Senior Pre-Construction Lead - High-Security Projects

Talent Right; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Right partners with a national security fencing contractor to recruit an experienced Pre-Contracts Manager. You will direct estimating, engineering and bid resources, challenge returns, and ensure proposals align with what the business can deliver on time and margin.

This office-based role involves coordinating a skilled team across tender strategy, procurement, and handover to delivery, with site involvement and no line authority over specialists.

Qualifications

• Senior pre-construction or delivery background.
• Strong buildability and programme logic experience.
• Commercially sharp with margin and risk sign-off responsibility.
• Understanding back-to-back subcontract exposure.
• Experience leading value engineering and coordinating suppliers/consultants.
• Ability to direct estimating, engineering and bid resources without line authority.
• Civil/construction background; Tier 1 to Tier 2 breadth is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Review tender strategy and project methodology.
• Assess programme, procurement and delivery risks.
• Identify long-lead items and supply chain constraints.
• Review commercial and operational exposure.
• Direct estimating, engineering and bid resources, and coordinate internal tender review.
• Prepare proposals for client submission.
• Validate buildability and delivery sequencing against the methodology standard.
• Ensure the programme can be achieved or improved.
• Lead value engineering and coordinate with Engineering and Drafting Manager.
• Coordinate technical inputs and clarifications with consultants and suppliers.
• Complete a thorough WBS review; sign off margin and risk within authority.
• Engage Commercial Manager on subcontract terms; align supplier terms with head contract.
• Recommend procurement sequencing and supplier commitments; review with Contracts Administrator.
• Engage Senior PM to allocate the delivery team; finalise procurement strategy and key path items.
• Transfer programme, procurement, technical solution and project risks to delivery team.

Skills

Senior pre-construction

Buildability

Programme logic

Margin sign-off

Value engineering

Lead without authority

Civil/construction background

Subcontract management

Job description

Talent Right partners with a national security fencing contractor to recruit an experienced Pre-Contracts Manager. You will direct estimating, engineering and bid resources, challenge returns, and ensure proposals align with what the business can deliver on time and margin.

This office-based role involves coordinating a skilled team across tender strategy, procurement, and handover to delivery, with site involvement and no line authority over specialists.