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Job Title: Preconstruction Manager
Location: Midlands
Salary: Up to £95k
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours
Type: Site based
Start Date: Immediately (flexible for notice periods)
We are hiring for a Preconstruction Manager that has experience working on water, drainage, sewage or utility projects.
Duties of a Preconstruction Manager:
- Undertake a design assurance role, working closely with pre-construction leads and allocated design managers to ensure due process and diligence is being followed.
- Review tender stage design provided by the client & highlight deficiencies/areas of risk & opportunity with proposed mitigations/actions.
- Support Pre-Constructions leads with design development during tender period.
- Design input into programmes where necessary.
- Work with design leads to co-ordinate external design resources in conjunction with Framework leads.
- Liaise with design managers and external designers to identify areas requiring further development to reduce risks when pricing the schemes.
- Participate in design team meetings – ensuring timely responses from agreed actions.
- Review/critique relevant sections of Contract Documents.
- Provide support to the split and strategy of subcontract strategy.
- Benchmark Design programmes across water frameworks where appropriate.
- Value engineering throughout the design phase of design and build projects.
- Presentation / delivery of tenders at tender settlement meetings.
- Ensure a smooth handover of the project to the operational team.
- Liaise with the Managing Estimator to ensure timeframes are achieved for the technical and commercial elements of bids.
- Take the lead on tenders with the client’s representatives establishing win strategy’s and key client drivers for selection.
- Lead in tender bid settlements together with the appropriate grade of director personnel who can sign off bids.
- Liaising with other teams – Business Development Manager; Managing Estimator & Estimating team; Construction delivery teams; Design Managers; Planning Manager; and Framework functions.
- Lead bids and take responsibility for - client liaison during bid; technical bid submissions; lead bid settlement meetings with the appropriate director.
Requirements for a Preconstruction Manager:
- Engineering / Construction Management background, ideally chartered with a minimum of 10-years in the water industry. (We are looking for a technically knowledgeable individual in the water industry).
- Excellent technical construction experience from either a design management, commercial or operational background.
- Knowledge of all forms of contract including traditional, partnering, design & build, 2 stage tenders and frameworks – (NEC & IChemE are essential).
- Good commercial acumen to support the implementation of the work winning strategy.
- Demonstrable planning skills with the ability to work alongside our planner team to produce high quality tender, pre-construction, and construction programmes.
- Safety training – SMSTS (Preferred).
- CSCS Card
- Extensive knowledge of industry and clients’ specification standards relating to water treatment.
- Knowledge of BIM.
What the client offers in benefits:
- Competitive salary (to be discussed on application)
- Car allowance
- 26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday)
- Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover)
- Life Assurance
- Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%
- 2 days volunteering opportunities
- Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Professional membership fees
- Flexible Benefits scheme which includes the opportunity to purchase benefits such as:
- Critical illness insurance (with option to purchase for your partner)
- Dental Insurance
- Travel insurance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Retail vouchers/payroll giving/activity pass for top leisure attractions
About the Client
Our client is a leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering, and fit-out company. They deliver vital projects across a range of sectors including health, education, highways, justice, defence, aviation, water, and environment.
Next Steps:
Please apply to this Preconstruction Manager role through this advert.
If successful, you will need to digitally register with our agency (if you haven’t already done so). If you have not been contacted regarding your application within 7 days please assume that you have not been successful. We will however retain your application for any future roles for which you may be suitable.
About Regional Recruitment Services – A Recruitment Agency in Leicester.
This position is advertised by Regional Recruitment Services Ltd, an award-winning independent recruitment agency that has been operating since 2008. We offer permanent, temporary and contract jobs within the Commercial, Construction, Industrial and Engineering sectors. To view all of our positions available throughout the United Kingdom, please visit our website ((url removed)).
