MEP Construction Manager

Job description

• Responsible for the management of the MEP site team including mentoring, scheduling their activities, and leading coordination meetings, recruitment and performance management of the team members.
• Directing the MEP site team through all construction phases of a project including contractor coordination and all aspects of site management.
• Check and ensure the project brief, all design briefs, MEP drawings and specifications and all project relevant information are executed as per client objectives.
• Contact with suppliers of electrical and specialty systems, plumbing and fire safety materials/equipment, HVAC, etc.
• Monitoring MEP system installation progress, quality and safety, and initiating action to rectify any non-conformance.
• Review, comments and recommends course of actions for all MEP technical submittals, material, shop drawings, methods statements, etc., for final approval of the Sr. Construction Manager and/or the Project manager and client’s as well.
• Supervise onsite MEP contractor(s) for their safety, quality, equipment and maintenance of appropriate resourcing levels.
• Preparing MEP progress information for inclusion in the project report, providing all relevant information to the project manager.
• Monitoring the preparation of MEP contractor’s final accounts obtaining relevant certificates and submission to the client for payment.
• Ensuring the inclusion in the contract and subsequently requesting the design team, consultants and contractors to supply the client with as built documentations, including but not limited to, installation drawings, operations and maintenance manuals.

Desired profile

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in equivalent: min 3 years of study.
• Major: Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Ability to train and mentor others to develop further their skills in contractor management, safety, quality management, and site-based design management.
• Ability to write clear reports, site instructions/memos and meeting minutes that are clear and understandable.
• Previous experience managing multicultural project teams in an expatriate environment either in Asia, the Middle East, Africa or South America.
• Leadership skills including ensuring teams are well motivated, organized, and able to provide clear direction and manage conflict.
• Intermediate client management skills, including demonstrable persuasiveness, negotiation skills and inter-personal skills.
• Stable knowledge of software used in project management including: Microsoft Project, Team Binder, Excel and the Microsoft Office Suite.

Year of Experience Required:
• Seniority: a minimum 08 years working on construction projects
• At least 05 years managing construction teams.

About Archetype Group

With more than 1,100 employees, Archetype Group is one of the largest private construction consultancies in Asia Pacific with core services in Architecture & Master Planning, Building & Infrastructure Engineering, Industrial & Process Engineering and Project, Construction & Cost Management. Our expertise covers key construction sectors such as buildings & real estate, industry & manufacturing and energy & infrastructure.

Since 2002, Archetype has been involved in many different projects. Our built references include prestigious projects such as the MahaNhakon Tower in Bangkok, the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai, Capital Place (Four Seasons Hotel) in Jakarta, Saigon Pearl in Ho Chi Minh City, the Siem Reap International Airport, the Shangri-La hotel in Ulaanbataar, the Landmark in Yangon and Rue Lauriston in Paris.

Archetype’s Industrial division has now increased to more than 500 employees in the region following the recent acquisition of Tebodin Asia-Pacific, already well-known for its work in this sector. This acquisition positions us as one of the market leaders for industrial projects in the region. Our extensive portfolio of industrial references includes factories and complexes for such companies as Crown, Heineken, Khmer Brewery, Knauf, ABB, Dow Chemicals, Procter & Gamble, Schneider, Heinz, Unilever, Danone, Coca Cola, Campbells, Mondelez, and Exxonmobil.

Archetype Group has also subsidiaries in Cambodia, China, France, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam with more than 1,000 project references.