Permanent MEP Design Manager – M&E Systems

Job location: North Acton/Ruislip – Hybrid

As the Design Manager for MEPH systems you will take a leading role in the completion of the Stage 5 (Design for Construction & Manufacturing) MEPH design. You will be the principle point of contact for design for the allocated subcontract supply chain members. Your role will oversee the delivery of the design on 12No assets along the line of route for the London Tunnels.

You will report to the Lead MEP Design Manager

Working collaboratively with the supply chain partners you will ensure that the subcontract and technical requirements are met, and that lessons are learnt between assets, consistently improving efficiency and our value offering as the works progress.

Key Responsibilities

• Stage 5 Supply Chain Design Management
• Management of Supply Chain Stage 5 Design Deliverables, ensuring that the supply chain submit quality deliverables in a timely manner
• Ensure that the design processes are communicated and implemented. Identify where deviations from processes are required and ensure that appropriate exceptions processes are implemented.
• Interface management between Stage 5 Design suppliers and the Design Integrator, ensuring that deliverables are aligned to one another and that interfaces are identified and managed.
• Management of Stage 5 supplier queries, interfacing with supply chain and relevant parties to provide responses in a proactive and collaborative manner.
• Ensuring that design accommodates designing for maintenance and health, safety and welfare during construction and in-use.
• Reporting on progress of design for your subcontract packages, identifying key risks and issues and ensuring that these are communicated with the Package Manager (Delivery) and Commercial Package Manager.
• Identification of scope gaps and interface issues within the design, identifying and supporting the implementation of resolutions.
• Interfacing with the quality, technical assurance, engineering and delivery teams to ensure the delivery of a quality product.
• Supporting the commercial team in reconciling costs and managing the subcontracts.
• Tracking and reviewing design documentation
• Coordinating the review of documentation with the relevant teams
• Ensure that relevant design management plans and assurance plans are adhered to, within area of responsibility
• Stage 4 Contractors Detailed Design
• Management of Stage 4 design queries and defects. Supporting the Stage 5 designers with identifying these and managing the resolution
• Managing the Stage 4 resources allocated to your package, ensuring that they’re resources are prioritised and allocated in an efficient manner.
• Supporting the commercial team in reconciling costs and managing the subcontracts.
• CDM Management

Qualifications & Skills

Essential:

• Experience of design management for Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health systems.
• Experience of detailed design within an MEP setting
• Have a knowledge of relevant policies and standards related to MEP Design
• Experience of working within a large scale self assured design environment.
• Capable of working independently and proactively to progress works but also skilled at working collaboratively with other integrated team members and external stakeholders for the overall benefit of the project.
• Experience in the management of the implementation of the requirements of the Construction and Design Management Regs 2015 in design
• Computer competence (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Document Control Systems, Auto CAD, Navisworks and Projectwise).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to adjust communication style to suite receiver.
• Relevant CSCS Card.

Desired

• A professional qualification or degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related subject
• Be conversant with specialist MEP related engineering software for example Trimble Amtech
• Knowledge and understanding of working to and implementing NEC construction contracts.