MEICA Manager

Barhale Holdings; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil engineering firm in Manchester seeks an experienced MEICA Manager to oversee various infrastructure projects. You will ensure compliance with health, safety, and quality standards while managing a small team. The ideal candidate will have a degree in engineering and experience in project management, leading diverse teams in delivering successful outcomes. The role promises career progression and robust support, including training and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company pension

Private medical insurance

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent foundation degree, HND, or HNC.
• Experience in managing multiple MEICA projects.
• Strong understanding of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee MEICA activities ensuring compliance and quality standards.
• Manage a small MEICA team and liaise with project stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery of operational and financial targets.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

Team Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Degree or equivalent in engineering

APM member or equivalent

Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.

Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes.

A broad range of civil engineering, mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK's largest infrastructure projects and clients.

Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within, as we believe this is a key driver of our success.

MEICA Manager

The Role

• Oversee the delivery of all MEICA activities across various projects from initiation to completion, ensuring compliance with client requirements, health and safety, quality standards and buildability of designs.
• Introduce value engineering challenges to proposed designs.
• Manage the small MEICA team working alongside civil engineering and delivery teams.
• Provide technical leadership for mechanical, electrical and control systems design.
• Manage and report operational and financial targets, programme management and supply chain management, including procurement and performance.
• Lead safety, wellbeing and inclusion and act as a team player, interfacing with design and construction teams and all stakeholders.
• Select and manage innovative methods, use of materials and safe systems of work.
• Communicate effectively with senior management, designers, consultants, clients, architects and project teams on technical matters.
• Deliver quality outputs on time, quality and cost to enable programmes to achieve their outcomes.
• Manage contractors and key suppliers, ensuring quality of delivery, committed resource requirements and value for money across projects.
• Communicate and engage with project stakeholders, developing and maintaining key relationships and resolving problems to benefit operations.
• Work with local project/change teams to ensure consistency of project delivery approach.
• Build and sustain capacity and capability within the MEICA team to deliver the programme workstream effectively and efficiently.
• Lead non‑complex and complex projects, ensuring delivery on time, cost and quality and meeting all technical delivery processes, standards and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate project design and interdependencies, working closely with project leads for other projects within the programme.
• Identify and allocate resource requirements.
• Communicate stakeholder messages and key project messages.
• Manage programme‑level resources to deliver outputs on time, cost and quality.
• Overall manage your team and interdependencies, executing all project‑related activities.
• Forge positive relationships with supply chain and subcontractors.
• Develop and explore value engineering options with the client’s team.
• Manage all related health and safety, including electrical safety processes and procedures.
• Liaise collaboratively with the Barhale Group of companies.
• Deliver all work packages planned and scheduled by the project delivery team within programme constraints, quality standards and budgets.
• Meet and exceed Barhale MEICA and client expectations at every step of the project lifecycle.
• Ensure quality requirements, e.g. commissioning plans, inspection and test plans, are in place across the MEICA programme.
• Oversee daily operations to ensure work is done safely, on time and within budget.
• Contribute to future tender activities and work‑winning activities.
• Ensure client specifications and requirements are met by reviewing progress and liaising with the Barhale MEICA and project team.
• Promote and maintain health & safety on all projects with allocated Project Managers and their teams while dealing with day‑to‑day unexpected problems.
• Communicate effectively and be a team player, managing internal teams, third parties and clients.
• Adopt a methodical approach with a clear focus on client, customer and quality.
• Demonstrate strong leadership qualities and natural problem solving.
• Have a background as a MEICA Project Manager, managing and delivering multiple projects of varying complexity and value.

Desireable

• Degree or equivalent foundation degree, HND or HNC.
• Member of the APM, APM certified or equivalent (or experience‑based).
• SMSTS/SSSTS qualification.
• CSCS card qualification.
• First Aid qualification (optional).
• 5‑day SMSTS.

Barhale Overview

Barhale is a business founded on family values, having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran, in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services across multiple sectors, including water, transport, built environment and energy.

We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects, developing long‑term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since 1985.

Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do, as we believe that people are our greatest asset. We robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Company pension.
• Life assurance.
• Private medical.
• 25 days of annual leave plus 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days.
• 8 hours volunteering.
• Employee assistance programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing.
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice.
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position).
• Leadership & management training and coaching.
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression.
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training.
• Continuous service awards.