Mechanical Project Manager

Mercury GmbH; Kristiansand; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercury GmbH in Kristiansand, Norway, seeks an experienced Mechanical Project Manager to lead complex engineering and construction initiatives. You will coordinate with clients, contractors, and BIM teams to ensure design intent, schedule, and budget compliance on site. The role demands strong analytical skills and a track record of delivering large-scale projects in data centre environments. The position is based on-site in Kristiansand.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience in construction or engineering.
• Mechanical Engineering degree required.
• Data Centre experience is advantageous.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experience coordinating with clients, main contractors, and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Understand and support engineering requirements by liaising with stakeholders.
• Manage information reporting to meet targets and deadlines.
• Review drawings and IFC specs and coordinate with BIM staff.
• Oversee on-site installation quality and safety compliance.
• Lead site meetings, progress reporting, and handover documentation.
• Manage project schedule, costs, and subcontractor activities.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Project management

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree

Job description

Mechanical Project Manager, Kristiansand, Norway

Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions.

We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life changing advancements that connect people, communities, and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty,time and time again.

We deliver our clients’ visions through leading edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection.

At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do,providingchallenging opportunities to develop withina great teamin a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

• To understand and support the engineering requirements through managing & liaising with Key Project Stakeholders (Client design team, Main contractor, Suppliers, Sub-contractors, etc).
• Information reporting will be an essential activity to ensure activity targets/deadlines are met to support the project team.
• Review of drawings and specifications and Familiarisation of Design/IFC specifications and drawings to fully understand the scope of the Project works. Overseeing the Co-ordination process to transform design information into full installation drawings by BIM personnel ensuring spec compliance and as per schedule priority. This will require generation/management of Requests for Information (RFI)
• Managing the installation to meet the quality needs for the project on site, providing guidance to ensure we are compliant to all relevant standards/codes and specifications associated. This will include all site activities associated with validation and handover to the client.
• Management of Site Safety in conjunction with the project team and the Mercury Safety Advisor. This will include the set-up, management of and closing out of the safety file
• Management of Site QA in conjunction with Mercury QA Manager including set up, management and close out of file
• Management of Project Schedule in conjunction with Mercury Project Team, Consulting Engineer and Client requirements
• Management of all costs associated with Project including:
  - Labour
  - Material
  - Plant and Equipment
  - Design, review and approval of OSM equipment
  - Variations
  - Valuations
• Management of all day-to-day site operations, ensure that Mercury policies and SOPs are being followed.
• Management of sub-contractor activities including tracking progress against schedule and manpower levels. Ensure that there is a weekly minuted meeting with sub-contractor.
• Management of the Mercury “In Progress” snagging system ensuring that the supervisors return weekly punch lists where applicable.
• Issue direct labour hours and sub-contractor hours to time administrator for tracking centrally.
• Attendance at Site Meetings, Internal Project Reviews, Engineering Reviews, Planning and Co-ordination Meetings and Handover Meetings
• Close out of all project items including Final Account, O & M Manuals, Punch List, Safety File, QA File, Material and Plant re-locations, Project Plan – all with the support of the site project manager
• Upload to the project File key system, with the support of the project QS, internal weekly progress report rolled up from project supervisors report. This will highlight progress percentage complete based on WBS codes and any concerns. It should also highlight any risk elements within the control of Mercury, eg: late deliveries.
• Issue external weekly progress report, to all stakeholders, highlighting areas not available, and delays, shortage of design, third party hold ups and percentage
• Ensure all Sub-contractor documentation including safety documentation is maintained up to date and filed for future reference.
• Close out of all project items including Final Account, O & M Manuals, Punch List, Safety File, QA File, Material and Plant re-locations, Project Plan – all with the Support of your Project team.
• Issue weekly safety stats & project labour projections.
• Hold weekly commercial meetings with the commercial team to ensure all variations are been captured and costs issued to the client.
• Develop and implement company procedures with the package managers
• Ensure change management is handled correctly (Cost & Programme).
• All other duties associated with this role.
• Manage, lead and mentor the Mechanical team on the project and ensure that all Mechanical packages are delivered successfully.

Essential Criteria for the Role:

• Ideally 8+ years’ experience
• Mechanical Engineering degree
• Data Centre experience an advantage
• Excellent Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good oral & written communication skills
• Data Centre experience an advantage

Mercury is an equal opportunities employer.

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