Pre Construction Manager

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Job Title – Preconstruction Manager

Location – Gateshead

What you will be doing:

Strategy & Pipeline

- Support the Pre-Construction Director in delivering the North East & Yorkshire work-winning strategy, including pipeline opportunity reviews and bid approvals.
- Lead client engagement, building relationships and identifying customer drivers to improve Galliford Try's competitive position.
- Be accountable for the quality and competitiveness of tender submissions and contribute to the achievement of regional order book, turnover and margin targets.
- Lead tender interviews, presentations and clarification meetings, effectively communicating Galliford Try's value proposition and solution• Take ownership of the pre-construction process on assigned opportunities, from expression of interest and PQQ through tender, PCSA and contract award.
- Lead bid strategy development, win themes and client engagement plans for each opportunity.

Leadership
- Lead, coordinate and motivate multidisciplinary bid teams across estimating, design, planning, bid writing, graphics, commercial and operations.
- Mentor and develop pre-construction work winning team members, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.

Commercial & Technical
- Oversee the development of robust cost plans, estimates and pricing strategies in collaboration with the Estimating team.
- Lead design reviews, buildability workshops, value engineering and carbon reduction initiatives to develop competitive, deliverable solutions.
- Manage two-stage Pre-Construction processes, driving design development, cost certainty, procurement and programme to an agreed contract sum.
- Identify, quantify and manage risk and opportunity, leading risk workshops and preparing documentation for governance reviews and tender settlement meetings.
- Ensure submissions comply with company governance, Building Safety Act requirements, quality standards and BMS procedures.

Relationships
- Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, framework managers and the regional supply chain, representing the business at client meetings, interviews and presentations.
- Drive early supply chain engagement to secure competitive, capable subcontractor and supplier partners within the region.
- Develop social value, sustainability and community commitments that are realistic, measurable and deliverable.

Handover & Continuous Improvement
- Ensure a structured handover of successful projects to the delivery team so that bid commitments, risk allowances and programme assumptions are fully understood.
- Maintain bid performance metrics, capture client feedback and lessons learned, and drive continuous improvement in the pre-construction process.

Location requirements
- This role is based in Team Valley and requires regular travel throughout the North East and Yorkshire region, including Leeds, client offices and project sites.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties.

About You:

Leadership Skills

- Confident, collaborative leader able to bring together and direct multidisciplinary bid teams.
- Strategic thinker able to balance client requirements, commercial objectives and operational deliverability.
- Decisive, with the ability to make sound judgements under tender deadlines.
- Committed to developing people and building capability within the team.

People Skills

- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building abilities with clients, consultants and supply chain.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the confidence to lead client interviews.
- Skilled facilitator of workshops, reviews and negotiations.
- Demonstrates Galliford Try values of Excellence, Passion, Integrity and Collaboration.

Commercial & Operational Skills

- Strong commercial acumen with a sound understanding of risk, margin and cost certainty.
- Strong work-winning mindset with the ability to identify client drivers, develop winning solutions and convert opportunities into secured projects.
- Ability to manage multiple opportunities and deadlines simultaneously.
- Excellent planning, organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Strong understanding of construction methodologies, procurement routes and project delivery.

Experience

- Proven experience as a Pre-Construction Manager
- Experience leading single-stage, two-stage and framework tenders, including management of PCSAs. Demonstrable track record of leading successful work-winning activities and securing projects in the £10m-£50m+ range through competitive tendering, frameworks and negotiated opportunities.
- Experience within a Tier 1 or major regional contractors
- Knowledge of the North East and Yorkshire market, clients, consultants and supply chain desirable.

Technical
- Strong understanding of estimating, design management, planning and bid management processes.
- Working knowledge of NEC and JCT contract forms.
- Understanding of the Building Safety Act, CDM Regulations and net zero carbon requirements.
- Fully conversant with Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience of Conquest and Viewpoint desirable.

Professional
- Degree qualified (or equivalent) in Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering or related discipline.
- Chartered or professional membership (e.g. CIOB, RICS, ICE) desirable.
- Management and leadership qualification desirable.
- Full UK driving licence.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.3 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

- Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
- A wide range of corporate discounts
- Cycle to Work schemes
- Comprehensive pension plan
- Competitive family leave policy
- Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
- Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
- Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

About us:

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, part-time and / or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements, we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.

For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Build business please contact Jack Allford on [email protected]

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