Property Critical Infrastructure (MEP) Manager - Data Centre

Property Critical Infrastructure (MEP) Manager - Data Centre

Location: Peterborough & Corby

Salary Range: £57,546 - £63,940

End Date: Wednesday 07 August 2024

Working Pattern: Flexible working and commuting distance to the data centre to be onsite

The Construction and Standards team are responsible for the design and construction of Group Property’s estate. The team consists of construction specialists and provides assurance that the work undertaken to our estate is safe and effective. The team is also responsible for the delivery of a safe, resilient, and sustainable data centre infrastructure.

About this Opportunity

The construction and standards team now seek an MEP Manager to support the successful delivery of all MEP investment across all live construction projects, sustainability investments, and ongoing Data Centre operations.

The candidate for this role needs to be based within commuting distance from the principal data centre locations in the East Midlands.

What you'll be doing

• Attend all internal pre-construction investment steering groups and working group meetings, to assist internal stakeholders with all MEP matters in a clear, concise and jargon-free manner.

• Manage all construction technical matters and queries as a junction between our MEP consultant engineers, framework contractors, and construction oversight partners.

• Be familiar with the groups MEP & construction standards to aid the suppliers in ensuring these are met.

• Dealing with incident management within the groups key data centres and critical buildings.

• Promote a culture of continuous improvement with the Group’s suppliers.

• Chair meetings and liaise with stakeholders and key suppliers.

• Attend alternating project construction meetings to support our framework contractors when required.

• Manage construction aspects to ensure the site environment, health & safety, wellbeing, quality, and commissioning of the project is reported in a timely manner.

• Identify and mitigate embedded MEP services that impose a risk to project timeline and quality.

• Manage own resources and track progress for reporting to line manager/ lead engineer.

What you'll need

• Significant Industry Experience (required).

• Ideally located in the East Midlands area.

• Relevant bachelor’s degree in a property, engineering or construction related field (required).

• MEP related construction experience essential with a focus on project management.

• Knowledge of building safety legislation, building standards, construction contracts and health and safety requirements essential.

• Experience of working in diverse teams with multiple stakeholders.

• Experience of working with common construction software preferred (e.g., AutoCAD, BIM, Document Management Portals).

• Experience and knowledge of sustainability pledges and the impact on the design and implementation of M&E systems.

• Experience of working with critical infrastructure to meet the required resiliency.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability where it is reasonable to do so.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.