Pre-Construction Lead – Retail Development & Feasibility

Marks & Spencer; England; Sur place; GBP 70 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Colleague discount

Bonus schemes

Pension scheme

Training programmes

Wellbeing support

Résumé du poste

Marks & Spencer in the United Kingdom is seeking a Pre-construction Manager for the South of England and Wales. You will lead feasibility assessments, manage development stages, and ensure projects meet capital parameters and Stage Gate 2 readiness.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, review AFLs, prepare business cases, and balance commercial risks with delivery times. This role requires strong leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in pre-construction, development management, project management or construction consultancy within retail, commercial, mixed-use or large-scale development environments.
• Strong knowledge of feasibility, design development, planning, statutory approvals, construction delivery and front-end development processes.
• Experience developing and managing cost plans, project budgets, value engineering initiatives, risk registers and mitigation strategies.

Responsabilités

• Lead technical and commercial feasibility assessments for new stores, relocations, extensions and development opportunities, evaluating site constraints, viability, abnormal costs, delivery risks and development potential.
• Manage projects through concept, definition and development stages, maintaining programmes, critical paths, milestones and readiness criteria to ensure successful handover at Stage Gate 2.
• Review and negotiate landlord and developer requirements, including Agreements for Lease (AFL) technical elements, shell specifications, development obligations and operational standards.
• Coordinate and challenge multidisciplinary consultant teams, including architects, engineers, planners, cost consultants and specialist advisors, ensuring design information is coordinated, commercially robust and deliverable.
• Prepare business cases, governance submissions, project budgets, cost plans and risk mitigation strategies, providing clear recommendations and ensuring projects remain aligned to approved capital parameters.

Connaissances

Commercial acumen

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Problem solving

Formation

Degree in Construction/Property/Surveying/Engineering

Outils

Excel

Microsoft Project

PowerPoint

Teams

Description du poste

Marks & Spencer in the United Kingdom is seeking a Pre-construction Manager for the South of England and Wales. You will lead feasibility assessments, manage development stages, and ensure projects meet capital parameters and Stage Gate 2 readiness.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams, review AFLs, prepare business cases, and balance commercial risks with delivery times. This role requires strong leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management.