Job Description
Job Title: Senior Building Services Manager
Region: London & South Region
Role Overview:
As the Senior Building Services Manager, you will lead a team overseeing the management and coordination of complex MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, and public health) design and build subcontract packages.
Operating from our London South regional base, you’ll cover two significant Healthcare schemes in East Kent, specifically Margate & Canterbury.
You will ensure the highest standards of bid-management, design, construction, and commissioning are met.
Your expertise will be crucial in maintaining project progress while adhering to timelines, budgets, and safety standards.
Key Responsibilities:
* Manage the off-site design process on Stage 1 and 2 tenders, commencing at ‘RIBA Stage 2 or 3 – Concept or Developed Design’, in accordance with the VCUK Design Management processes and procedures.
* Manage the on-site design process at ‘RIBA Stage 4 and 5 – Technical Design and Construction’, in accordance with the VCUK Design Management processes and procedures.
* Provide technical support to the onsite construction activities in order to maintain quality benchmarks.
* Assist the Design Manager in the discharge of the Design Managers Specific Tasks and responsibilities.
* Lead the management of the MEP bid and preconstruction phases.
* Oversee high-value MEP subcontract packages on Healthcare, Education, Commercial, and accommodation projects.
* Ensure compliance with project objectives and budgets.
* Drive cost control processes, ensuring strict adherence to financial constraints.
* Foster strong relationships with clients, subcontractors, and construction teams.
* Provide technical expertise in building systems such as electrical, mechanical, fire safety, security, water treatment, and high-voltage systems.
What You Bring:
* 10+ years in construction working for either a sub-contractor or main contractor in the UK, with at least 5 years in a project management role, particularly managing MEP subcontracts.
* Proven experience in large-scale projects with values exceeding £20m.
* Strong leadership skills with a focus on client satisfaction, innovation, and team development.
* Excellent communication, planning, and problem-solving abilities.
We are VINCI Building
Operating from our network of offices throughout England and Wales, VINCI Building delivers new build, refurbishment and associated fitout works, with particular expertise in the education, healthcare, industrial, air, retail, commercial and mixed-use sectors.
We focus on technical excellence and experience to sustainably deliver best value for our clients. We understand and respond to the challenges of the modern built environment.
Our goal is always to build strong partnerships with our customers and stakeholders to ensure success by unlocking your strategic vision and turning it into a deliverable scheme. We are active in a wide range of sectors and value bands, allowing us to provide a regional service with national resources.
VINCI Building delivers complex projects and programmes, blending our corporate stability with the local knowledge our teams offer.
Sustainability is at the heart of our approach, and we are committed to respecting and protecting the environment in everything that we do. We take the time to understand and make a positive difference to each community that we work in to ensure that our projects leave a lasting legacy.
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Building is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process, please contact us directly.
VINCI Building recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.