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Cumming Group

MEP Manager

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In-Office
Chicago, IL, USA
127K-178K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Chicago, IL, USA
127K-178K Annually
Senior level
Lead and coordinate all MEP activities for data center construction projects, managing contractors, consultants, and vendors through design, construction, testing, commissioning, and turnover. Oversee BIM/VDC coordination, review drawings/specifications, control budgets and cost estimates, resolve project-level conflicts, maintain client communications and reporting, and ensure schedule, quality, safety, and budget objectives are met.
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At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 15 rankings in ENR. With over 70 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!


Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Lead and coordinate all MEP activities for data center construction projects, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, controls, fire protection, and critical infrastructure systems.

  • Manage MEP contractors, consultants, and vendors through design, construction, testing, commissioning, and turnover, ensuring schedule, quality, safety, and budget requirements are met.

  • Review drawings, specifications, RFIs, submittals, BIM/VDC coordination, and field installations to identify clashes, constructability issues, and technical risks.

  • Work closely with project leadership, design teams, general contractors, and commissioning teams to ensure successful delivery of mission-critical/data center systems.

  • Review cost estimates.

  • Manage project level conflict resolution.

  • Maintain monthly project budgets for current and forecasted expenditures.

  • Facilitate and maintain communications with the client in addition to providing monthly/weekly/daily reports.

  • Achieve the client’s objectives by successfully managing the client’s project, goals, and objectives.

  • Other duties as assigned.

  • Attendance at work during normal business hours.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

  • Manage and monitor team members' activity in alignment with organizational goals. 

  • Delegate providing clear instructions and ongoing feedback. 

  • Monitor metrics and course correct as necessary while holding self and others accountable. 

  • Provide feedback to senior leaders and clearly communicate organizational direction to team members. 

  • Build relationships with key internal resources (peers, direct reports, & senior leaders). 

  • Create development opportunities and plan for direct reports and teams; provide ongoing feedback. 

  • Exercise creativity and resourcefulness in independently managing the project effectively in a compressed timeframe. 

  • Ability to distinguish between cause and effect of problems. 

  • Actively listen and communicate effectively, clearly, unambiguously, and completely in both written and oral formats. 

Preferred Education and Experience:

  • Education: BS in Construction Management, Engineering, QS, Architecture, or related field

  • Experience: 8+ years of experience in Project Management, engineering, or construction management

  • Preferred Certification: CCM, PMP, PE, AIA, LEED

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Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group’s policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, registered domestic partner status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law. All such decisions are based on (1) individual merit, qualifications, and competence as they relate to the particular position, and (2) promotion of the principle of equal employment opportunity.

All other terms and conditions of employment, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, layoff, return from layoff, training, education, and social and recreational programs, are administered without regard to the characteristics described above. To this end, Cumming Group complies with all provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, all of the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor, and all similar state and local laws.


The salary range for this full-time role is $127,300.00-$178,233.36 per year. Ranges are determined based on the position, geography, client and industry experience and level, and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and equitable salary. This range reflects base salary only, and not the total compensation package. Cumming Group reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range, depending on a candidate’s experience, skills, and qualifications, including client requirements.

In addition to base salary, Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

  • Medical
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) Matching
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Short and long-term disability
  • Employee Assistance Program

Cumming Group Chicago, Illinois, USA Office

1 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1910, Chicago, United States, 60602

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