Head of MEP

The Vacancy

Wates Residential are looking for a Head of MEP to develop strategies and structure within the MEP environment to support current and growth aspirations of the business.

Wates Residential is a developer contractor; we invest, develop, build and sell quality affordable housing, either contracting or in a form of partnership with Local Authorities, Registered Providers and public bodies, such as Homes England.

The Residential objective is to become a leading provider of affordable housing in London, South and Wales. We will experience significant increase in scale over the next 4 years and a shift in the balance of schemes from majority contracting to majority development with a significant amount of invested capital and over the course of the next 5 years Residential will become the main contributor of profit growth in the Group.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As the MEP specialist in the Residential business unit the role holder will develop and implement an MEP strategy to support Residential’s overall strategy. They will provide oversight & support across the building services sector (MEP) within the Wates Residential business, from project inception to construction completion and soft landing.

This role provides MEP strategic support to the regional leadership teams who have accountabilities for all elements of the performance wheel and the stages of the development process ensuring all projects are adequately supported by MEP specialists to achieve successful project delivery.

As our Head of MEP you will:

• Identify business improvement requirements and develop implementation strategies around these requirements that will help us to deliver against our performance priorities and remain agile and competitive.
• Ensure high performing MEP resource is allocated to best serve the business plan, liaising with other function leads and agreeing MEP resource, supply chain and delivery strategies.
• Promote the incorporation of modern methods of construction for MEP where viable on all projects ensuring programme, design and resource allocation are commensurate to the solution.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & bonus
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car *
• Travel covered to any of our sites*
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group)
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 8 weeks fully paid paternity.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.