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Mechanical Project Manager

Posted 6 months ago

  • Lambeth, Greater London
  • Permanent
  • Package
  • £60,000 /Yr
  • Sponsored

3 x Mechanical Project Managers


  • Preferably from Kent, Croydon or West London but will look at generic London or Essex based candidates.
  • Must be Mechanical not Electrical and done some M.
  • Work is predominately retro fit within schools, Plumbing & Heating installations. As well as CAT A & CAT B fit out in commercial office spaces.
  • 60k plus package – package can be seen in the attached, along with hours and holiday etc. I placed this candidate about a month ago, so recent

Job Role/Responsibilities:


  • As Project Manager, your job will be to coordinate people and processes to ensure that our projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results. You will be the go-to person for everything involving a project’s organisation and timeline.
  • Specific Project Manager responsibilities include developing detailed project plans, ensuring resource availability/allocation and delivering every project on time within budget and scope.
  • Any candidates should have a background in M&E Engineering, business skills (preferred), management, budgeting and analysis. You should be an excellent communicator and comfortable managing multiple tasks. you also need to be a team player and have a problem-solving aptitude. It’s imperative you’ve worked within the M&E industry with a reliable track record.
  • We strive to uphold a tech-first approach, our team excel in a paperless working environment which utilises some of the newest technologies such as SICON, Dropbox, Big Change, Matterport, Merlin Projects, (url removed), Microsoft Office 365 Complete Package, Openspace.ai & other inivative software’s to keep us ahead of our competitors.
  • Our ongoing growth has led the business to vast expansion since the re-brand in 2019, our team are continuously aiming to achieve higher results and in turn establishing a well-respected name within the industry. We’re always looking for ways to develop and advance systems which allow us to deliver projects more efficiently and grow within our sector.
  • Our growth inevitably lends itself to well-motivated, future thinking candidates who thrive off of the pride we feel when delivering with excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Development/Identifying Project Opportunities


  • Reaching out to clients, open dialogue where possible in attempt to build stronger
  • relationships and in turn secure more work
  • Drive our financial growth.
  • Develop and Manage Enquiries
  • Interact with clients, the pre-construction team and sub-contractors to ensure project
  • submissions and deadlines are achieved.

Sub Contractor Selection and Management:


  • Procure and interact with numerous sub-contractors & review their suitability regularly.
  • Actively encourage feedback from the team of Project Managers and Supervisors on subcontractor performance.

Financial Responsibility:


  • Work alongside our procurement team to ensure the correct materials and labour are
  • instructed and scheduled to allow projects to be delivered on time and within the
  • financial/commercial requirements.
  • Approval of materials requested by others.
  • Emphasise to the team that all costs should be accountable and recoverable.
  • Manage and approve payments to employees, sub-contractors and suppliers as well as
  • invoicing clients
  • Issuing payment applications.
  • Review the commercial viability of Projects in detail and track profit and loss on live projects.
  • Produce forecast variations.

Project Management:


  • Lead the review and management of multi-discipline projects.
  • Attendance on site for all surveys.
  • Design Q&A reviews to be completed and Designs sent to client for approval.
  • Prior to mobilisation, assign suitable management and operatives.
  • Organise pre-start meetings to provide as much detail to the PM’s and Supervisors as
  • possible, including programmes, targets and financial implications (where suitable).
  • Raise RFI’s for any project queries.
  • Ensure projects are set up with a seamless mobilisation.
  • Set regular communicational channels for both management and operatives to utilise
  • throughout projects.
  • Regular on-site reviews to gain understanding, awareness and progress of all Projects being delivered.
  • Project Delivery meetings held regularly to highlight issues and positives of each project.
  • Provide leadership and assistance to the Project Delivery Team.
  • Monitor the performance of onsite Delivery Team and stay in regular contact with clients to ensure high standards of delivery are being met.
  • Produce Programmes and Progress Reports for the projects and ensure projects stay on

track.


  • Finalise projects completely, by ensure commissioning is organised and site clearance is smoothly operated.
  • Day to day reactive issues that arise.
  • Post project meetings to evaluate and gain valuable insights for future Projects.

Staff Management:


  • Review employed staff performance, attendance and morale.
  • Hold regular formal and informal discussions with employees on all manner of subjects.
  • Highlight and retain talented employees, equally improve staff performance.
  • Actively encourage feedback on systems, protocols and ways to implement them
  • successfully.

Health and Safety:


  • Lead teams in the safe delivery of projects
  • Identify, reduce and manage risks, encouraging all employees to take an active interest in
  • the Safety Project Delivery.
  • Ensure all health & safety documents are produced and prepared for site

Director Liaison/Support:


  • Provide support, advice and action to the Head of Projects and Directors, assisting with their requirements and dealing with any issues where possible.

Qualifications *would be an advantage


  • Industry recognised Project Management course
  • HNC/HND in Building Services Engineering
  • City & Guilds in either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Personal Specification * Non-negotiable requirement


  • Confidential
  • Problem Solver
  • Great Communicator
  • Excellent Teamwork
  • Good interpersonal skills and patience
  • Reactive personality
  • Attention to detail
  • Forward thinking & willing to adopt new technology
  • Have a proven track record of well managed and complementary industry relationships

Additional Information:


  • Ongoing career development plan including the opportunity to grow during its rapid rate of expansion. This including yearly Annual Progression Meetings to review and monitor both personal and staff performance.
  • Apple IT Equipment
  • Company Pension
  • 21 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays
  • Training
  • £55,000 - £60,000