European Pre-Construction Lead for High-Impact Projects

Waymo LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Waymo LLC in London is seeking a Regional Pre-Construction Manager to lead technical due diligence, feasibility studies, and cost estimates for regional projects across the globe. You will standardize regional artifacts and manage cross-functional vendor performance, ensuring consistency and quality in every pre-construction phase.

You have 7-10 years of leadership in pre-construction with strong cost modeling, feasibility, and vendor management experience.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in a related field such as Construction Management, Architecture, or Engineering (or equivalent practical experience).
• 7-10 years of experience leading pre-construction projects, property feasibility evaluations, or commercial/industrial development projects
• Proven experience producing conceptual cost estimates and financial models that are directly used by executive leadership to commit capital and approve major real estate investments
• Portfolio Vendor Management & Quality Accountability: Proven experience managing a diverse portfolio of third-party design, engineering, and consulting vendors, with a demonstrated ability to evaluate their deliverables, enforce strict quality standards, and hold them accountable to high performance

Responsibilities

• Lead Regional Technical Due Diligence: Own and manage the technical due diligence process for all candidate properties within your region, reviewing power capacity, zoning, land usage, environment risks and ODD alignment
• Oversee Feasibility, Test-Fits & Cost Estimates: Direct and review the spatial test-fit layouts, conceptual cost estimates, and initial project schedules in your region
• Track Regional Milestones & RAID Governance: Actively track critical-path milestones, manage dependencies, and maintain regional Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAID) logs across all active pre-construction projects to proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks
• Drive Regional Artifact Standardization: Standardize and enforce the use of global pre-construction artifacts (e.g., scope templates, due diligence checklists, and handoff deliverables), ensuring every regional project starts from a consistent, reusable baseline and that all variations are intentional and controlled
• Manage Regional Vendor Sourcing & Accountability: Oversee the regional pre-construction vendors (e.g., architects, civil engineers, cost consultants, etc.), holding them accountable to high performance and rigorous deliverable quality
• Build & Lead the Regional Pre-Con Team: Recruit, mentor, and develop a high-performing regional pre-construction team, growing individual capabilities and scaling pre-con coverage to match the expanding market pipeline.

Skills

Pre-Construction Leadership

Cost Estimation

Vendor Management

Quality Accountability

Team Leadership

Education

BA/BS in Construction Management or Engineering

Job description

Waymo LLC in London is seeking a Regional Pre-Construction Manager to lead technical due diligence, feasibility studies, and cost estimates for regional projects across the globe. You will standardize regional artifacts and manage cross-functional vendor performance, ensuring consistency and quality in every pre-construction phase.

You have 7-10 years of leadership in pre-construction with strong cost modeling, feasibility, and vendor management experience.