Project Manager

The Vacancy

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Project Manager – Mechanical to join our team in Surrey.

Within the group, SES Engineering Services (SES) is the UK’s pre-eminent design-led Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) provider. SES specialises in the design and installation of building services and infrastructure solutions covering all aspects of M&E. We collaborate with our clients to ensure their environments and spaces function just as they need them to. The drive for excellence and innovation is part of our DNA, underpinning our success and development as the partner of choice in the built environment.

Reporting to the Operations Director, the role will require the successful candidate to provide direction and leadership to the delivery team. Taking responsibility for the delivery of excellent operational performance and managing both directly employed and subcontracted resources, ensuring they are managed and motivated to deliver cost effective, and high quality customer focused outputs and importantly zero harm.

Key Accountabilities will include:

Your main accountability is to have overall responsibility of the Building Services installation on your projects from first design through to Smart Landings.

Your main challenges are to deliver a quality installation, in line with our client’s expectations, maximise the profitability by smart design and early selection driving our cost whilst maintaining our standards.

A bit about you:

You will be a qualified engineer who will drive the design, co-ordination, delivery and handover of all projects.

To be successful in this role, you will have a proven track record in project management construction, particularly within the residential, commercial, Pharmaceutical, mixed use and office environments or similar related projects with values between £6-20 million. Ideally, you will have experience of demonstrating responsibility for full Contract Management at this level.

A bit about us:

Wates is one of the largest and most successful family-owned private construction, development and property services companies in the UK. Our vision is to become the most trusted partner in the built environment with an ambition to become a £2bn turnover business.

As a progressive and rewarding business we offer our people the opportunity to grow their careers whilst working together to deliver the promises we make to our customers.

Our company values of integrity, intelligence, performance, teamwork and respect for people, communities and the environment run through our business at every level and are at the heart of everything we do.

The wellbeing and safety of our people is our priority, therefore creating a zero harm culture and encouraging a healthy work-life balance is important to us. Wates Group are a responsible and inclusive employer and are proud to have been recognized for this through accolades including C2E (Committed to Equality) and Investors in People (Gold).

We value each employee as an individual and offer flexible and competitive packages to support that.

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Car allowance / company car
• Travel expenses covered
• Flexible working and hybrid options
• Private medical, pension (6% employer contribution), and wellness programmes
• Career progression through PDPs and PDRs
• Enhanced family leave benefits
• Supportive onboarding and team culture

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.