Job Description:

Mechanical Project Manager | High-Rise Residential Project Recovery

White City, West London | Site based | Contract | £400 per day

Take charge of the mechanical recovery programme on a major high-rise residential development in White City. The initial site review is expected to be in place, so your focus will be turning the findings into a programme the trades can deliver. You’ll decide which floors to prioritise, get labour and materials where they’re needed, and lead the remaining works through commissioning and phased handover.

Why this project?

You’ll have a mechanical package to own on a scheme that’s already well into construction. The opportunity is to get more areas ready for follow-on trades, keep apartment fit-out moving and see the work through to handover. If you enjoy making decisions on site, working directly with supervisors and getting a complicated job back on programme, this role gives you scope to do exactly that.

What you’ll be doing

• Turn the initial survey findings into a floor-by-floor recovery programme, with clear priorities, labour requirements and dates for releasing areas to follow-on trades.

• Get supervisors, subcontractors and suppliers aligned on the remaining scope. Deal with gaps in labour, materials, access and technical information before they hold up the next area.

• Drive the remaining mechanical and public health works across risers, corridors and apartments. Expect interfaces with cast-iron drainage, domestic water, ventilation, comfort cooling, bathroom pods and prefabricated utility cupboards.

• Prioritise the work that allows drylining, ceilings and finishes to progress. Make sure inspections, test evidence and fire-stopping interfaces are closed out before services are concealed.

• Keep the main contractor informed about progress, decisions and risks. Work with the commercial team to track changes to the inherited scope.

• Lead phased testing, commissioning and handover, including snagging, as-built drawings and O&M information.

What you’ll bring

You’ve led mechanical and public health packages on high-rise residential projects and know how to sequence work across risers, apartments and common areas. You can turn a list of outstanding works into a realistic short-term programme, give site teams clear priorities and take a package through commissioning and handover. Experience taking over a live construction package or recovering a delayed programme would be especially valuable.

Interested? Send your CV or get in touch for a confidential conversation. Include a brief example of a mechanical package you took over and how you got it moving.