M&E Project Manager - Hard Services

About The Company

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values -Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.

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About The Role

Working Pattern: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home, plus site visits as required.

We are looking for an experienced M&E Project Manager to deliver construction and building-services projects across our Hard Services operation.

This is a hands-on technical project delivery role, managing projects from initial scope and design through construction, installation, commissioning and final handover.

The successful candidate must have strong experience delivering M&E and construction projects within Facilities Management, Hard Services or building services, together with practical working knowledge of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM).

You will coordinate multidisciplinary works involving mechanical, electrical and associated building services, working closely with clients, designers, contractors, operational teams and commercial colleagues.

This is a construction and building-services Project Manager position and is not an IT, software or digital transformation role.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage M&E, construction and building-services projects from initial scope through to completion and handover.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with CDM Regulations and relevant Health & Safety requirements.
• Coordinate design-and-build projects, working with design consultants, contractors and internal stakeholders.
• Review designs, specifications and construction information to ensure works meet project requirements.
• Manage multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical and associated building-services works.
• Manage project programmes, budgets, variations, commercial reporting and WIP.
• Identify project risks and work with Commercial teams to develop appropriate solutions.
• Coordinate commissioning, inspections and testing.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and to the required quality standards.
• Manage project completion and handover, ensuring all relevant documentation is provided.

About You

Essential

• Proven experience delivering M&E and construction projects within Facilities Management, Hard Services or building services.
• Strong practical knowledge and experience of CDM Regulations.
• Construction project management experience, including delivering works within live or occupied environments.
• Experience coordinating the design process and delivering design-and-build projects.
• Strong technical knowledge of M&E and building services.
• Relevant technical, construction, building-services or engineering qualification.
• Five-day Site Managers Safety course or equivalent.
• Valid CSCS card.
• Experience managing project budgets, commercial reporting and WIP.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Right to work in the UK.

Desirable

• HNC in Construction, Building Services, Engineering or Project Management.
• PRINCE2 or equivalent Project Management qualification.
• Experience delivering complex projects within live FM environments.

We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

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