M&E Manager

Position: M&E Manager
Location: East Finchley

M&E Manager | Prime Residential New Build
North London | Permanent | Site-based

This role is for M&E Managers who have:

• Lost arguments to marble

• Reopened ceilings that were “definitely finished”

• Commissioned systems three times because someone “value-engineered” the wrong thing

• Been told “it worked in the show flat”

If that’s you, keep reading.

A main contractor is delivering a major prime residential new build in North London and needs a proper M&E Manager - not a coordinator, not a spreadsheet hero, and not someone learning on the job. Prime residential M&E: where everything is visible, nothing is simple, and you’ll know if you’ve got it wrong.

The project:

Multi-million-pound prime resi scheme
30+ high-end apartments across four blocks
£4–5m per unit (every light, grille and socket will be inspected)
Pool, spa, plant rooms, risers, terraces - nothing forgiving
Programme running through to Q1 2027

Your battlefield:

Full ownership of the M&E package on site
Managing M&E subcontractors who swear it’s “by others”
Stopping joinery boxing in access you warned everyone about
Coordinating plant, risers, ceilings and finishes before they collide
Chairing M&E meetings where optimism meets reality
Driving QA, inspections, commissioning and handover - properly
Issuing close-up notices before something expensive disappears forever
Reporting directly to the Project Director (no Chinese whispers) You’ll need to be someone who:

Spots problems before stone, plaster or bespoke joinery hides them
Knows commissioning isn’t a box-tick exercise
Can read drawings, walk the job, and call nonsense early
Is calm under pressure and stubborn about quality
Has delivered high-end residential or complex new-build M&E before
Procore experience is useful (will be taught) - scars are essential.

The contractor:

£100m + turnover, well-established
Delivers complex, high-end schemes across London & the Home Counties
No gimmicks, no drama, no panic culture
Proper leadership, properly run sites

If you enjoy solving problems that can’t be Googled, on a job where “near enough” isn’t acceptable
-this is your kind of role.

Spencer Wade – (phone number removed)
(url removed)