Senior Project Manager - MEP

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

The project:

Be a part of our international consultancy business that spans our five global hubs, where we oversee work for world-leading organisations across the public and private sectors.

Our Middle East and North Africa hub started in 1998 and has successfully operated in a wide range of countries, delivering project and programme management and cost consultancy services.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Direct and manage the delivery of all MEP works throughout construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Oversee contractor performance, ensuring compliance with contractual, programme, safety, and quality requirements.
• Monitor delivery progress and proactively manage risks, constraints, and critical path activities.
• Drive programme recovery and mitigation strategies where required.
• Coordinate with construction, commercial, project controls, design, and stakeholder teams to ensure integrated delivery.
• Review contractor schedules, progress reports, and recovery plans.
• Manage site-based delivery activities and ensure effective coordination across multiple work fronts.
• Chair progress meetings, technical workshops, and package review meetings.
• Ensure testing, commissioning, and handover activities are planned and executed in accordance with project requirements.
• Monitor and manage project risks, opportunities, and change control processes.
• Support commercial teams with the review of claims, variations and contractual matters.
• Ensure all works are delivered in accordance with relevant codes, standards, specifications, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide regular project reporting to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
• Promote the highest standards of health, safety, quality and environmental performance.

You’ll need to have:

• Degree qualified in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, building services engineering, or a related discipline.
• Extensive years of experience delivering complex building or infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrable experience managing large-scale MEP packages through the construction and delivery phases.
• Experience managing main contractors, specialist subcontractors, and multidisciplinary consultant teams.
• Experience within a PMC, client-side, delivery partner, or programme management environment is preferred.
• Excellent stakeholder management, leadership, and communication skills.
• Professional accreditation such as PMP, MCIOB, CEng, PE, or equivalent is desirable.
• Necessary visa criteria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and relevant work experience working on high-valued projects/programmes for a project management consultancy business, which are required for immigration and client approval.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well: We champion a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of well-being in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise: We own the quality of deliverables and strategic outcomes and build long-term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing: We influence positive outcomes within our industry while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfill all the criteria, please apply, as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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