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Mechanical Project Manager
Mechanical Project Manager
Role Purpose
The Mechanical Project Manager is responsible for the safe, compliant, and commercially controlled delivery of designated mechanical projects or work packages within the Energy Department. The role provides day-to-day leadership of site delivery, programme, suppliers, supervisors, and field teams, ensuring project outputs are delivered in line with:
- Client requirements
- Contractual obligations
- MJ Quinn standards
- Relevant health, safety, quality, and environmental expectations
The postholder will act as a key operational link between:
- Client
- Project team
- Commercial function
- Suppliers
- Senior management
Providng clear reporting, early risk identification, and proactive resolution of project issues.
Key Accountabilities
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Project Delivery and Programme Control
- Manage day-to-day delivery of designated mechanical projects or assigned work packages, ensuring:
- Works are planned, coordinated, and delivered safely, right first time, and to required standards.
- Take operational responsibility for:
- Site methodology
- Sequencing
- Short-term planning
- Progress monitoring
- Programme performance
- Review project information, drawings, and client-issued designs to:
- Identify buildability issues, technical queries, access constraints, and delivery risks at the earliest opportunity.
- Coordinate site activity with:
- Supervisors
- Engineers
- Suppliers
- Subcontractors
- Other trades
- To maintain progress and minimise disruption to live environments.
- Ensure project documentation, records, permits, quality checks, and handover information are:
- Complete
- Accurate
- Maintained in line with business requirements.
- Manage day-to-day delivery of designated mechanical projects or assigned work packages, ensuring:
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Commercial and Contractual Control
- Work closely with the commercial team to monitor:
- Project cost
- Value
- Change
- Risk
- Forecast position.
- Identify and escalate risks that may impact:
- Budget
- Margin
- Programme
- Supplier costs
- Overhead recovery.
- Support timely provision of:
- Information for valuations
- Variations
- Compensation events
- Early warnings
- Procurement updates
- Client reporting (where applicable).
- Maintain a clear understanding of:
- Project scope
- Deliverables
- Client requirements → To reduce the risk of uncontrolled change or unrecorded additional works.
- Work closely with the commercial team to monitor:
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Health, Safety, Quality and Environment
- Promote and enforce a Safety First and Right First Time culture across all site operations.
- Ensure works comply with:
- Applicable legislation
- MJ Quinn policies
- Client site rules
- Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS)
- Permits
- Project-specific controls.
- Investigate:
- Accidents
- Incidents
- Near misses
- Quality failures
- Service deterioration trends.
- Ensure corrective and preventative actions are:
- Recorded
- Closed out.
- Conduct:
- Regular site inspections
- Quality checks
- Audits to verify:
- Workmanship
- Compliance
- Housekeeping
- Safe systems of work.
- Raise, manage, and close non-conformance reports, ensuring actions are:
- Allocated
- Pursued
- Resolved.
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- Supplier, Supervisor, and Field Team Management
- Lead and coordinate:
- Supervisors
- Field engineers
- Suppliers
- Sub-contracted resources for designated projects.
- Allocate tasks, confirm expectations, track progress, and align resources to programme requirements.
- Monitor supplier performance against:
- MJ Quinn standards
- Client requirements
- Safety expectations
- Quality outputs
- Agreed delivery milestones.
- Support, motivate, and develop team members by:
- Setting clear standards
- Removing blockers
- Promoting professional behaviour
- Encouraging team engagement.
- Lead and coordinate:
Essential Experience, Skills and Behaviours
- Strong mechanical building services background with the ability to:
- Understand, coordinate, and manage mechanical systems installation on complex projects.
- Experience delivering mechanical projects in:
- Live, regulated, or operationally sensitive environments.
- Healthcare projects (from a mechanical perspective) is strongly advantageous.
- Strong planning, organisation, programme management, and monitoring capability.
- Commercial awareness, with experience supporting:
- Cost reporting
- Risk identification
- Change control
- Budget performance.
- Experience working with NEC3 and/or NEC4 forms of contract.
- Confident communication skills, able to engage with:
- Clients
- Senior managers
- Supervisors
- Engineers
- Suppliers
- Subcontractors.
- High standard of:
- Written and verbal communication
- Numeracy
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to:
- Prioritise workload
- Work under pressure
- Meet deadlines
- Manage stakeholder expectations.
- Strong focus on:
- Safety
- Quality
- Compliance
- Teamwork
- Continuous improvement.
- Adaptable, professional, and resilient, with a practical approach to problem-solving.
- Legal right to work in the UK.
- Full UK driving licence held continuously for 12+ months, with no more than 6 points.
- Ability to pass an enhanced DBS check due to the nature of client sites visited.
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Qualifications and Certifications
- Recognised building services or mechanical engineering qualification, such as:
- ONC/HNC in Building Services Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Building Services qualification, HNC desirable.
- APM or equivalent project management qualification (desirable).
- IOSH, NEBOSH, or equivalent health and safety qualification (desirable).
About MJ Quinn
Sustainability
MJ Quinn is committed to investing in a sustainable future through:
- Sustainability goals aligned with wider business objectives and sustainable development.
- Engagement with employees and learning opportunities across all levels.
- Proactive participation in shaping MJ Quinn's sustainability aspirations and harnessing employee passion.
Company Overview
MJ Quinn is a UK-based infrastructure services provider, specialising in:
- Comprehensive, end-to-end solutions for industries including:
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
- Mechanical and electrical engineering.
- Commitment to quality, innovation, and sustainability.
- Tailored services encompassing:
- Design
- Installation
- Maintenance
- Project management.
Partnering with leading organisations, MJ Quinn:
- Executes complex projects through advanced technology and skilled workforce.
- Delivers customer-centric, efficient, and reliable service.
Purpose
At MJ Quinn, our purpose is to:
Play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing critical infrastructure, connecting and supporting communities and businesses across the UK.
Core Values
- People-Focused: Prioritise the well-being, growth, and success of our team and partners.
- Safety Always Matters: Unwavering commitment to ensuring a safe environment for all.
- Operational Excellence: Pursuit of excellence in quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
- Sustaining Our Future: Dedication to delivering sustainable solutions benefiting the environment and society.
Additional Notes
- This job description is not exhaustive. Reasonable tasks required may arise in line with business needs.
- The role may evolve to reflect company activities and updated requirements through consultation with your input and compliance with employment law and equality legislation.
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