Senior Project Manager - MEP Mechanical Project Lead

Mace; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is seeking a Senior Project Manager - Mechanical Project Lead to oversee a £250m+ project in Central London. You will be responsible for the delivery of MEP services, ensuring adherence to time, budget, and quality standards.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering systems, excellent leadership skills, and the ability to manage diverse teams and stakeholders effectively. We welcome applications from candidates with different experiences and backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Trade/technical apprenticeship or graduate development programme required.
• Formal engineering training (HNC, HND, BTEC or equivalent).
• SMSTS and CSCS card necessary.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering systems and procurement processes required.

Responsibilities

• Drive MEP team on projects to ensure success.
• Manage relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Deliver MEP services on time and budget.
• Oversee project close out and performance management.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Engineering Systems Knowledge

Commercial Management

Health and Safety Management

Education

Trade/Technical Apprenticeship or Graduate Development Programme

Formal Engineering Training (HNC, HND, BTEC or equivalent)

Tools

Engineering Software

Project Management Tools

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Mechanical Project Lead (MEP)

This role sits within our Commercial Business Unit. You will be the Mechanical Lead on a £250m+ project in Central London that is in the very early stages.

You will be accountable for the delivery of MEP services on projects to the agreed outcomes for time, budget, safety, and quality requirements.

Driving the delivery of high‑quality, time‑efficient and profitable delivery, while providing leadership and accountability for compliance, governance, assurance, as well as the management of teams of technical and construction staff. Builds and retains working relationships with colleagues and internal and external stakeholders.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Drive MEP team on the project via demonstration of professional and respectful behaviours, providing clear direction, guidance and the encouragement of compliance with Mace standards.
• Ensure the successful delivery of the MEP services including management of the programme, health safety and wellbeing, quality and commissioning of the project.
• Partner with multiple key project stakeholders, forming strong working relationships with the client, consultants, trade contractors and other team leaders.
• Drive the delivery of the tendering process and provide expert technical and commercial support to bid teams and sector leadership/bid leads. Ensure adequate internal and external resource needs are identified and agreed.
• Contribute to procurement strategies and ensure specialist packages and appointments are procured against the agreed scope demarcation and to budget.
• Direct the initial review of contracts and scope, assist in the preparation of budgets, value engineering, schedules and trade contracts and provide support to the commercial teams throughout the project lifecycle in terms of reviewing progress or resolving issues.
• Input into the creation and deployment of project strategic plans in conjunction with the Mace operating framework and strategic priorities, such as prefabrication (C2P), commissioning and safety.
• Direct design reviews on information provided by consultants and trade specialists, checking for compliance, coordination and completeness, including embodied carbon and operational energy associated with the MEP Services design, aligned to RIBA and BSRIA design frameworks.
• Input into and drive the delivery strategies and programmes for project phases, ensuring key milestones, interfaces, dependencies, logistics and work sequencing are considered. Develop and implement commissioning strategies in line with the Mace commissioning standards inclusive of IST approach, ATP’s and soft landings.
• Execute productivity assessments using digital technologies to ensure the project/package is on schedule. The ability to identify trends, key issues or critical path risks is fundamental. Drive project close out to ensure all elements of completion are delivered to a high standard, such as commissioning, as-built drawings, O and M manuals and client training.
• Proactively drive the identification of risk and the production of mitigation plans. Identify and oversee the reviewing issues to drive continuous improvement and providing lessons learned through the knowledge share process.
• Manage, influence and negotiate with key senior stakeholders (up to c‑suite). Manage a large team (or several teams) of direct reports, driving the appropriate behaviours to achieve success and KPIs, including a continuous improvement culture.
• Provide performance management, technical and career development and coaching.
• Work collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition, and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You’ll Need To Have

• Trade/technical apprenticeship or graduate development programme.
• Formal engineering training (HNC, HND, BTEC or equivalent).
• SMSTS and CSCS card.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering systems including design standards and frameworks, installation techniques, best practice, engineering processes, prefabrication and system commissioning requirements, sufficient to manage the project team on programme from an initial tender period through to contract completion.
• Advanced knowledge of construction build elements, including sequencing and dependencies to ensure consideration, collaboration and coordination with other work packages.
• Advanced knowledge of planning processes and management, with sufficient understanding of key construction release requirements, critical path, tasks/works scheduling and commissioning activities to allow for planning and control of the project from pre‑construction through to practical completion.
• Advanced knowledge of commercial management to allow commercial control of a package(s), inclusive of the procurement processes, change control, programme impact, risk and mitigation, cost to complete and commercial forecasting across the project.
• Advanced knowledge of health, safety and welfare core elements such as working from height, electrical safety, fire safety, logistics and lifting, to provide awareness and ensure application in the safe management across the project.
• Advanced knowledge of quality assurance process and management and commissioning of single systems as well as the integration of systems through cause & effect, BMS and IST integration periods to allow full completion of the project in line with programme.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

Primary Location: GB-GB-London

Organization: Mace Construct Limited

Schedule: Regular

Job Type: Full-time

Job Posting: 20-May-2026, 9:13:05 AM