Pre-construction Director in Buckinghamshire

Energy Jobline ZR; England; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technical contractor in North West London seeks a Senior Pre-Construction Director to lead high-complexity builds in logistics, data centres, and life sciences. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in winning projects, engaging clients, and leading estimating teams. This role offers significant autonomy and competitive compensation, making it an exceptional opportunity in a strong market.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in pre-construction leadership.
• Client-facing skills presenting to the C-suite.
• Solid leadership of cost planning, risk, and procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-construction for complex builds.
• Own the Pre-Construction portfolio in logistics, data centres, and life sciences.
• Build relationships and influence project outcomes.

Skills

Winning work

Engaging senior clients

Leadership in estimating function

Understanding of logistics, data centres, and life sciences

Job description

Job Description

Senior Pre-Construction Director | UK Logistics, Data Centres & Life Sciences | North West London | £120,000 + | Permanent

Join an ambitious, high-growth technical contractor in a Senior Pre-Construction Director role.

This is a role for somebody willing to be the face of pre‑construction for a business specialising in high complexity builds – namely, purpose‑built logistics hubs, mission‑critical data‑centres and cutting edge life‑sciences facilities. These are not just routine projects – they are the kind of schemes demanding vision, speed, precision and an appetite for winning.

Our client is a UK based technical construction partner operating out of North West London, with a reputation of delivering excellence as standard. They are actively in pursuit of a Senior Leader to own the UK Pre‑Construction portfolio in logistics, data centres and life sciences, and take it to the next level.

What you’ll bring to the table

• You are a work‑winning pre‑construction leader: you understand how to engage senior clients, anticipate their needs, align early design and cost strategy, build the winning bid and then transition smoothly into delivery.
• You have hands‑on experience across logistics, data centre and/or life‑science sectors (or highly relevant adjacent sectors) and you understand what differentiates a successful, high‑velocity commercial build from the rest.
• You are comfortable being client‑facing: presenting to the C‑suite, building relationships, influencing and negotiating at pace.
• You have solid leadership of the estimating function and associated teams in your remit – ensuring that cost planning, risk, tendering, procurement and design coordination all roll up into a winning bid.
• You are based (or prepared to be based) in and around North West London (office based with travel as needed for UK projects).

Why this role is different

• You will operate at a senior level with significant autonomy and influence – owning a UK portfolio of critical sectors where the market is strong and the opportunity is clear.
• The company is scaling with confidence and they are investing in growth.
• You will sit at the heart of both bid‑winning and strategic positioning – this isn’t just a “delivery” role, it’s a proper leadership role.
• The reward will match the responsibility: while the exact salary bracket isn’t specified, this client is prepared to pay what is needed to secure the right person.

In short

This is a chance to take the lead in shaping and winning the next wave of major UK logistics, data centre and life‑science projects for a business that is pushing boundaries in technical construction.

If you thrive on winning work, building teams, talking to senior clients and shaping strategy – this could be your next defining move.

Apply now or contact Darren @ rework for more information.