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Senior Project Manager (MEP)

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Company Name: Kier
We're looking for a Senior Project Manager (MEP) to join our team on a major Defence project in the East Midlands. Location: Cranwell, Lincolnshire. With office visits to Rushden, Northamptonshire for Pre-construction. Hours: Full time, site based. We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
About the Role
In this role you will be a Senior Project Manager within our internal MEP business. You'll be responsible for delivering projects safely, within budget, to programme and quality expectation, ensuring complete customer satisfaction. This exciting opportunity offers you the chance to develop your career with a leader in the education, health, defence and commercial sectors.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Senior Project Manager (MEP), you'll be working within the Construction team, leading the MEP team. Your day to day will include:
- Leading the project strategy and delivery plan, managing a team to ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, and to the highest quality standards
- Building relationships with clients, consultants and supply chain partners, maintaining clear communication to ensure customer satisfaction
- Managing project finances, revenue, costs and cashflow, taking proactive action to prevent losses and maximise profitability
- Overseeing design management, ensuring information is provided according to procurement strategy and programme requirements
- Creating an inclusive workplace where wellbeing, diversity and collaboration are encouraged and valued
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What are we looking for?
This role of Senior Project Manager (MEP) is great for you if:
- You have demonstrable experience in managing construction MEP projects with sound commercial and contractual awareness
- You're professionally qualified or working towards membership of a Professional Body (e.g. CIOB, RICS)
- You have excellent communication skills and can build collaborative relationships at all levels
- You're passionate about health, safety and wellbeing with CSCS and SMSTS certifications
- You have a genuine interest in creating sustainable buildings and embracing innovative construction methods


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Any exposure to large scale Defence or public sector projects would be advantageous. We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.
As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
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