The Mechanical Operations Manager will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating high-rise projects such as student accommodation, care homes, offices, and warehouses. The manager will provide leadership and direction on all projects they oversee for MGME.
The key duties and responsibilities of the role include:
1. Delivering non-domestic projects consisting of high-rise apartments, student accommodation, care homes, industrial warehouses, and offices.
2. Being involved in the estimation and tendering phase on preferred projects with new and/or existing clients.
3. Working closely with our directors to contribute to winning new projects.
4. Evaluating construction methods and determining cost-effectiveness of plans.
5. Examining financial information and using it to improve profitability.
6. Liaising with our internal quality team to ensure workmanship is of the highest standards.
7. Providing input and assistance on the improvement of quality and inspection processes, continually seeking to improve and from a risk-based perspective, keeping the quality team focused on quality issues of high risk to the business.
8. Overseeing pre-construction works involved on non-domestic high-rise projects.
9. Building and maintaining relationships with key clients and stakeholders.
10. Conducting in-depth reviews and analysis of all project or contract documents to be familiar with every detail and/or requirement and also identifying contractual/other risk items and establishing risk.
11. Promoting safe working practices and positive safety culture throughout the company and across sites.
12. Improving operational management processes and implementing best practices.
13. Directing and supervising contracts managers, site supervisors, and any personnel that directly report to you, being the ultimate point of resolution for any issues that contracts managers are unable to resolve.
14. Assisting with the recruitment and training of staff for specific roles required.
15. Developing and maintaining strong relationships with sub-contractors and suppliers.
16. Assisting with and managing the setting up of working budget estimates with the commercial team for all new projects.
17. Ensuring projects are kept on budget and on programme and assisting with communicating budgets to the site management team for each project on a regular basis.
18. Regularly visiting sites to ensure projects are being kept on course.
19. Attending weekly progress/resource meetings with the construction director.
20. Conducting monthly reports and presenting to the board on how projects are performing.
21. Inspecting and reviewing projects to monitor compliance with MGME processes.
22. Representing the company at meetings, promoting the correct company image, and ensuring staff are aware of their responsibilities.
23. Conducting lessons learned exercises on key projects and communicating the findings to the wider team, including providing feedback to the estimating team on processes/products/suppliers to improve estimating on commercial projects.
24. Ensuring all projects are handed over to clients on time while adhering to the company's commissioning and handover processes and helping the company continually develop and improve these processes.
25. Ensuring that all company standards and policies are followed and maintained at all times.
The person specification for this role includes:
1. Experience in a mechanical operations manager or similar role in the MEP industry on high-rise projects such as apartments, student accommodation, care homes, offices, and warehouses.
2. Experience managing and leading teams.
3. Excellent health, safety, environmental, and quality system knowledge.
4. Good working knowledge of IT systems, including MS Office, MS Teams, Project Management Software, and Construction Management Software such as Procore.
5. Good timekeeping and organisational skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise.
6. Strong commercial awareness and the ability to analyse costs and trends in the market.
7. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment.
8. Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective working relationships.
9. A full clean ROI or UK driver's licence.
Employee benefits include:
1. A competitive compensation package.
2. A company pension scheme.
3. Opportunities for career development and progression within a growing company.
4. A collaborative and supportive work environment.
5. 28+ days annual leave.
6. A company vehicle (role-dependent).
7. An active social and charity calendar.