Senior Electrical Project Manager
11 days ago
Watford
Client: Established 90 years ago, our client is recognised as a market leading mechanical and electrical contractor throughout London and south east. With a specialism in commercial office and datacentres projects, they also work in public, retail, health, education, leisure, residential and pharmaceutical sectors. Their experience ranges from small work contracts circa £500k to major projects in excess of £40M. Key to Their success is the development of good working relationships with their clients. As a result, they benefit from a large amount of repeat business. Their client base includes main contractors such as: Lend Lease, Sir Robert McAlpine, ISg and McLaren. They also have excellent relationships with end users including: UBS and Kings College London. With improving market conditions the business has recently picked up a number of new projects. Their 2026 turnover is expected to be in the region of £375M+. As a result, they are actively looking to recruit for their operational team. Senior M&E Project Manager – Salary up to £90,000 (DOE) + £5,000 Car Allowance + Full Travel Expenses + Pension (4%/8%) + Private Healthcare + Bonus Start Date: July 24 Role: Based in Hemel Hempstead the successful candidate will be responsible for managing a £10M project. Reporting to a project director the position will be supported by a team of construction managers and supervisors. You will be expected to take the project from pre-construction through to handover. Relationship management, team coordination and project reporting are key to this position. Project: New Build data centre in Hemel Hempstead, with an MEP Value in the region of £30M, you will be working within a large multidisciplined team, alongside other project managers. 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: • Will be familiar working in a fast pace environment, • Experience working in the data centre sector, • Experience managing projects to a minimum of £5M within your own discipline, • A minimum 5 years’ experience in a management role, • Ideally the candidate will have subcontracted to main contractors such as ISg, Lend Lease, Sir Robert McAlpine and Mace., • The candidate will show longevity in previous employment In return they offer: • A healthy pipeline of work – Our client have secured the majority of their turnover for next year., • Join a stable business who have an excellent staff attrition rate., • A very competitive basic salary, package and an excellent bonus scheme., • They are keen to promote from within and this position is no exception, with opportunities at senior management level