Senior MEICA Manager

KIER GROUP; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Senior MEICA Manager to join our United Utilities Framework in the North West of England. This role leads mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation activities across water projects, providing technical leadership from feasibility through to commissioning and ensuring safe, compliant delivery.

You will coordinate with design teams, contractors and operational stakeholders, support risk reviews and value engineering, and ensure designs meet industry

Qualifications

• Experience leading MEICA activities across water projects.
• Strong technical understanding of mechanical, electrical, ICA and commissioning.
• Ability to engage with clients, consultants and supply chain partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead MEICA input through feasibility, design, construction and commissioning.
• Review requirements, identify risks and opportunities, and drive value engineering.
• Coordinate MEICA consultants, subcontractors and suppliers to achieve targets.
• Provide technical guidance to project teams and ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

MEICA management

Technical leadership

Project delivery

Job description

We're looking for a Senior MEICA Manager to join our United Utilities Framework based in the North West of England.

Location: North West of England

Hours: 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Senior MEICA Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation solutions across our water projects. Working collaboratively with design teams, contractors and operational stakeholders, you'll provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring safe, efficient and compliant delivery. This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of MEICA activities on major infrastructure projects whilst driving innovation and supporting sustainable outcomes for the communities we serve.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior MEICA Manager, you'll be working within the Framework team, supporting the successful delivery of projects across the United Utilities programme.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Leading MEICA input throughout feasibility, design, construction and commissioning phases
• Reviewing mechanical and electrical requirements and identifying technical risks, opportunities and value engineering solutions
• Coordinating and managing MEICA consultants, subcontractors and suppliers to ensure quality, safety, programme and commercial targets are achieved
• Providing technical guidance and support to project teams across all MEICA disciplines
• Ensuring designs, installations and commissioning activities are compliant with industry standards, client specifications and statutory regulations

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior MEICA Manager is great for you if:

• You have strong experience in a MEICA-focused role within a main contractor or utilities environment
• You have previous experience delivering water or wastewater infrastructure projects
• You possess a strong technical understanding across mechanical, electrical, ICA and commissioning activities
• You can confidently engage with clients, consultants, supply chain partners and operational teams

If you would like to explore more about the incredible growth and scale of our water business, dive into our diverse project portfolios, and uncover both current and future career opportunities. You can see more information about our water business here.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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