Mechanical Project Manage – Peterborough

Mechanical Project Manager – Plumbing & Heating

Location: Peterborough, with travel to client sites across Cambridgeshire
Salary: £48k - £56k PA
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Start Date: Ideally by the end of September 2026

The Opportunity

An established building services and maintenance business is looking for a Mechanical Project Manager to join its Peterborough team, with a strong focus on commercial plumbing and heating maintenance.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Mechanical Supervisor, Contracts Supervisor, Mechanical Engineer or similar who is ready to take the next step into a project/contract management position.

The role is approximately 70% office-based and 30% client/site-based, giving you responsibility for coordinating engineering resources, planning works, dealing directly with clients and attending sites across the Cambridgeshire region.

You will oversee a team of up to eight engineers, coordinating approximately 50–60 planned maintenance jobs throughout the year. The workload is predominantly planned preventative maintenance, with a smaller reactive maintenance element.

This is a hands-on management role where your technical knowledge of commercial heating and plumbing will be important.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate and manage a team of up to eight mechanical/plumbing and heating engineers.
Plan and oversee approximately 50–60 planned maintenance and project works throughout the year.
Manage predominantly planned preventative maintenance (PPM), alongside reactive maintenance requirements.
Allocate engineers to jobs and ensure works are completed efficiently and within agreed timescales.
Coordinate workloads, materials, access requirements and client expectations.
Act as a key point of contact for clients across the Cambridgeshire region.
Attend client sites to carry out surveys, inspect works, discuss requirements and provide technical support.
Review and prepare quotations, variations and estimates where required.
Monitor the progress, quality and commercial performance of works.
Manage subcontractors where required and ensure works are completed safely and to specification.
Ensure all works comply with relevant health & safety legislation, company procedures and industry standards.
Produce and review RAMS, reports, quotations and other project documentation.
Identify additional works and opportunities while attending client sites.
Support engineers with technical queries and provide practical guidance when required.
Maintain accurate records of planned and reactive works using the company's CAFM/job management systems.
Take ownership of customer issues and ensure they are followed through to completion.
Support the ongoing development, training and performance of the engineering team.Essential Experience

Strong background in commercial plumbing and heating.
Experience within mechanical building services, facilities management, maintenance or service environments.
Previous responsibility for supervising or coordinating engineers.
Experience managing planned preventative maintenance and/or reactive maintenance.
Good understanding of commercial heating, plumbing and associated mechanical systems.
Confident dealing directly with clients and site representatives.
Able to organise multiple jobs and engineering resources effectively.
Good understanding of RAMS, safe systems of work and construction/maintenance health & safety requirements.
Commercial awareness, including quotations, variations and basic budget control.
Comfortable using job management/CAFM software.
Full UK driving licence.Desirable

NVQ Level 3 in Plumbing & Heating or a relevant mechanical qualification.
SSSTS/SMSTS.
Gas Safe, ACS, OFTEC or other relevant industry qualifications.
Experience working to SFG20 planned maintenance standards.
Previous experience working across manufacturing, commercial, education or industrial environments.
Experience managing a 24/7 or emergency callout function.
The business currently uses Service Life for job and maintenance management, with a planned move to Joblogic. 

What You'll Get

Company vehicle.
Monthly bonus scheme: where the monthly target is exceeded by £10,000, a bonus equivalent to 1% of basic salary is payable.
22 days' holiday plus bank holidays.
3% employer pension contribution.
Healthcare Cash Plan.
Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support.
Long-term sickness provision.
Ongoing training and development.
Stable pipeline of long-term maintenance work.
Supportive working environment.
Predominantly office-based role with regular client/site visits across Cambridgeshire.
Opportunity to progress from a senior supervisory position into a broader project/contract management role