Preconstruction Manager

About the role

Our innovative thinking shapes our industry; equipping the world for tomorrow’s challenges.

Nationally recognised for how well we develop our people, we’ve the perfect opportunity for a talented Pre-Construction Manager to join our Regional Civils team based out of our Lowestoft office and you can contribute to tangible, worthwhile work you can be proud of.

As a Pre-Construction Manager you will take a key role leading multi discipline pre-construction teams which involves researching, Planning, writing, managing and facilitating bids, tenders and PCSA / 2-stage pre-construction activities. Particularly under Term Framework agreements.

You will establish and maintain positive and effective relationships with customers, partners and bid teams using the principles of High Value Selling.

What you'll be doing

As a Pre-Construction Project Manager, you will have the following accountabilities:

• Lead, manage and co-ordinate all aspects of a project through the Pre-Construction stages, ensuring that high quality, competitive proposals are delivered to the customer in a manner consistent with the Balfour Beatty Management System.
• Accurately forecast award dates and values, taking into account activities that typically occur during a pre-construction process for a design and construct project, for example scope drafting, preliminary & detailed design, planning processes and stakeholder engagement, pricing, risk identification and specialist procurement input.
• Establish and maintain positive and effective relationships with customers, partners and project stakeholders using the principles of High Value Selling

Who we're looking for

You will have the following:

• Previous experience of managing pre-construction services within the civil engineering or flood and coastal industry is highly desirable.
• Understanding of the principles of framework procurement and experience within the most current forms of procurement is required (e.g. single stage, two-stage, negotiated).
• Membership of a relevant professional body, such as RICS/CIOB/RIBA/ICE/MICE/MIStructE is desirable but not essential. The ability to obtain a valid CSCS card is required.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills are required, coupled with an ability to form effective relationships with partners under time pressure. Customer centric in approach, with the ability to recognise potential opportunities in invitations to tender.
• A desire to continuously pursue innovation and development, with a focus on the customer and the relevant business. Good IT, maths and bid writing ability is a requirement.
• An understanding of BIM and how to read and assemble BIM models and produce appropriate reports from them is desirable/may be required.
• Excellent communication and presenting skills
• Confident in leading a team

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

About us

In UK Construction Services England & Wales business, our aim is to be the partner of choice; the go-to in our sector, trusted to deliver for our customers. We work across a huge and exciting range of sectors, including aviation, building, civils, defence and energy.

From ground investigations and flood defence to complex roads and bridges; primary schools to world class universities; ground-breaking hospitals to city centre living; the depth of our experience and quality of our projects is something we are proud of.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/