Senior MEP Commissioning Manager

Do you want to lead commissioning on a project that blends science, healthcare, and world-class design?

Are you passionate about delivering excellence, driving performance, and ensuring safety and quality at every stage?

Then our in-house MEP Engineering business, Crown House Technologies, is the company for you!

We're delivering the full MEP scope for the Ellison Institute of Technology's Oxford Campus — a landmark life sciences development featuring cutting-edge research laboratories, a wellness clinic, and collaborative spaces dedicated to solving global health challenges. We're looking for a Senior MEP Commissioning Manager to lead the commissioning process across all MEP systems. In this role, you'll take ownership of strategy and delivery, lead commissioning teams, coordinate specialist contractors, and manage all testing, validation, and handover activities to ensure a fully operational building.

What will I be doing?

• Lead the delivery of the commissioning programme for MEP systems on a major healthcare/life sciences project
• Develop and implement the Commissioning Execution Plan, including methodology, sequencing, and resourcing input
• Coordinate commissioning activities across subcontractors, consultants, and internal teams
• Manage all commissioning stages including:
• Static Completion
• Pre-Functional Testing
• Functional Testing
• Integrated System Testing
• Building Performance Testing
• Oversee Factory Acceptance Testing and site-based commissioning activities
• Ensure compliance with BSRIA, CIBSE, CSA, IET codes of practice, Building Regulations, and BREEAM requirements
• Monitor commissioning progress and report risks, issues, and programme impacts
• Ensure commissioning documentation is completed accurately and supports handover requirements
• Promote safe systems of work and ensure compliance with all health and safety standards
• Support employer training, seasonal commissioning, and post-practical completion monitoring

What do we look for?

• Extensive experience delivering commissioning on complex MEP projects
• Strong understanding of building services design, operation, and commissioning processes
• CSA Grade 6 or CM2 accreditation (or equivalent proven experience)
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent communication, planning, and reporting capability
• Ability to develop structured commissioning strategies and manage technical delivery output

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us

Crown House technologies is one of the UK's most advanced, and innovative, engineering and business services specialists. Part of the Laing O'Rourke Group, and founded on more than 200 years of experience, we are a leading construction and infrastructure technology services provider, supplying a complete Building Services package with communications, ICT, intelligent building, monitoring, BMS and the UK's largest mechanical, electrical & public health manufacturing facility - a 129,000 sq. ft factory - offering Off-site manufacturing and assembly for our digitally engineered modular MEICA packages.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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