Senior Building Services Manager

Bovis; Bedford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 10% employer pension

Private medical health benefit

Life assurance

25 days annual leave + buy/sell

Wellbeing leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Gym membership discounts

Parental leave

Job summary

Bovis is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee building services for a multi-zone project. You will lead M&E delivery, drive strategies, and ensure high-quality outcomes for clients and stakeholders.

This role requires strong leadership, collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and a focus on safety, risk, and on-time delivery across major commercial developments.

Qualifications

• Chartered status such as CIBSE or equivalent.
• BSc or MSc in Project Management in Engineering or related field.
• Proven experience delivering major commercial projects.
• Experience delivering medium to large-scale commercial buildings (£80m+).
• Pre-construction and site establishment experience.
• Experience dealing with clients, contractors and activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and develop environments for delivery staff.
• Create detailed project strategy, plan, schedule and manage delivery.
• Maintain high quality standards and ensure right-first-time construction.
• Establish and maintain communication with all stakeholders.
• Review costs and controls across the project.
• Build and mentor a qualified project team and promote best practices.
• Promote use of standard tools and systems; manage risk and compliance.
• Manage safety, EHS plans and sustainability objectives.
• Develop external relationships with clients and contractors.

Skills

Leadership

Project delivery

Risk management

Communication

Team mentoring

Resource planning

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Education

Chartered (CIBSE)

BSc/MSc in Project Management in Engineering

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and skilled Senior Project Manager to oversee and manage building services for an exciting multi-zone project. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of mechanical and electrical (M&E) services, meeting the high standards expected by our company and stakeholders. This role requires strong leadership and collaboration skills, as you will work closely with multi-disciplinary project teams throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities -

• Provide leadership in the creation of skills, well-being and develop a supportive work environment for delivery staff.
• Creating a detailed project strategy, plan and schedule and managing the project delivery within that plan ensuring the maximum outcomes for the client and Bovis.
• Ensure quality is at a consistently high level and proactively identify quality issues, setting up and monitoring systems and outputs to ensure right first-time construction.
• Establish and maintain appropriate communication and record keeping with all project stakeholders.
• Review all costs and controls.
• Build and maintain a qualified and experienced team. Managing the performance and development of the project team through coaching, mentoring and building the required skills and experience to ensure Bovis is recognised as a place people want to work and excels in project delivery.
• Processes and Systems, use and promote Bovis standard tools and systems to deliver a successful outcome
• Risk Management, develop a comprehensive understanding of project risk and through communication and collaboration.
• Compliance,
• Accountable for the implementation and compliance with all Bovis safety requirements across staff, contractors and work practices ensuring appropriate records are maintained and required reports are available.
• Recognise and reward safe behaviours and practices.
• Review the EHS plans and regularly review lessons learnt. Review the project sustainability objectives and targets ensuring compliance with Bovis standards and local regulatory requirements.
• Build and maintain external relationships (e.g. clients, contractors/subcontracts) and develop trust and confidence

Credentials

• Have a related Chartership such as CIBSE
• Professional Construction Qualifications relevant to the role (BSc or MSc in Project Management in Engineering).

Skills

• High emotional intelligence and able to demonstrate key leadership skills.
• Proven track record of delivering successful construction projects.
• Management and mentoring of staff and development of skills.
• Experience of project planning and resource allocation & managing design teams.
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively and lead the construction delivery team and construction workforce.
• Demonstrate an ability to be flexible in recognising where working methods require adapting and changing to suit a change in project needs or new challenges.
• Demonstrate an ability to ensure delivery of work packages and in places betterment of commercial targets.
• Ability to provide leadership in the creation of skills, well-being and develop a supportive work environment for delivery staff.
• Ability to manage the project delivery within a timely manner to ensure the maximum outcomes for the client and Bovis

Knowledge

• An in-depth knowledge of the construction process and construction methods.
• Knowledge of current construction laws, legislations, and regulations, standards and procedures.
• Expert knowledge of the construction industry.
• Understanding of programme duration and sequencing of works of relevant aspects of construction.

Experience

• Pre-construction and site establishment experience.
• Experience of dealing with clients, contractors and construction activities.
• Design, procurement, construction and delivery experience.
• Experience in the delivery of medium to large scale commercial projects (£80m + in construction value).
• Demonstratable experience of the delivery of major commercial office buildings.

Behaviours

• Flexibility and openness of approach and willingness to work as a team player.
• Must lead in the Incident and Injury Free (IIF) vision, both personal and organisational, to create an existence absent of incident and injury.
• Eager to make an impact on the local community to create legacy.
• Strategic thinking and visionary.
• Develop and maintain relationships with trust and confidence.
• Willingness and drive to create environments where teams thrive.
• Ability to hold teams to account, have difficult conversations where needed and manage performance.

We will provide:

• Up to 10% employer pension contribution
• Private medical health benefit (family cover available)
• Life assurance.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days
• 3 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave
• Health and wellbeing support and initiatives
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services
• Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym’s nation wide
• Industry leading parental leave

Belong at Bovis

We offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equal treatment and equal opportunity are just the norm. We are a disability inclusive employer. If you need any adjustment or changes to the process, email us to let us know if you have a preferred communication method.

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Bovis is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer of choice by engaging, enabling and empowering our people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Inclusion sets us all up for success and we particularly encourage applications from currently under-represented groups in our industry including those who self-identify as women, black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/ or disabled.