Senior Mechanical Project Manager (Commercial)

London

1st Step are currently recruiting for a leading M&E Contractor who are looking to add a Senior Project Manager, mechanical bias, to lead large scale commercial projects (up to £30m M&E) from preconstruction through to handover and project completion.

Duties:
* Liaison with client/upper management to ensure project is delivered on time and in budget
* Management of subcontractor labour and overseeing allocated M&E packages
* Liaison with Site Manager/Supervisors to ensure that project is being delivered as effectively as possible both operationally and commercially
* Attend client meetings
* Representing the business in a professional manner to the client and key stakeholders alike
* Quality Assurance and Management: Ensuring that the fit out of apartments is in line with client specification
* Enforce and comply with company health and safety regulations
* Commissioning/witnessing
* General paperwork management; RFIs, Method Statements, Risk Assessments, Site diaries, Project programmes, Snagging Lists, O&M Documentation, general correspondence between the client, contractors and design consultancies
* Compiling proposals for off-site manufacture
* Design reviews, onsite installation and general problem solving related to unforeseen issues related to the installation of services
* Management of the testing and commissioning of services
* Preparing the site for completion and client handover

Requirements:
* Strong Technical Awareness
* Proven track record of delivering large scale projects for blue-chip M&E subcontractors
* Ability to work to a tight programme
* Experience of delivering projects of at least £10M in M&E value
* Experience working on pharmaceutical projects, laboratories, healthcare, data centres or energy centres
* Strong leadership: you will be in charge of keeping a large work force motivated to deliver the project to the highest standard