Geotechnical Pre-Construction Lead

Balfour Beatty plc; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary negotiable

Health cover

Company car or car allowance

Discretionary annual bonus

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension savings schemes

Enhanced maternity/paternity and work–

Refer and Earn scheme

Discretionary annual salary reviews

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Pre-Construction Manager to lead the pre-construction phase for major geotechnical projects in the UK. You will develop target prices, programmes and estimating outputs, collaborating with commercial, technical, procurement, operations and clients to support delivery.

Based in Ipswich, you will manage governance, estimation records and robust first-principles cost build-ups with a focus on accuracy, risk management and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading pre-construction activity or estimating teams on major geotechnical, civil engineering or infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of planning, programming, progress monitoring, risk and opportunity management.
• Confident communicator able to collaborate, influence and engage with technical, commercial, operational and client-facing stakeholders.
• Strong management capability, including technical project management, change management, facilitation and team leadership.
• Highly numerate and analytical, with excellent attention to detail across quantities, rates, outputs and calculations.
• Ability to identify, manage and control risk, opportunity and change throughout the pre-construction process.
• Desirable experience includes Candy estimating software, NEC4, alliance working and chartership or progress towards chartership.

Responsibilities

• Define and agree the scope of works to be developed during the pre-construction phase.
• Lead the production of estimates and programmes in accordance with CWA requirements and GSA governance expectations.
• Review client drawings, specifications and technical information to support accurate first-principles cost build-ups for materials, labour, plant and equipment.
• Ensure pre-construction outputs are communicated clearly, accurately and on time to the wider GSA team, CWA and other key stakeholders.
• Identify, record and manage assumptions, risks and opportunities through the target price development process.
• Collaborate with project teams and the supply chain to develop and understand proposed methodologies, construction principles, interfaces and constraints relevant to GSA deliverables.
• Oversee robust first-principles development of labour, plant, materials and subcontract pricing within Candy estimating software, where required.
• Maintain appropriate control of data, information and estimating records within the GSA team.
• Apply rigorous review and checking processes to promote accuracy, consistency and confidence in all pre-construction outputs.

Skills

Leadership

Pre-construction

Estimating

Stakeholder engagement

Numerical analysis

MS Office suite

Education

Construction Management / Civil Engineering / Quantity Surveying

Tools

Candy estimating software

NEC4

SharePoint

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Pre-Construction Manager to lead the pre-construction phase for major geotechnical projects in the UK. You will develop target prices, programmes and estimating outputs, collaborating with commercial, technical, procurement, operations and clients to support delivery.

Based in Ipswich, you will manage governance, estimation records and robust first-principles cost build-ups with a focus on accuracy, risk management and stakeholder engagement.