Senior Manager: Station MEP
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About the Role
Parsons are looking for a seasoned Senior Project Manager: Station (MEP) to join their team! The Senior Project Manager: Station MEP (PMC) is a senior, client facing role respon.
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Responsibilities
- Act as the primary PMC point of contact for all station MEP matters, representing the client in meetings with designers, contractors, authorities, and other stakeholders
- Ensure that the employer's requirements, contracts, and design briefs for station MEP systems are clearly communicated, understood, and implemented
- Provide independent, objective advice and recommendations to the client on technical, program, commercial, and risk issues related to station MEP works
- Manage and oversee the full MEP design lifecycle for stations: concept, schematic, detailed design, and IFC stages
- Review and comment on design submissions, drawings, calculations, models, and specifications for HVAC, power distribution, lighting, fire protection, plumbing and drainage, vertical transportation, ELV/BMS, and life safety systems
- Ensure design compliance with employer's requirements, project technical standards, local codes, international standards, fire and life safety regulations, and authority requirements
- Chair and coordinate design review meetings, value engineering and constructability workshops, and multi discipline coordination sessions
- Oversee requirements management and traceability, design verification and validation, and close out of design review comments
- Ensure interfaces between MEP, architecture, structure, rail systems, and station operations are identified and resolved at design stage
- Support the preparation and review of technical sections of tender documents, scopes of work, and employer's requirements for station MEP packages
- Review and evaluate technical proposals, clarifications, and deviations from contractors and suppliers; provide recommendations to the client for award
- Assist in contract negotiations and post award technical clarifications with MEP contractors and key vendors
Requirements
- Approximately 15 years of experience in building or rail MEP (mechanical, electrical, public health, fire & life safety, ELV systems)
- Substantial experience in design management and construction supervision, ideally within a PMC, consulting engineer, or client organization
- Experience managing end to end design and build process of station MEP works on major rail/transit or complex infrastructure projects
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Overview
- Parsons are looking for a seasoned Senior Project Manager: Station (MEP) to join their team!
- The Senior Project Manager: Station MEP (PMC) is a senior, client facing role responsible for managing the end to end design and build process of station MEP works on major rail/transit or complex infrastructure projects.
- This is a non operational position focused on project and design management, technical assurance, and contractor oversight on behalf of the client, ensuring that all MEP systems for stations (and associated ancillary buildings) are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and in full compliance wit
- The role requires approximately 15 years of experience in building or rail MEP (mechanical, electrical, public health, fire & life safety, ELV systems), including substantial experience in design management and construction supervision, ideally within a PMC, consulting engineer, or client organizati
What You'll Be Doing
- Act as the primary PMC point of contact for all station MEP matters, representing the client in meetings with designers, contractors, authorities, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure that the employer's requirements, contracts, and design briefs for station MEP systems are clearly communicated, understood, and implemented.
- Provide independent, objective advice and recommendations to the client on technical, program, commercial, and risk issues related to station MEP works.
- Manage and oversee the full MEP design lifecycle for stations: concept, schematic, detailed design, and IFC stages.
- Review and comment on design submissions, drawings, calculations, models, and specifications for HVAC, power distribution, lighting, fire protection, plumbing and drainage, vertical transportation, ELV/BMS, and life safety systems.
- Ensure design compliance with employer's requirements, project technical standards, local codes, international standards, fire and life safety regulations, and authority requirements.
- Chair and coordinate design review meetings, value engineering and constructability workshops, and multi discipline coordination sessions (architecture, structure, rail systems, civil).
- Oversee requirements management and traceability, design verification and validation, and close out of design review comments.
- Ensure interfaces between MEP, architecture, structure, rail systems, and station operations are identified and resolved at design stage.
- Support the preparation and review of technical sections of tender documents, scopes of work, and employer's requirements for station MEP packages.
- Review and evaluate technical proposals, clarifications, and deviations from contractors and suppliers; provide recommendations to the client for award.
- Assist in contract negotiations and post award technical clarifications with MEP contractors and key vendors.
Construction and Installation Oversight
- From a PMC perspective, oversee and manage construction and installation activities for station MEP systems, ensuring alignment with approved designs, specifications, and quality standards.
- Monitor contractor construction methodologies, sequencing, and resource planning for MEP works; challenge and improve where needed.
- Coordinate resolution of site technical issues and RFIs in collaboration with design consultants and contractors.
- Track and manage MEP interfaces with civil works, finishes, systems integration, and other trades to avoid clashes and rework.
- Monitor compliance with project HSE requirements during MEP construction activities, and support the client's HSE objectives.
Testing and Commissioning
- Review and approve, on behalf of the client, testing and commissioning strategies, plans, procedures, and integrated test schedules for station MEP systems.
- Monitor execution of pre commissioning, functional performance tests, integrated systems testing, and life safety commissioning through reports and selective site attendance.
- Review test results, non conformance reports, and snag lists; ensure timely rectification and closure by contractors.
- Coordinate with operations, maintenance, and systems teams to ensure that MEP systems meet handover, operability, maintainability, and life cycle requirements.
- Oversee completion and quality of as built documentation, O&M manuals, training materials, and handover deliverables.
Program and Cost Management
- Manage and track station MEP design and construction activities against the approved master schedule and key milestones.
- Identify critical path activities and dependencies affecting MEP delivery; initiate recovery plans where schedule slippage occurs.
- Monitor MEP related costs, variations, and potential claims; support the client in negotiation and resolution.
- Maintain and regularly update risk registers for station MEP works, identifying mitigation measures and contingency plans.
- Provide accurate, timely progress reports, dashboards, and presentations for the client's senior management and governance committees.
Stakeholder and Team Management
- Coordinate with client internal departments (Operations, Maintenance, Safety, Security, IT, Commercial, etc.) to ensure MEP designs and installations meet operational and business requirements.
- Interface with local authorities (e.g., civil defense, utility providers, building control) to support timely approvals, NOCs, inspections, and permits.
- Facilitate coordination between multiple design consultants, contractors, systems integrators, and third parties involved in station delivery.
- Lead and mentor a team of station MEP engineers and specialists working within the PMC team.
- Promote a culture of quality, safety, and proactive risk management across all MEP related activities.
- Ensure that robust quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) processes are applied to MEP design and construction deliverables.
- Support knowledge transfer, continuous improvement, and lessons learned across the program.
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