Senior Mechanical Project Engineer

We are currently working with a well respected M&E contractor with a turnover of circa £50m with a very interesting order book of schemes across sectors in partnership with leadng main contractors who are looking for a senior mechanical project engineer to work from their head office in Kings Cross on a detailed pre-construction phase of a £25m commercial and labs scheme. The project gets to site in Q3 of next year, you will then have the opportunity to go to site to deliver, acting as mechanical lead, reporting into an MEP project director. Responsibilities: • Read, understand and scrutinise Specifications, Programmes & Drawing • Design review and validation • Assisting with Procurement of Plant and subcontractors • Liaising with Project Managers, Project Directors and external design consultants. • Competent using Microsoft Office software • Prepare Contract Documents I.e. Method Statements, Risk Assessments, RFI’s, etc. • Coordination and management of subcontractors • Instruct and coordinate construction managers • Read, understand and scrutinise Sub-Contract instructions • Commissioning and testing The Ideal Candidate should have: • Have at least gained a HNC in Electrical Engineering (or be working towards gaining) • Must have experience running MEP over £5M • Must have major commercial, healthcare or pharmaceutical experience. • Strong communication skills • Be within commuting distance of Slough • A willingness to develop their career and to strive towards promotion • Will be familiar working on large shell & core projects • A minimum 5 years’ experience in a management role • Ideally the candidate will have subcontracted to main contractors Sign off to pay a very attractive salary, with an opportunity to join an exciting, growing contractor with a very busy order of schemes across, a clear and achievable promotion path will be outlined from the beginning of your tenure