Pre-construction Project Manager

London and Quadrant Housing Trust; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 58 000 - 63 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Pension plan

28 days annual leave (+1 per year)

Westfield Health Cash Plan

Life assurance

Volunteering days

Employee Assistance Programme

Résumé du poste

London and Quadrant Housing Trust is seeking a Pre-construction Project Manager to lead the pre-work stages of planned investment, mechanical and electrical works, and fire safety remediation across high-rise buildings. You will integrate design, specifications, costed reviews and regulatory compliance into actionable pre-construction plans.

You will report to the Regional Programme Manager, manage multiple projects, and collaborate with asset strategy, finance, and housing management to ensure

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management with strong customer service skills.
• Experience managing programmes: planned investment, mechanical/electrical works, complex projects, fire safety remediation.
• Understanding of EWS remediation and façade safety.
• Experience with Gateway applications under the Building Safety Act for high-rise buildings.

Responsabilités

• Translate data sources into deliverable pre-construction projects for capital works.
• Support regional teams across capital works programmes and liaise with asset strategy, commercial and housing management.
• Build relationships with Building Safety Team and delivery regions to ensure smooth handover to construction phase.

Connaissances

Project management

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

MS Office

EWS remediation

Building Safety Act

Pre-construction

Formation

HNC in construction

Description du poste

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week

Salary: £57,094 per annum to £63,032 per annum (London weighted salary) or £49,502 per annum to £55,106 per annum (Regional Salary) dependant on experience

Grade: 10

Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford

Perona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office.

Closing Date: 13 November 2026 at 11pm

Interview Dates: 20th November 2026, face to face at our Stratford, London office

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.

Join our Major Works Team at L&Q:

The Major Works Pre-Construction Team require a Pre-construction Project Manager to manage the pre work stages of all planned investment, mechanical and electrical works, complex projects, high rise buildings and fire safety remediation.

All projects must be developed into an efficient de-risked solution to which our partners/contractors can deliver. You will works as part of the pre-construction team which is the glue between asset strategy, housing management, commercial, compliance and regional delivery.

You will report into the Regional Programme Manager of Pre-construction, manage a number of projects to ensure all pre-construction activities are completed, so projects can be passed to the regional delivery team ready for the construction phase.

Your impact in the role:

You may need to support our other regional teams for our capital works programme. Translating multiple data sources into deliverable projects on site. Including design, technical specification, costed reviews of proposals and assessing deliverability of projects throughout all pre-construction stages. Covering refurbishment, planned investment, mechanical and electrical works and fire safety remediation.

Your will need to be a good team player, have excellent communication and people skills to work well within a team. Worked within a capital works team, managed EWS Projects previously.

You will need to build key relationships with our Building safety Team, major works delivery regions, Asset Strategy, Commercial teams, finance and housing management.

What you'll bring:

• Proven experience in project management, with strong customer service skills.
• Proven experience in managing a variety of programmes such as planned investment, mechanical and electrical works, complex project and fire safety remediation
• Understanding of EWS remediation and façade safety.
• Practical experience of Gateway applications under the Building Safety Act for high-rise buildings.
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, including risk management and high-level reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder collaboration and influencing skills.
• Strong IT and data capability, including experience managing asset data and excellent MS Office skills.
• Good working knowledge of standard measured term or partnering contracts.
• Strong understanding of fire risk compliance and regulatory obligations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of pre-construction processes: design, specifications, tendering, planning, building regulations, CDM 2015, and leaseholder consultation (Section 20).
• HNC in a construction-related discipline or equivalent relevant experience.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email [e-mail]

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they’re at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We’re proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We’re a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we’ve introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Our Housing stock is based in London, South East England and Manchester.

Starting from £65,913 per annum (London weighted salary) or from £57,900 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience

Benefits include:

• Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution)
• 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• non-contributory life assurance
• up to 21 hours volunteering paid days
• lifestyle benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme
• many more…