Job Description:

Technical Services Manager - Electrical MEP Pre-Construction

Reading | Hybrid Working | UK Project Travel

Help Shape Complex Projects Before They Reach Site

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Electrical Building Services professional to join a growing Technical Services team in a pivotal pre-construction role.

This is not a traditional site-based Technical Services Manager position. Instead, you'll play a key role in reducing project risk before contract award by improving scope clarity, tender quality, design coordination and technical handover. Working closely with commercial, design and operational teams, you'll help ensure projects are technically robust, commercially sound and ready for successful delivery.

About the Opportunity

The business delivers complex fit-out and refurbishment projects across technically demanding environments, including:

• Life Sciences
• Pharmaceutical
• Laboratory & Research Facilities
• Commercial Workplace
• Healthcare
• Data Centres
• Advanced Manufacturing & Technical Environments

Projects often involve sophisticated building services installations where technical excellence, compliance and coordination are critical to project success.

The Role

As Electrical MEP Pre-Construction Manager, you will lead the electrical technical development of MEP packages from initial opportunity review through to project award and contract handover. You will work closely with estimators, Technical Commercial Managers, consultants, contractors and delivery teams to develop coordinated, buildable and commercially robust solutions.

Key Responsibilities



Technical Leadership

• Review designs, drawings, specifications, schedules and employer's requirements.
• Identify technical risks, scope gaps, assumptions and exclusions early enough to influence tender and contract outcomes.
• Ensure electrical solutions are compliant, buildable and aligned with project objectives.
• Support commercial teams with technical interpretation and tender clarification.

Pre-Construction & Design Coordination

• Lead electrical design reviews during bid, feasibility and design development stages.
• Coordinate with consultants, designers, contractors and internal stakeholders.
• Attend design meetings, surveys, bid reviews and client workshops.
• Record and manage design decisions, assumptions and risk items throughout the pre-construction process.

Commercial & Tender Support

• Review contractor proposals and technical submissions.
• Identify scope gaps, provisional sums, exclusions and programme risks.
• Support contractor interviews, technical clarifications and tender evaluations.
• Assist with pricing risk reviews and tender submissions.

Electrical Focus Areas

• LV infrastructure and power distribution.
• Metering and containment systems.
• Lighting and emergency lighting.
• Fire alarm systems.
• Security and access control.
• Data and communications infrastructure.
• Specialist power systems, UPS and generator interfaces.
• Electrical compliance, earthing and bonding considerations.

Information Management

• Review design information using Autodesk Forma and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC).
• Manage technical information, RFIs, design reviews and document control processes.
• Utilise SharePoint and Microsoft 365 platforms for controlled information management.

About You

We're keen to speak with candidates who possess:

• A strong Electrical Building Services background.
• Experience within pre-construction, technical services, design management or building services engineering.
• The ability to review and challenge drawings, specifications, technical submittals and contractor proposals.
• Strong understanding of UK Building Regulations, statutory compliance and industry standards.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to identify and mitigate technical risk.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience within fit-out, refurbishment or life sciences environments would be advantageous.
• Strong Microsoft 365 and SharePoint skills.
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel when required.

What's on Offer

• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Exposure to technically challenging, high-profile projects.
• Opportunity to influence projects from concept through to delivery.
• Collaborative technical environment.
• Clear progression opportunities towards senior leadership within Technical Services.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

Apply

If you're an Electrical Building Services professional who enjoys solving technical challenges, improving project certainty and influencing project outcomes before construction begins, we'd be keen to hear from you.

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Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom| Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales