MEP Engineering · Project & Construction Management · Procurement & Commercial
Peter Toseland
BSc (Hons) HNC
Project Director
Biography
Peter has over 40 years' experience delivering major rail, infrastructure, defence and nuclear projects across the UK. As Project Director at MPG, he leads the Control and Display division through LB Foster in Nottingham, with full responsibility for Profit & Loss, procurement, staff management, client liaison and operational delivery — overseeing the design, manufacture, installation, testing and commissioning of Signal Panels, Mosaics, Totems, CIS Screens, Bracketry, Level Crossing CCTV and all Rail M&E works.
His career spans senior leadership roles at Costain (Projects Director MEP on Bakerloo Line Link and Bond St Crossrail, c.£170M MEP value), NG Bailey Rail Division (Operations Director — growing turnover from c.£7M to £57M), Spie Matthew Hall, Lorne Stewart and Drake & Scull. Peter has delivered mission-critical projects for Rolls Royce, Sellafield and Sizewell, and major data centre developments for Barclays and Credit Suisse, with deep expertise in HV/MV/LV power, compliance, energisation and handover in live environments.
Qualifications
- ·BSc (Hons) Building Services
- ·HNC Electrical Engineering
- ·City & Guilds Parts 1 and 2
- ·'C' Certificate City & Guilds
Areas of Expertise
- ·NEC3 & NEC4 ECC commercial management — compensation event assessment, early warnings and accepted programme administration
- ·Pre- and post-contract M&E Quantity Surveying on major infrastructure and industrial programmes
- ·Cost planning, budgeting, forecasting and P&L reporting across MEP packages valued up to £170m
- ·Subcontract procurement and letting — tender analysis, negotiation, award and post-award commercial control
- ·HV/LV and instrumentation package cost management and procurement
- ·Compensation event valuation, variation assessment and final account negotiation and settlement
- ·Cash flow management, interim valuation and application for payment administration
- ·Supply chain commercial management and subcontract package auditing
- ·Safety-critical and hazardous area M&E commercial delivery (ATEX / process plant / nuclear-adjacent)
- ·MEP/civil and multi-discipline interface cost management on complex infrastructure programmes
- ·Risk management, contingency planning and commercial reporting at board and client level
- ·Microsoft Excel (cost modelling), Ares Prism, PowerPoint, Word
