Pre Construction Manager (Civil & Electrical Design)

ZipRecruiter; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in the UK is seeking a Pre Construction Manager to oversee project transitions from design to construction. This critical role requires a strong technical background, leadership skills, and experience in managing multiple projects, ensuring efficient project delivery while maintaining safety standards and compliance. The ideal candidate will drive project success with practical design solutions and effective stakeholder management.

Benefits

Car allowance

Health insurance

Pension with up to 8% employer contribution

Flexible benefits

Personal Wellbeing Days

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Personal development programme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in preconstruction and construction management.
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams.
• Strong knowledge of construction management practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage preconstruction tasks for design & build projects.
• Lead constructability reviews and provide site support.
• Oversee risk management and transition to construction.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Education

HND in Engineering or Construction

Health & Safety qualification (SMSTS, IOSH, or NEBOSH)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Project management software

Job description

Job Description

Leeds, Stowmarket, London (Hybrid)

Permanent & Full Time

Competitive Salary + Car Allowance & Flexible Benefits

Summary

Freedom is currently seeking a Pre Construction Manager to lead a team of design engineers on large, multidisciplinary projects. This role is responsible for ensuring the successful transition from preconstruction to construction, supporting the seamless handover of engineering solutions to the construction phase.

The successful candidate will work closely with the design and construction teams, ensuring that designs are practical, cost-effective, and compliant. This position requires strong leadership, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills to drive project efficiency and delivery.

This role may involve managing multiple projects simultaneously and will require occasional travel to offices and sites.

Key Deliverables

The Pre Construction Manager will focus on Design & Build projects, with responsibilities across three key phases:

Tender Phase:

• Evaluate client and project requirements from tender documentation.
• Assist the sales and business development teams with risk and opportunity assessments.
• Provide cost estimations and contribute to initial project scheduling.
• Address design-related queries during the tender process.

Post-Contract Award:

• Lead constructability reviews, ensuring designs are practical for construction.
• Provide construction-level input into the project schedule and quality plan.
• Assist in managing the project risk register and health & safety file.
• Support the transition from design to construction.

Construction Phase:

• Provide site support, troubleshooting construction issues as they arise.
• Offer technical guidance to ensure design feasibility throughout the project.
• Conduct lessons learned reviews to enhance future project execution.

What We’re Looking For

Freedom is looking for individuals with a strong technical background in civil engineering and construction, along with commercial awareness and leadership capability. We actively encourage chartership in engineering, and senior professionals are expected to be chartered or working towards it.

Essential:

• Extensive experience in preconstruction and construction management.
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams of construction managers, supervisors, and site engineers.
• Strong knowledge of construction management, OH&S, and SHEQ.
• HND in Engineering or Construction (or equivalent qualification).
• Health & Safety qualification (SMSTS, IOSH, or NEBOSH).

Desirable:

• Knowledge of UK T&D regulations and client standards.
• Familiarity with safe systems of work and engineering best practices.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and project management software.
• CSCS card.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.

If you are an experienced Pre Construction Manager looking for a dynamic role where you can drive project success from design to construction, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits:

We're always evolving our benefits to ensure we're attracting and retaining great people. Some of what you can expect includes:

• Industry competitive Base Salary + Sales Bonus
• Car/Car allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Pension with aleading provider andup to8% employer contribution
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program to support mental health and well-being (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Flexible benefits to suit from Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Give As You Earn, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes.
• Personal development programme

Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

Freedom are part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

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