Senior MEP Project Manager (Mechanical Bias) – Residential & Mixed USe

North West London Permanent - £85,000 to £90,000 + package Start: June 2026

If you are at the stage where running the mechanical package is no longer enough and you want proper control of a landmark MEP job, this is the sort of role that gives you that scope.

You would be joining an established building services contractor with deep roots in the residential market, delivering mechanical, electrical, plumbing and heating packages across London and the Home Counties since the 1970’s. Their work is built around full design and installation delivery, with strong experience across low and high-rise residential schemes and a track record of taking projects from concept through to completion.

The live opportunity is a major purpose-built student accommodation development in Brent Cross Town. Plot 43b comprises 666 units in a part-10, part-18 and part-21 storey building, with the detailed MEPH design having moved into RIBA Stage 4 in March 2026. The scheme sits within a wider regeneration phase and is clearly the sort of high-density residential build where programme, coordination and technical leadership matter from the outset.

This is not a paperwork-heavy manager title where you sit above the detail and chase updates. It is a delivery role for someone who can lead the MEP package properly, with a mechanical bias, while still keeping control of the wider services picture. The package is understood to be around £20m and the building itself carries the kind of technical scope that demands strong plant, riser, distribution, life safety and interface management across a multi-storey environment.

The mechanical side is where you will earn your keep. This development is tied into Brent Cross Town’s all-electric low carbon heat network, which is being delivered using air source heat pumps, electric boilers and thermal stores. On top of that, the building typology points to the usual pressures that come with dense residential delivery at this scale, including central plant distribution, ventilation strategy, fire safety interfaces, and the coordination of services through a tall building envelope with multiple stakeholder touchpoints.

What makes this role attractive is the timing. Joining in June gives you the chance to get in ahead of the heavier installation phase, influence the preconstruction-to-delivery handover properly, and set the tone on programme, procurement, subcontract management, technical submissions, buildability, commissioning strategy and handover expectations before the job hits full pace.

You would be expected to take ownership of day-to-day project delivery, lead coordination across the mechanical and wider MEP package, manage subcontractors and specialist suppliers, chair progress and technical meetings, keep commercial and programme pressures under control, and drive standards on quality, health and safety, commissioning and close-out. This needs someone who can operate comfortably between the site, the design team and the client side without losing grip of the detail.

The right person is likely to be an experienced Senior Project Manager or a strong Project Manager ready for a bigger stage, with a clear mechanical bias and a background in large residential, mixed-use or high-rise schemes. You will need to be credible in front of clients, confident leading from the front, and experienced enough to keep a complex building moving when the pressure increases.

If you want a senior delivery role on a major North West London build where the engineering is real, the scale is significant and your input will matter from early stage through to completion, this is worth a conversation