MEP Design Manager – HVAC (Stage 5) | Freelance | Inside IR35 | Potential to go Permanent
Location: North Acton (hybrid – 3 days office / 2 days home)
Rate: £550-£650 per day (Inside IR35, via umbrella PAYE)
Contract Length: 6-9 months, likely extension, with strong potential to transition to a permanent role
Sector: Major Infrastructure / Tunnelling
TRIbuild Solutions is hiring on behalf of a major infrastructure programme delivering multiple assets along a live tunnelling scheme. This is a freelance, inside IR35 position based from a North Acton office on a hybrid working pattern, with genuine scope to move to a permanent position with the business for the right candidate.
Key Responsibilities
- Management of supply chain Stage 5 design deliverables, ensuring quality and timely submission
- Interface management between Stage 5 design suppliers and the Design Integrator
- Management of Stage 5 supplier design queries, providing proactive and collaborative responses
- Ensuring designs account for maintenance, and health, safety and welfare during construction and in-use
- Reporting on design progress, risks and issues to the Package Manager (Delivery) and Commercial Package Manager
- Identifying scope gaps and interface issues, supporting resolution
- Supporting the commercial team in cost reconciliation and subcontract management
- Coordinating design documentation review with relevant internal teams
- Managing Stage 4 design queries, defects and resource allocation
- Ensuring CDM requirements are communicated, implemented and appropriately risk-assessed throughout the design process
Essential Experience
- Proven experience on major infrastructure projects is essential
- Design management experience across Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health (MEP) systems, ideally with HVAC design or delivery experience
- Experience of detailed design within an MEP setting
- Experience delivering Stage 5 (Design for Construction & Manufacturing) design
- Sound knowledge of relevant MEP design policies and standards
- Experience within a large-scale, self-assured design environment
- Experience managing CDM Regulations 2015 requirements within design
- Computer literate (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, document control systems, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Projectwise)
- Strong communication skills, adaptable to different stakeholders
- Valid CSCS card
Desirable
- Degree or professional qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering (or related discipline)
- Familiarity with specialist MEP engineering software (e.g. Trimble Amtech)
- Knowledge of NEC construction contracts
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-profile infrastructure programme in a senior design management capacity, with a clear pathway to a permanent role for the right person.
For more information, please contact Leon at TRIbuild Solutions
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