MEP Design Manager

Position
: MEP Design Manager

Location
:
Crawley, London, United Kingdom.
Contract
:
Permanent. Full-time, On-site.

At Bouygues UK, we seek a MEP Design Manager to support our MEP Unbundled strategy. This approach reduces reliance on the external market supply, ensuring better quality, safety, and control over project timelines. Projects are based in London and the South East (Sussex). You will provide overall design and engineering leadership/management for the business region(s), with responsibility for the delivery of design information.

Our MEP project values typically range from £5M to £130M, from prequalification to completion, with an emphasis on work‑winning and preconstruction.

• Substantial experience collaborating with a main contractor or large subcontractor.
• Degrees in a relevant subject are preferable, but we also consider people qualified by experience.
• Substantial experience in MEP Design.
• Proven in‑depth technical knowledge of MEP/Building Services.
• Proven people‑management (including mentoring) experience of managing/developing teams.
• An effective analytical person.
• Initiative‑taking, with proven organisational ability and drive to meet deadlines.
• Client‑driven with effective communication skills.
• Advocate for Health and Safety.
• Commercially astute.

• Member of the MEP Unbundled Strategy Core Team, contributing to strategic planning, business decisions, and overall performance of the business region.
• Ownership of key customer/consultant relationships, ensuring mutually positive outcomes where possible.
• Ownership and implementation of key activities and accountabilities for self and Engineering Management Team.
• Design & Engineering Management.
• Resource Management.
• Customer Management.
• Designers.
• Work Winning/Bid Management.
• Safety/Environment.
• Drive Zero Harm and exemplary health, safety, wellbeing, and environmental performance.
• Guiding Framework/Our Behaviours.
• Promote BYUK policies and Key Values and function as a role model in demonstrating behaviours.
• Regional Responsibility.

Our teams deploy technically innovative solutions for a diverse range of challenging projects throughout the UK, Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. Day in day our teams deliver some of the most technically innovative and challenging projects across the UK and the world. With a strong corporate culture, our values reflect how we operate with Respect, Commitment, Pioneering, and Sharing.

Bouygues UK is part of Bouygues Group, a diverse global business operating in construction, engineering, energy, media, and telecommunications markets. Operating in 80 countries, the group’s financial strength is a key differentiator.

• 26 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days.
• 2 paid volunteering days a year.
• Pension scheme.
• Life insurance.
• Private medical insurance.
• Generous share scheme.
• BY Extra – opt into lifestyle benefits.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, particularly those from under‑represented communities, to apply. Join us and bring your full self to the workplace.