Leadership

Education

Chartered Engineer Qualification

Minimum 10 years experience

Tools

CAD Standards

Job description

Mechanical Associate Director - Building Services (MEP)

Meinhardt (UK) Ltd is an innovative multidisciplinary firm of Civil, Structural, MEP and Façade engineers, focused on delivering high-quality integrated design consultancy within the built environment sector. We aim to deliver highly efficient design solutions based on the touchstones of environmental integrity, economic viability, and pragmatic engineering solutions. These principles are embedded in our collaborative approach to problem solving and efficient resource utilisation.

To support Meinhardt’s continued success, we have established, and continue to maintain, efficient and effective business knowledge and quality management systems in order to provide our clients – in both the private and public sector – with first-class services covering the full range of design, construction, engineering and maintenance disciplines, and by providing first-class project development and management.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting work on a range of projects. Using industry benchmark and internal standards, the post holder will ensure not only the timely delivery of accurate project information but also provide a point of contact between engineering staff and the in-house modelling team.

General Responsibilities

Project Role

Responsible for managing all aspects of a portfolio of jobs as Project Manager in conjunction with a Project Director. On some projects, provide the principal contact to Clients as Project Director with only mentoring support from a Director.

Core responsibilities include:

• Job profitability
• Job cash flow
• Be able to motivate and lead multidisciplinary professional teams to deliver Client solutions.
• Be commercially astute
• Be experienced and competent at:
  • Presenting to Clients
  • Preparing Client/project proposals
  • Negotiating fee proposals and requesting additional fees where possible
  • Constructing project teams from internal and external resources.
  • Procuring project resources
  • Planning projects.

Company Role

• Hold regular team meetings
• Be responsible for leading a team of engineers, supported by an Associate involving:
  • Motivate team
  • Training and development
  • Managing day to day work
  • Team profitability
  • Resource planning and management
  • Developing and guiding Associates
  • Applying policies relating to health and safety, quality and training.
• Have a clear understanding of company financial indicators and our business plan.
• Contribute to the strategic direction of the business by playing a key role in the development of company procedures.
• Be champions in their specialist field.
• Be able to present to and advise Clients on all engineering issues including concept design, detailed design, procurement routes, risk assessment and claim assessment.
• Have a detailed knowledge of analytical concepts.
• Have a detailed knowledge of our delivery in CAD standards, 3D working.

Business Development

• Win business and develop new Clients and or build business with existing Clients with annual targets to be agreed.
• Be an ambassador for the Company.

Key Skills/Experience

Qualifications

• On average a minimum of 10 years experience as a Chartered Engineer. Have a proven track record in design and project delivery with different types of M&E systems, serving various types of building and under various types of procurement.
• Have a proven record as a Project Engineer.

Company benefits include

• Annual Leave of 20 days plus bank holidays
• Three days of additional holiday at Christmas. This is non-contractual, the dates are set by the company and these three days are not counted in your annual leave allowance within your contract.
• Life Assurance and Payment Protection Cover
• Group Income Protection scheme, including access to Legal & General health and wellbeing services
• Four company socials per year
• Chartership support
  Professional membership cost covered (two per year).
• Birthday leave – an additional day off on your birthday (to be taken in the month of your birthday).
• Alternate breakfast/lunch provided on Friday’s.

Meinhardt (UK) Ltd reserves the right to alter the content of this job description to reflect changes to the job, without altering the general character or level of responsibility.

Reporting to Operations Director and Technical Director