Senior Mechanical Project Manager

Location: City of London

Client:
Working throughout several sectors including commercial, science & health, data centres, the business has seen a significant amount of growth in the last 5 Years. With a traditional engineering mindset and reinvestment into new principals, the business expects 2026 to be a similar period of growth. After a successful year they are now looking to increase turnover to £230M, consequently they are looking to expand their operations team.

Despite their size, my client are a family owned and run business and this is a trait they pride themselves on with well over 80% of their clients using them on multiple occasions because of the nature of the business.

Role:
Senior Mechanical Project Manager - £95,000 - £105,000 + Package

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the electrical packages on a £25m new commercial build in the city. You will be reporting to a Project Director and have an electrical counterpart alongside you. You will be managing a team of site managers and engineers.

Role/Responsibilities:

* Tender review/validation

* Design Management (reviewing design liaising with client, main contractor and consultants)

* Procurement of subcontractors, kit and plant

* Technical submittals

* RFIs – Liaison with client team, main contractor and sub contractors

* Value Engineering where applicable

* Programming of works – using MS Project or Asta project

* Health & Safety management (RAMs)

* Commercial Responsibility, assisting with sub contractor variation accounts working alongside project specific Quantity Survey.

* Management of variations

* Team Coordination (overseeing junior engineers, construction managers and supervisors)

* Progress meetings with sub contractors, client and internal meetings

* Overseeing commissioning stages

* Formulation of OM Manuals and client handover

The ideal candidate:

* Experience managing projects to a minimum of £10m within your own discipline

* A minimum 3 years’ experience in a management role

* The candidate will show longevity in previous employment

In return they offer:

* A healthy pipeline of work

* Join a stable business who have an excellent staff attrition rate.

* A very competitive basic salary and package

* Realistic development and promotion opportunity