MEP Assistant Construction Manager

YTL UK; Bristol; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 20%

Career progression

25 days holiday increasing to 28

Holiday buy/sell up to 5 days

Healthcare package

Life assurance up to 8x salary

Electric car salary sacrifice (subject

Job summary

YTL UK is seeking an experienced Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) Assistant Construction Manager in Bristol to lead on-site project delivery. You will manage projects alongside the Construction Manager, oversee design checks, and drive cost, schedule, and quality across public and private sectors.

You will guide engineers, review BIM models, and coordinate tendering, contracts, and ISO documentation to ensure alignment with project requirements and industry standards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project engineering, construction management, or similar delivery role.
• Experience in construction site environments and engineering design offices.
• Ability to lead, mentor and support junior engineers.
• Experience contributing to large and complex development projects.
• Knowledge of project costing, budgeting and cost control.
• Excellent organisational, time management and prioritisation skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Able to work independently and collaboratively as part of a wider project team.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects while supporting the Construction Manager.
• Involved in the design, checking and calculation of solutions, ensuring all work meets project requirements, industry standards and quality expectations.
• Lead the technical and design input on projects, ensuring work quality is maintained within the expected standard.
• Review BIM modelling using Navisworks for an accurate and workable design output.
• Prepare project costing, tender documents, tendering process, award and relevant contract administration matters.
• Provide training and guidance to project engineers and engineers.
• Fill up and maintain ISO documents as per audit requirements.

Skills

Project engineering

Construction management

Mentoring

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Navisworks

Job description

We are seeking a Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) Assistant Construction Manager to join us at YTL Construction UK!

Once home to every UK-built Concorde, the Brabazon Hangars are being repurposed into a brand-new venue for Bristol and set to be the South West's top destination for music, comedy, sports, and entertainment.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining technical expertise with hands‑on project delivery in a collaborative and dynamic environment.

What you'll do

In this position, you will take responsibility for managing projects while supporting the Construction Manager.

You’ll be involved in the design, checking and calculation ofsolutions, ensuring all work meets project requirements, industry standards and quality expectations.

You’ll also:

• supervise and check design drawings produced by draughtsman
• provide training and guidance to project engineers and engineers
• undertake strategic project planning, including feasibility analysis, design optioneering, modelling, budgeting, space planning and developing effective solutions for various projects across public and private sectors
• provide detaileddesign work across a broad range of projects within Mechanical, Electrical, ICT and related areas
• lead the technical and design input on projects, ensuring work quality is maintained within the expected standard
• manageproject management, client relationship management and related business development activities
• review and supervise thedevelopment of technical skills of team members
• review BIM modelling using Navisworks for an accurate and workabledesign output
• prepareproject costing, tender documents, tendering process, award and relevant contract administration matters
• fillup and maintain all the project requested ISO documents as per ISO audit requirement.

What you'll need

• Proven experience in project engineering, construction management, or a similar project delivery role.
• Experience withinconstruction site environments and engineering design offices.
• Ability tolead, mentor and support junior engineers.
• Experiencecontributing to large and complex development projects.
• Knowledge ofproject costing, budgeting and cost control.
• Strongorganisational, time management and prioritisation skills.
• Resilient, adaptable and able to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Officeapplications, including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Excellentcommunication, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Able towork independently and collaboratively as part of a wider project team.

What you’ll receive

• A combined pension contribution of up to 20%.
• Career progression andprofessional development opportunities.
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• Theopportunity to sell up to five days of holiday every year.
• Theopportunity to buy up to ten days of holiday each year (subject to conditions).
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance ofup to eight times your salary.
• Theopportunity to lease a new electric car through salary sacrifice (subject to conditions).
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paidvolunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and payarrangements.
• Access to aninteractive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from trained mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone who issuccessfully recruited by us.

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTLDevelopments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 450-acre former airfield into an award-winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
• YTLConstruction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
• YTL Live – thedevelopment and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
• plus a number of other retail,environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome.

We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.