Senior Manager: Technical MEP

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The Senior Manager: Technical – MEP is a senior, client‑facing role embedded within an integrated client–PMC office on a major transportation program with a heavy focus on rail (metro, heavy rail, light rail, high‑speed). This is a non‑operational position that manages and assures the MEP technical scope across the design and build lifecycle on behalf of the client, rather than running day‑to‑day operations or maintenance.

Sitting in the Engineering & Safety function, the role provides technical leadership, design governance, interface coordination, and safety‑by‑design oversight for all MEP systems in stations, depots, tunnels, ancillary facilities, and line‑wide assets. The post ensures consultants and contractors deliver safe, compliant, coordinated, and constructible MEP solutions that meet employer’s requirements, rail standards, and regulatory expectations.

Key Responsibilities

1. Client Representation & Governance (Integrated Office)

• Act as the primary technical MEP focal point within the integrated client office for transportation/rail projects.
• Represent the client in design reviews, technical workshops, progress meetings, and risk forums with consultants, contractors, independent reviewers, and authorities.
• Interpret, communicate, and safeguard employer’s requirements and technical standards for MEP; ensure they are embedded in contracts, designs, and deliverables.
• Provide independent, objective advice and recommendations to client leadership on MEP technical issues, risks, and impacts on scope, time, cost, and safety.

2. MEP Design Management & Technical Assurance

• Manage and oversee the MEP design lifecycle (concept, preliminary, detailed design, IFC for:
  • Stations (mechanical, electrical, public health, fire & life safety, vertical transportation, ELV/BMS/SCADA)
  • Depots, workshops, and stabling facilities
  • Tunnels and underground structures (ventilation, smoke control, tunnel services)
  • Line‑wide systems (LV/MV distribution, emergency power, lighting, drainage, pump stations, technical rooms)
• Review and challenge MEP design reports, drawings, BIM models, calculations, and specifications for compliance with:
  • Employer’s requirements and performance criteria
  • Local codes, authority requirements, civil defense and fire regulations
  • Relevant international standards
• Chair or lead multi‑discipline design reviews and value engineering workshops to ensure solutions are safe, efficient, maintainable, and cost‑effective.
• Ensure requirements management and traceability for MEP and life‑safety systems from capture through verification and close‑out.
• Oversee implementation of the project’s technical assurance framework for MEP, including formal verification and independent technical checks.

3. Interfaces with Civil, Architecture, Rail Systems & Operations

• Coordinate MEP interfaces with:
  • Architecture and civil/structural works (plant spaces, shafts, penetrations, loadings, access/egress)
  • Rail systems (signalling, telecoms, traction power, screen doors, fare collection, security systems)
  • Track, rolling stock, depot equipment, and line‑side equipment
  • Operations and maintenance requirements (access, redundancy, maintenance regimes, reliability)
• Manage interface registers for MEP‑related issues and drive early resolution to avoid clashes and late design changes.
• Ensure MEP design accommodates operational scenarios (normal, degraded, emergency), particularly for fire & life safety and tunnel ventilation.

4. Safety, Engineering &