Senior MEP Planner

BAM UK & Ireland is seeking a Senior MEP Planner to support large, complex developments across the London region. The role involves managing pre‑construction and delivery phases, ensuring programme certainty, mitigating delay risks, and coordinating MEP work sequences with construction, procurement and design activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior‑level MEP planning expertise across pre‑construction and delivery phases, ensuring programme certainty and mitigating delay risks.
• Lead the development, coordination and integration of MEP work sequences, ensuring alignment with construction, procurement and design activities.
• Oversee programme risk identification, management and mitigation, driving proactive forecasting and assurance.
• Enhance buildability, safety, quality and value by identifying opportunities for improvement through programme analysis.
• Review, challenge and integrate specialist subcontractor programmes, ensuring compliance with project requirements and strategic objectives.
• Prepare detailed tender, design, procurement, manufacture and construction programmes, supporting bid competitiveness and delivery success.
• Provide technical leadership to project teams and self‑delivery functions, ensuring coordinated and buildable MEP delivery strategies.
• Produce regular progress reports, critical path reviews and baseline updates to support project and regional reporting.
• Chair programme workshops, ensuring effective communication, accurate record keeping and collaborative problem solving.
• Mentor and develop junior planners, supporting long‑term capability building across the region.
• Maintain a professional approach with clients and their professional teams, sub‑contractors and suppliers.
• Monitor cause and effect relationships throughout the programme.
• Report findings and recommend solutions to recover time.
• Draw up plans and present schedules of work through visual aids.
• Input into the commissioning and handover process.

Qualifications

• Experienced MEP planner with strong technical knowledge of building services installation sequences and interfaces across multiple construction sectors, focusing on commercial buildings.
• Proven experience working with Tier 1 main contractors on major projects within the London region.
• Strong understanding of modern construction methods, sustainability requirements and digital integration.
• Skilled in using Asta Powerproject and Microsoft applications. Working knowledge of Revit, AutoCAD, and Navisworks would be beneficial.
• Excellent communicator able to work collaboratively within multi‑discipline teams and engage confidently with clients and the supply chain.
• Proven ability to manage complex programmes, forecast risk, and provide assurance at a senior level.
• Holds a relevant construction, engineering or design qualification and professional accreditation (e.g., CIOB or equivalent).
• Multi‑sector and major project experience within central London.
• Familiarity with both the two‑stage and single‑stage tender process.
• Experience with both NEC and JCT forms of contract.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• A wide range of family‑friendly policies.
• 8 % matched pension contributions.
• Private healthcare.
• Life assurance.
• 26 days holiday.
• 2 wellbeing days.
• 1 volunteering day.
• Personal and professional development.

EEO Statement

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