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Sector: Construction and Building Services
Role: Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Position status: We are growing our team in 2024 and would be interested to speak to experienced construction managers with construction and project management experience. Please get in touch if you would like to hear about working with Mace.
At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.
The project:
Work is moving rapidly into the mechanical, electrical and HVAC (MEH) install phase. The client team, including Mace representatives, will be required to provide leadership, direction and guidance to the contract delivery partners as part of an integrated team delivering standalone large multi-million pound scopes of works whilst ensuring full effective coordination at project level.
Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:
* Safety first - Going home safe and well
* Client focus - Deliver on our promise
* Integrity - Always do the right thing
* Create opportunity - For our people to excel
Responsible for managing the construction delivery of MEP services on projects to the agreed outcomes for time, budget, safety, and quality requirements. Delivers high-quality, time-efficient, and profitable delivery, accountable for compliance, governance, and assurance. Responsible for building and retaining relationships with colleagues and stakeholders to support delivery success.
You'll be responsible for:
* Works as part of the project MEP team, managing the construction of the MEP services, reporting to the project lead ensuring compliance with Mace standards.
* Accountable for the construction aspects of the MEP services and the management of the site environment, programme, health safety & wellbeing, quality & commissioning of the project.
* Liaises and coordinates with key project stakeholders, forming strong working relationships with the client, consultants, trade contractors, and other team leaders.
* Manages the programme review process with trade specialists, checking for productivity, key issues/blockers and trade to trade coordination, using digital technologies to ensure the project/package is on schedule.
* Manages the quality assurance process, ensuring that a high level of installation quality is provided and that all trade contractors and consultants follow the agreed process.
* Implements delivery strategies and programmes for all phases of the project, ensuring the key milestones, interfaces, dependencies, logistics, and work sequencing are achieved.
* Implements commissioning strategies in line with the Mace commissioning standards inclusive of IST approach, ATP's and soft landings.
* Manages project close out to ensure all elements of completion are delivered to a high standard, such as commissioning, as built drawings and QA/snagging.
* Proactive identification of risk and the agreement of mitigation plans.
* Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and shares responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.
You'll need to have:
* Proficient knowledge of a technical trade (i.e. building services engineering) including installation and testing methods, best practice and prefabrication to allow supervision, planning, and quality control of packages or systems assigned to the individual.
* Basic knowledge of other technical trades, including basic installation techniques, prefabrication and best practice to ensure consideration, collaboration and coordination with other systems and packages.
* Basic knowledge of construction build elements, including sequencing and dependencies to ensure consideration, collaboration and coordination with build elements.
* Basic knowledge of commercial management to assist the commercial teams with commercial control of packages, such as clean up notices, goods received and contract charges between packages.
* Proficient knowledge of planning processes and management, with sufficient understanding of key construction release requirements, systems critical path, tasks/works scheduling and commissioning activities to allow for planning and control of packages or systems during construction.
* Proficient knowledge of health, safety & 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 of supply chain packages.
* Proficient knowledge of quality assurance processes and commissioning of single systems to allow full completion of their package or system of responsibility whilst assisting in the integration of systems.
* Basic knowledge of digital setting out and scanning technologies.
* Proven track record in delivering projects more than £5m+ MEP value.
* Experience in the relevant construction sector.
* Demonstrated track record of successful projects/contribution.
* Proficiency in building services or a specified engineering discipline.
* Drives high standards and ensures consistency in our approach.
* Effective stakeholder management.
* Good communication skills - written, oral and listening.
* Innovative and adaptable; not fazed by challenges and open to new ways of working.
* Collaborative and inclusive - harnesses the power of the collective for impact/progress.
* Able to operate in pressurised situations, making decisions and offering concise direction.
* Setting of clear objectives and supporting others in completing tasks.
* Understands personal strengths and weaknesses.
* Able to self-motivate towards a desired outcome.
* Efficiently plans and manages resources and workloads.
* Establishes partnerships and relationships with stakeholders.
* Trade/technical engineering apprenticeship.
* SMSTS and CSCS card.
You'll also have:
* Understanding of the commissioning process including the integration of systems through cause & effect, BMS functionality and IST.
* Accreditation with CIBSE, IET, IMechE, SoPHE, CIOB.
* Understands the business strategic goals and encourages their deployment.
* Strong presentation skills; presents clearly and confidently with their audience in mind.
* Strong analytical skills - numeric, statistical and written detail.
* Able to use influence to guide and get the best out of others.
* Formal engineering or construction training (HNC. HND, BTEC or equivalent).
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.
We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
Our clients say that it’s our people that make the difference.
At Mace we empower our people to be collaborative, curious and embrace their entrepreneurial spirits. We aim to attract the best and brightest people, whatever their background, to bring new perspectives to some of the most challenging and inspiring projects around the world.
We want our employees to thrive and achieve their highest potential. We are passionate about creating an environment that provides opportunities for the most stimulating and fulfilling careers. We encourage innovation and welcome new perspectives by attracting and developing people with diverse talent who inspire our thinking, challenge our solutions and enhance our culture.
At Mace you can deepen your knowledge, expand your skills, see the world and get to work with both inspiring colleagues and influential clients – whatever your passion, we have an opportunity that will bring out the best in you.
At Mace we appreciate the differences that everyone brings to work and we recognise the importance of people being free to be themselves.
Our performance management and appraisal approach is based on ability and talent. Top performers are recognised for both their contribution to projects and their broader contribution to the business.
We are proud partners of Stonewall’s global diversity champions programme that ensures all LGBT+ staff are accepted without exception at Mace.
Mace’s corporate purpose statement is ‘Redefining the boundaries of ambition’.
Support for disabled employees is provided by:
Our recruitment and HR Teams have undertaken disability awareness training and are eager to provide an inclusive and accessibility experience to job applicants and new colleagues.
Enabled at Mace – employee network. Its aims are to support its members and to raise awareness and remove barriers around disability, neurodiversity and other impairments to support their aim to create an inclusive and diverse workplace for everyone.
Clear Assured – an externally verified accreditation around equality, diversity and inclusion practice across our business, driving improvements to our policies, processes and practices.
Recite Me – an assistive technology tool that provides access support to all employees. It is located on our intranet site, our website and job vacancy platform.
Mace are member of the Business Disability Forum, giving access to a wide range of resources and information. Our line managers have access to their confidential support line.
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