Pre-Contracts Manager / Senior Pre-Contracts Manager

AmcoGiffen; Cumbernauld; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Company Car or Car Allowance

Generous Holidays

Volunteer Days

Pension & Life Insurance

Health & Wellness

Career Development

Employee Voice

Job summary

AmcoGiffen, based in Cumbernauld, Scotland, is seeking a Pre-Contracts Manager to lead pre-contract and bid management activities while working closely with senior leadership to identify and develop opportunities. You will manage a multidisciplinary team, ensuring submissions are of the highest quality and aligned with client expectations.

The ideal candidate should have a strong background in bid management, excellent leadership skills, and be collaborative. The role offers a competitive salary, company car or allowance, and generous benefits including holidays and a contributory pension.

Qualifications

• Experience in pre-contracts, bid management, or pre-construction within infrastructure, rail, or civil engineering.
• Confidence managing complex bids and competing priorities.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading pre-contract and bid management activities across Scotland.
• Managing and developing a multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders to identify and secure new opportunities.

Skills

Experience in pre-contracts

Strong leadership skills

Collaboration across diverse teams

Commercial awareness

Strong communication skills

Managing complex bids

Education

HNC/HND/Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Location: Cumbernauld, Scotland

Sector: Rail, Civil Engineering, Power & Energy Infrastructure

Why Join Us?

• Competitive Salary (negotiable based on experience)
• Company Car or Car Allowance for your convenience
• Generous Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays (with increases for length of service)
• Volunteer Days: Up to three days to give back to causes you care about
• Pension & Life Insurance: Secure your future with our contributory pension scheme and life insurance cover
• Health & Wellness: Access to Westfield Health Cash Plan and exclusive Westfield Rewards
• Career Development: Ongoing learning opportunities and a supportive infrastructure for your professional growth. Structured development programmes and leadership pathways including women in leadership programmes
• Employee Voice: A platform to have your ideas heard and make a real impact

Your Role as Pre-Contracts Manager

You will lead pre-contract and bid management activities across the region, ensuring that submissions are strategic, high quality, and aligned with client expectations. Working closely with senior leadership, you’ll help identify and develop opportunities, manage pipeline activity, and continuously improve how we approach work‑winning. Alongside this, you’ll lead and support a multidisciplinary team—creating a positive, inclusive environment where people can grow and succeed.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading pre-contract and bid management activities across the Scotland region
• Managing and developing a multidisciplinary team, including bid professionals and technical contributors
• Overseeing prequalification (EOI/PQQ) and tender submissions, ensuring quality and consistency
• Shaping bid strategies that respond to client needs and project requirements
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders to identify and secure new opportunities
• Coordinating multi-disciplinary input to produce clear, compelling, client-focused submissions
• Driving continuous improvement through feedback, lessons learned, and innovation in processes
• Managing workload planning, pipeline visibility, and bid resource allocation
• Supporting a collaborative and inclusive culture across the team

What We’re Looking For

We welcome applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. If your experience aligns with most of the below, we’d encourage you to apply.

• Experience in pre-contracts, bid management, or pre-construction within infrastructure, rail, or civil engineering
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate, mentor, and support others
• A collaborative approach and ability to work across diverse teams
• Commercial awareness and a strategic mindset
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Confidence managing complex bids and competing priorities

It would be beneficial if you also have:

• Experience within rail or multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects
• A relevant qualification (HNC/HND/Degree or equivalent experience)
• Experience working within a Tier 1 or Tier 2 contractor environment

Equal Opportunities Employer

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is proactively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.