Pre-Contracts Manager / Senior Pre-Contracts Manager

AmcoGiffen; Cumbernauld; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car or Car Allowance

25 days holidays + bank holidays

Volunteer Days

Pension & Life Insurance

Health & Wellness plan

Career Development

Employee Voice

Job summary

AmcoGiffen in Scotland is seeking an experienced Pre-Contracts Manager to lead bids and shape strategy for key Scotland projects from our Cumbernauld base. You will drive high-quality submissions, coordinate multi-disciplinary input and collaborate with senior leadership to win work that strengthens infrastructure.

As a senior member of the team, you’ll mentor bid professionals, manage pipeline activity, and develop opportunities while fostering an inclusive culture and continuous improvement

Qualifications

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

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

Skills

Leadership

Bid management

Communication

Collaboration

Commercial awareness

Education

HNC/HND/Degree or equivalent

Job description

Location: Cumbernauld, Scotland

Sector: Rail, Civil Engineering, Power & Energy Infrastructure

We’re looking for an experienced and collaborative Pre-Contracts Manager / Senior Pre-Contracts Manager to join our Scotland team in Cumbernauld.

This is a key leadership opportunity to shape how we win work—driving high-quality bids, influencing strategy, and securing projects that strengthen infrastructure and support communities across Scotland.

You’ll be part of a supportive and forward-thinking environment where different perspectives are valued, and where your ideas and leadership will make a genuine impact.

Why Join Us?

We offer more than just a job; we offer a platform for growth and success:

• 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.

About Us

We’re at the forefront of infrastructure development in Scotland, excelling in rail, civil engineering, and energy sectors. Our busy and fast-paced region delivers projects from the ground up, covering everything from multi-disciplinary capital projects to long-term maintenance frameworks.

Our portfolio includes:

• Civil Infrastructure: Bridges, footbridges, earthworks, and embankments.
• Building Works: Station upgrades, platforms, and tunnels.
• Rail Systems: Electrification & Plant works, reactive and planned maintenance.

With a strong track record in Civils Asset Management (CAM), Renewals Enhancement Framework (REF), and Slabtrack frameworks, we thrive on delivering exceptional results across Scotland’s rail network.

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.

You’ll likely bring:

• 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

The Company

Join a company that values innovation, collaboration, and dedication. Be part of a team committed to delivering excellence in infrastructure while building a safe, rewarding workplace.

Why AmcoGiffen?

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively 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.

Health & Wellbeing

Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.