Bid & Pre-Construction Design Lead – Civil Infra

Balfour Beatty plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working up to 40% remote

25 days paid annual leave pro rata

Family friendly policies incl. 28+?? 4

Pension, share incentive plan, etc.

Job summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking a talented Design Coordinator to join our Regional Civils team. This role will lead the design coordination during bid and pre-construction phases to deliver winning solutions.

You will manage multi-disciplinary teams, ensure alignment with customer requirements and standards, and drive high-quality outputs on time and within budget. A proactive, commercially aware approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in design coordination within civil engineering or infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of pre-construction and bid processes.
• Experience with various contract forms and procurement routes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to lead and influence multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proactive, solution-focused approach with strong commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate design across bid and pre-construction activities.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams to deliver compliant, cost-effective solutions.
• Align design with customer requirements, standards, and constraints.
• Build strong relationships with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Support winning tender strategies and framework opportunities.
• Ensure design outputs are on time, within budget, and high quality.
• Contribute to risk management, value engineering, and buildability.

Skills

Design coordination

Stakeholder management

Bid / pre-construction

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Job description

Balfour Beatty is seeking a talented Design Coordinator to join our Regional Civils team. This role will lead the design coordination during bid and pre-construction phases to deliver winning solutions.

You will manage multi-disciplinary teams, ensure alignment with customer requirements and standards, and drive high-quality outputs on time and within budget. A proactive, commercially aware approach is essential.