MEP Lead Consultant - Retail

Our client is an award winning Building Services and Energy Consultancy providing a full range of technical design and decarbonisation services for clients across the defence, retail, commercial, leisure, residential and education sectors amongst others.

At a time of exciting expansion the company is seeking an experienced HVAC bias Project/Operations Manager to lead the delivery of mechanical, electrical, and public health (MEP) projects within their retail team. This role includes managing both new and existing retail projects, ensuring the effective planning, coordination, and execution of planned and preventative maintenance (PPM) strategies for a very well-known major national retail chain.

The ideal candidate will be client-focused, highly organised, and experienced in the fast-paced retail environment, with strong technical knowledge across building services and MEP systems.

Working closely alongside the customers internal estates division, the Lead Consultant will hold ultimate responsibility for reacting to both planned and scheduled reactive maintenance issues, but with a view to long term capital expenditure and not quick fix measures. This work will involve detailed technical surveys, scoping documents and in-depth cost analysis, ensuring upgrades and replacements are fit for purpose and align with ongoing decarbonisation strategies.

Once individual projects have been signed off and an M&E Contractor has been appointed to design and install new services, further responsibility include the review of all design documentation, inspection of completed works and the preparation of snagging lists to insure the building now performs inline with expectation and investment.

Applications are invited from mechanical building services bias retail experienced Design Engineers, Project or Operations Management specialists who can provide a first class client facing service whilst juggling ultimate responsibility for multiple live schemes of mixed size and complexity at any one time.