Pre Construction Manager

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The opportunity

The company are recruiting for a Pre construction Manager to join the Building South team, particularly focused in London and reporting to the Snr. Preconstruction Manager. With a diverse portfolio of projects shortly coming online, we are looking for an individual who has passion for preconstruction lead activities whilst also being able to work as part of a close-knit team.

As a Pre- Construction Manager within our Building team, you will support the Senior Pre-Construction Manager to deliver the Pre-Construction services. Providing leadership and guidance whilst managing the teams at bid stage, and during Pre-Construction service agreements. Working for a diverse client base and frameworks you will be involved in contract values ranging up to £20m within a mixture of both construction & refurbishment schemes. Building strong relationships and working client facing within collaborative public framework environments in which we operate is essential.

Successful applicants will have an opportunity to grow and develop as this new workstream evolves. The Company culture and commitment to wellbeing is second to none and the company is committed to creating a workplace where everyone is empowered to achieve their career goals. Our people are at the heart of our business, using their skills and creativity to provide solutions and services to our clients and customers. We are only able to deliver our business goals because of the commitment and talent of our people working together to a common purpose. The Company wellbeing strategy has been designed based on employee feedback that mental, physical, and financial wellbeing are important to them

Requirements Key tasks and accountabilities

• Manage and coordinate the Pre-Construction activities for traditional or design and build projects, once awarded, with responsibility for managing the Pre-Construction process from tender issue, through a pre construction services agreement period then to handover to the operational team for delivery.
• Work collaboratively with the members of the Pre-Construction team, inclusive of governance, commercial, estimating, planning, and design management to ensure milestones are identified, monitored, and achieved to successfully complete the Pre-Construction process.
• Contribute towards quality requirements of the bid writing process, bringing knowledge and experience to develop a bid winning strategy.
• Full engagement with our clients to instil confidence in the team’s ability to deliver the project(s) at initial tender stage and throughout the Pre-Construction services period. Maintaining focus on the team objectives, managing the consultants, and managing client relationships.
• Work collaboratively with the team to identify risks and associated mitigation measure to ensure the projects are de-risked during the Pre-Construction period.
• Attend site visits to view the project during the Pre-Construction stage and engage with designers and supply chain partners as necessary to inform the detailed design and pricing process.
• Collaborative working with all external and internal stakeholders will be crucial to this role and successful applicants will need to demonstrate an ability to plan, coordinate and manage either at Pre-Construction or Construction stage whilst also demonstrating a sound construction knowledge.
• Manage the workload of the Pre-Construction team to ensure that it remains balanced, avoiding overload, and managing the wellbeing of the team.
• Show excellent presentation skills to deliver clear and concise bid requirements to the bid team and upstream to the Directors and key stakeholders.
• Embrace the business culture ensuring your behaviours remain, collaborative, trusted and focussed.

Key Skills And Qualifications

• Hold a full UK Drivers Licence
• CSCS Card
• HNC/HND/Degree in a construction or engineering subject and / or
• Membership of a relevant body (CIOB, APM, CIAT, RICS)
• Previous Pre-Construction experience on projects up to £20m with strong experience of leading multidisciplinary teams
• A proven record of successful multi-project delivery through management of a skilled team of people
• Commercial and contractual awareness
• Computer literate on Microsoft applications and other software
• Ability to maintain relationships with clients, customers, and suppliers.
• Team leader with organisational and time management skills

Benefits The company offer an extensive package with a wide variety of people focused incentives and enhancements rarely found.

For more information on this exciti ng role please contact Andy hayton at Cotech Building Careers on 0203 195 1100

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