Pre-Construction Lead – High-Value London Builds

Cotech Building Careers; Southampton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cotech Building Careers seeks a Pre-Construction Manager to join the Building South team, concentrating on London-focused work and reporting to the Senior Pre-Construction Manager. You will lead pre-construction activities, collaborate with governance, commercial, estimating, planning and design management, and guide a multidisciplinary team through tender and pre-construction phases.

The role requires strong leadership, client engagement, and a track record of multi-project delivery in a

Qualifications

• Holds a full UK Drivers Licence
• CSCS Card
• HNC/HND/Degree in a construction or engineering subject and / or
• Membership of a relevant body (CIOB, APM, CIAT, RICS)
• Previous Pre-Construction experience on projects up to £20m with strong experience of leading multidisciplinary teams
• A proven record of successful multi-project delivery through management of a skilled team of people
• Commercial and contractual awareness
• Computer literate on Microsoft applications and other software
• Ability to maintain relationships with clients, customers, and suppliers.
• Team leader with organisational and time management skills

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the Pre-Construction activities for traditional or design and build projects, once awarded, with responsibility for managing the Pre-Construction process from tender issue, through a pre construction services agreement period then to handover to the operational team for delivery.
• Work collaboratively with the members of the Pre-Construction team, inclusive of governance, commercial, estimating, planning, and design management to ensure milestones are identified, monitored, and achieved to successfully complete the Pre-Construction process.
• Contribute towards quality requirements of the bid writing process, bringing knowledge and experience to develop a bid winning strategy.
• Full engagement with our clients to instil confidence in the team’s ability to deliver the project(s) at initial tender stage and throughout the Pre-Construction services period. Maintaining focus on the team objectives, managing the consultants, and managing client relationships.
• Work collaboratively with the team to identify risks and associated mitigation measure to ensure the projects are de-risked during the Pre-Construction period.
• Attend site visits to view the project during the Pre-Construction stage and engage with designers and supply chain partners as necessary to inform the detailed design and pricing process.
• Collaborative working with all external and internal stakeholders will be crucial to this role and successful applicants will need to demonstrate an ability to plan, coordinate and manage either at Pre-Construction or Construction stage whilst also demonstrating a sound construction knowledge.
• Manage the workload of the Pre-Construction team to ensure that it remains balanced, avoiding overload, and managing the wellbeing of the team.
• Show excellent presentation skills to deliver clear and concise bid requirements to the bid team and upstream to the Directors and key stakeholders.
• Embrace the business culture ensuring your behaviours remain, collaborative, trusted and focussed.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Bid writing

Presentation skills

Client relationships

Risk management

Commercial awareness

Education

HNC/HND/Degree in construction or engineering

Membership of CIOB/APM/CIAT/RICS

Tools

CSCS Card

Microsoft Office

Job description

Cotech Building Careers seeks a Pre-Construction Manager to join the Building South team, concentrating on London-focused work and reporting to the Senior Pre-Construction Manager. You will lead pre-construction activities, collaborate with governance, commercial, estimating, planning and design management, and guide a multidisciplinary team through tender and pre-construction phases.

The role requires strong leadership, client engagement, and a track record of multi-project delivery in a