Senior Project Manager - MEP

-; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK engineering firm is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead high-value building services projects in the Infrastructure/Rail division. You'll oversee project delivery from initiation to completion, ensuring efficiency and profitability. Required qualifications include extensive project management experience, a strong commercial mindset, and leadership abilities. The position offers competitive benefits, including a car allowance and a private medical insurance plan.

Benefits

Car/Car allowance

Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)

Pension with employer contribution

Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships

Personal development programme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in large-scale project delivery within building services.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage subcontractors.
• Strong commercial acumen and risk management capability.

Responsibilities

• Leading pre-commencement activities to maximise efficiency and profitability.
• Driving health and safety culture across all project activities.
• Managing project risks and opportunities to ensure commercial success.
• Overseeing subcontractor performance and building sustainable relationships.
• Providing clear leadership and direction to the project delivery team.
• Leading contract reviews and ensuring accurate forecasting of costs and programme.
• Maintaining strong customer relationships and ensuring satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring timely and successful project closure, including defect resolution.

Skills

Project delivery experience

Team leadership

Risk management

Commercial acumen

Safety culture advocacy

Education

Industry-recognised trade or professional qualification

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Building Services

London

Permanent

Competitive + Car/Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an Senior Project Manager to join our team, delivering high-value building services projects in the Infrastructure / Rail division up to £50 million.

This role is pivotal in ensuring operational excellence from bid through to practical completion. Reporting to the Project Director, you'll be responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team, managing subcontractors, and driving customer satisfaction while maintaining profitability and safety standards.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Leading pre-commencement activities to maximise efficiency and profitability.
• Driving health and safety culture across all project activities.
• Managing project risks and opportunities to ensure commercial success.
• Overseeing subcontractor performance and building sustainable relationships.
• Providing clear leadership and direction to the project delivery team.
• Leading contract reviews and ensuring accurate forecasting of costs and programme.
• Maintaining strong customer relationships and ensuring satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensuring timely and successful project closure, including defect resolution.

What we're looking for:

We're looking for an inspiring leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and brings a collaborative, solution-focused mindset. You'll be someone who leads by example, communicates with clarity, and builds trust across teams and stakeholders.

You'll need to demonstrate:

• Extensive experience in large-scale project delivery within building services.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage subcontractors.
• Strong commercial acumen and risk management capability.
• Industry-recognised trade or professional qualification.
• A passion for safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Emotional intelligence and a team-first attitude aligned with our company DNA.

Benefits:

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Car/Car allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program (including counselling and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Travel Insurance, Tax-Free Bikes
• Personal development programme

Next Steps:

As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We'll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.