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Design Manager
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📢 MEP Design Manager | Major Projects
💼 Competitive Salary + Comprehensive Package
📍 Bristol (South West Projects)
🏗️ Construction | MEP | Building Services | Major Projects
Walker & Sloan are working with an outstanding regional construction contractor to recruit an experienced MEP Design Manager to join their growing technical team based in Bristol.
Our client has built an exceptional reputation for delivering some of the South West's most complex and high-profile construction projects across sectors including commercial, healthcare, education, defence, industrial, and mission-critical environments. With an impressive pipeline of major secured work, they continue to invest in both their people and their technical capability.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an electrically or mechanically biased MEP professional looking to play a pivotal role in the successful delivery of large-scale projects from pre-construction through to completion.
The Role
As MEP Design Manager, you'll be responsible for leading the coordination and delivery of all mechanical, electrical, and public health design elements across multiple major construction projects.
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- Working closely with clients, consultants, specialist subcontractors, and operational teams
- Ensuring MEP designs are technically robust, fully coordinated, commercially viable, and aligned with programme requirements
You'll be involved from the earliest design stages, helping to influence buildability, manage technical risk, and ensure seamless integration between design and construction. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on landmark projects where MEP design plays a critical role in successful project delivery.
About You
You'll have a strong background in building services design or technical management, with experience working for a main contractor, specialist MEP contractor, or consultancy on major construction projects.
- Confident managing multidisciplinary design teams
- Coordinating technical information and resolving complex design challenges while maintaining programme and commercial objectives
Whether your background is predominantly electrical or mechanical, you'll possess excellent communication skills, strong commercial awareness, and a collaborative approach to project delivery.
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Experience working on large-scale commercial, healthcare, defence, industrial, or mission-critical developments would be highly advantageous.
What's on Offer?
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- Car allowance
- Annual bonus
- Private healthcare
- Competitive pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Ongoing professional development and chartership support
- Opportunity to work on some of the South West's largest and most technically challenging construction projects
- Clear long-term career progression within a growing and highly respected contractor
Interested?
If you're an experienced MEP Design Manager looking to work on landmark projects while joining one of the South West's leading construction businesses, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today or contact Walker & Sloan for a confidential discussion.
⚡ Shortlisting is already underway, so early applications are strongly encouraged.
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