Property Critical Infrastructure (MEP) Manager - Data Centre

JOB TITLE: Property Critical Infrastructure (MEP) Manager - Data Centre

SALARY: £63,940 - £76,728
LOCATION(S): Peterborough & Corby
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Flexible working and commuting distance to the data centre to be onsite

About this Opportunity

The Construction and Standards team are responsible for the design and construction of Group Property’s estate. The team consists of construction specialists and provides assurance that the work undertaken to our estate is safe and effective. The team is also responsible for the delivery of a safe, resilient, and sustainable data centre infrastructure. This is critical for the continuity of the Group as a whole, with any disruptions having a direct impact to customers and colleagues.

The new candidate will be responsible for retaining and building relationships with colleagues and collaborators and regularly working with the line manager on findings and any remedial plans required.

The candidate for this role needs to be based within commuting distance from the principal data centre locations in the East Midlands.

About us

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you'll be doing

• Attend all internal pre-construction investment steering groups and working group meetings, to assist internal collaborators with all MEP matters in a clear, concise and jargon free manner.

• Lead all construction technical matters and queries and as a junction between our MEP consultant engineers, framework contractors, and construction oversight partners.

• Be familiar with the groups MEP & construction standards to aid the suppliers in ensuring these are met. Regularly monitor evolving trends and regulations change to ensure standards are current and submit all changes to the lead engineer.

• Dealing with incident management within the groups key data centres and critical buildings. This shall include leading the escalation process to key collaborators and contributing towards resolutions with the groups supply chain partners. These incidents are rare and may occur out-with normal working hours, therefore a willingness to support the group through these periods is required.

• Promote a culture of continuous improvement with the Group’s suppliers.

• Chair meeting and liaise with stakeholders and key suppliers. I.e MEP consultant partners.

• Attend alternating project construction meetings to support our framework contractors when required and in parallel with our MEP consultants.

• Lead construction aspects to ensure the site environment, health & safety, wellbeing, quality, and commissioning of the project is reported in a timely manner.

• Identify and mitigate embedded MEP services that impose a risk to project timeline and quality. The ability to identify trends, key issues or critical path risk is fundamental to the role.

• Lead own resources and track progress for reporting to line manager/ lead engineer.

What you'll need

• Significant Industry Experience (required).

• Ideally located in the East Midlands area.

• Relevant bachelor’s degree in a property, engineering or construction related field. (required).

• MEP related construction experience essential with a focus on project management.

• Knowledge of building safety legislation, building standards, construction contracts and health and safety requirements essential.

• Experience of working in diverse teams with multiple collaborators.

• Experience of working with common construction software preferred i.e AutoCAD, BIM, Document Management Portals etc.

• Experience and knowledge of sustainability pledges and the impact on the design and & implementation of M&E systems.

• Experience of working with critical infrastructure to meet the required resiliency.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we’re inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role.

We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you’d .like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.

We’d love to hear from you