Technical Services Manager

Fetch Recruit; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fetch Recruit is supporting a South West London refurbishment & fit-out contractor to strengthen its M&E team with an experienced Technical Services Manager. You will oversee end-to-end delivery of Mechanical or Electrical works within projects and report to Directors.

The role involves coordinating M&E programmes, managing RAMS, RFIs and technical submittals, and ensuring drawings and information are up-to-date. Strong client and subcontractor liaison is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering M&E packages within construction projects.
• Ability to manage RAMS, MS and working drawings across sites.
• Strong liaison with clients, subcontractors and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Produce detailed M&E programmes and procurement schedules.
• Conduct tender return comparisons and attend tender interviews.
• Coordinate M&E works with site managers and ensure drawings are current.
• Issue RFIs and manage technical submittals with the project team.
• Lead first & second fix quality checks and sign-off sheets.

Skills

Project management

M&E coordination

Tendering

Job description

Fetch are exclusively working with a refrubishment & fit out contractor based in South West London looking to bolster up there M&E team with an expierenced Technical Services Manager (TSM).

The Technical Services Manager has responsibility for the end-to-end delivery of either the Mechanical or Electrical items within the project. The role reports to the Directors.

Responsibilities

To ensure that all areas of responsibility (below) are managed and co-ordinated to ensure that all project, quality and contractual responsibilities on the relevant project are discharged.

1. Manage the production of detailed programme by the M&E subcontractor specialist using the dates and durations noted on the main construction programme. The following items are key for M&E programming:
   • The M&E subcontractor to issue their procurement schedule
   • Programme broken down into elements of works
   • Each element of work will have a duration allocated
   • Each element of work will have labour resources allocated
2. Do tender return comparisons.
3. Attend pre, mid and post tender interviews with clients.
4. Request and check RAMS and MS for all works undertaken by appointed M&E sub-contractor specialists.
5. Co-ordinate the M&E works with the site managers
6. Ensure the M&E subcontractors always have the latest working drawings to hand.
7. Manage the working drawings process by reviewing the working drawings in drafting process.
8. Relay the importance of following the working drawings; if you do have to deviate from the working drawings make the office working drawings team are made aware.
9. Liaise with client consulting team to ensure all information required is provided prior to works commencement.
10. Prepare and issue RFIs using the RFI template- this is to be agreed at the beginning of the project with the site management team as they may issue RFIs themselves.
11. Manage the technical submittals approval process using the technical submittal template- this is to be agreed at the beginning of the project with the site management team as they may issue technical submittals themselves.
12. Carry out first & second fix quality checks with the M&E sub-contractors and issue sign off sheets to site managers.
13. Attend & lead pre-start meetings with quantity surveyors for sub-contractors appointing; ensure that all the relevant queries are clarified.
14. Manage sub-contractors by requesting attendance when site is ready; issue site instructions when changes to the scheme are required; manage their progress on site in line with the project programme.
15. Organise hand over meetings with sub-contractors at completion of works and request that the functionality of the system(s) installed is demonstrated.
16. File all the correspondence with utilities companies.
17. Provide utilities tracker update for each monthly progress meeting.
18. Request and agree with the site manager a dedicated storage location for mechanical materials and a dedicated storage location for electrical materials.
19. Manage the commissioning programming process, collect method statements from sub-contractors, assist with sequencing and durations of commissioning activities.
20. Provide the site team weekly updates for the commissioning report.
21. Provide progress reports to the site management team prior to the client progress meetings.
22. Record changes/variations to the scheme on a weekly basis or
23. Manage the technical information for O & M manuals and Building User Guides
24. Develop and form relationships with services suppliers, subcontractors, consultants, clients and internal team
25. Ensure the BMS processes are adhered, and its integrity is maintained