Location: Sites across Mainland Europe
Type: Permanent
The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced MEP Project Director to lead the MEP delivery of a major hyperscale data centre projects across Mainland Europe.
This is a senior leadership position with overall responsibility for the successful delivery of the MEP scope, covering programme, commercial performance, quality, health & safety, commissioning and stakeholder management from pre-construction through to completion.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the MEP delivery team throughout the project lifecycle.
- Take overall accountability for MEP delivery, programme, quality, safety and commissioning.
- Manage relationships with the client, consultants, trade contractors and wider project teams.
- Lead MEP input into tendering, procurement and technical/commercial strategy.
- Oversee specialist MEP packages, contracts, budgets, change and value engineering.
- Lead design reviews, ensuring coordination, compliance and buildability.
- Develop and manage delivery strategies, sequencing, logistics, interfaces and key project milestones.
- Lead commissioning strategy, including IST, ATPs, BMS/Cause & Effect and Soft Landings.
- Identify programme, technical and commercial risks and implement mitigation strategies.
- Oversee quality assurance, commissioning, handover and close-out.
- Lead large multidisciplinary teams and senior direct reports.
- Drive performance, technical development and continuous improvement.
Experience Required
We’re looking for someone with:
- Proven experience delivering hyperscale or mission-critical data centre projects.
- Experience managing projects with £50m+ MEP value.
- Strong knowledge of mechanical and electrical building services and critical engineering systems.
- Strong understanding of programme management, critical path, sequencing and construction interfaces.
- Strong commercial understanding covering procurement, contracts, change, forecasting, risk and cost control.
- Proven commissioning experience, ideally including IST, ATPs, BMS and Cause & Effect.
- Experience leading large MEP teams and senior stakeholders.
- Strong client-facing and communication skills.
- Relevant engineering/building services qualification such as HNC, HND, BTEC or equivalent.
- SMSTS and CSCS.
- Degree or Masters in Engineering.
- CIBSE, IET, IMechE or SoPHE membership.
- Experience across multiple technical disciplines or sectors.
- Strong experience with prefabrication/modularisation and modern methods of construction.
The Ideal Background
The ideal candidate will be a senior MEP leader rather than simply a project manager — someone who has personally owned major MEP delivery on hyperscale data centres and can confidently lead technical, commercial, programme, commissioning and stakeholder requirements at Project Director level.
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