Preconstruction Director - RC Frame, Structures & Groundworks

Cityscape Recruitment LTD.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Car allowance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Cityscape Recruitment LTD. is seeking a Preconstruction Director for RC Frame, Structures & Groundworks projects in London.

This senior role focuses on shaping winning strategies, influencing pricing, and leading major tenders with top-tier clients and contractors. You will work with the Managing Director and board to position opportunities, drive methodology, and secure landmark projects across residential, commercial, industrial, data centre and energy sectors.

Qualifications

• Senior level within a leading RC Frame, Structures & Groundworks contractor.
• Ability to combine technical understanding, methodology, pricing awareness and client engagement into work-winning strategies.
• Existing relationships in London's construction market are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic preconstruction activity across major tenders.
• Challenge methodology, buildability and construction sequencing.
• Influence pricing strategy with the estimating function.
• Lead client presentations, negotiations and pre-award meetings.
• Build long-term relationships with Tier One contractors, developers and end clients.
• Support negotiated opportunities, ECI and two-stage tenders.

Skills

Leadership

Client engagement

Pricing strategy

Estimating

Engineering credibility

Job description

PRECONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR - RC FRAME, STRUCTURES & GROUNDWORKS

Where Innovation and Engineering Excellence Win Projects.

£150,000 - £190,000 + Performance Bonus + Car Allowance + Comprehensive Benefits

About the Employer:

Some organisations build their reputation by following established ways of working. Others build it by challenging them. This is one of those organisations.

Engineering excellence, innovation and quality aren't simply company values - they're the foundations upon which this business has been built. Every opportunity is approached with the same mindset:

• Can we engineer a better solution?
• Can we deliver greater value?
• Can we differentiate ourselves from the competition?

That philosophy has helped establish the business as one of the UK's leading specialist contractors, delivering complex reinforced concrete structures and groundwork packages across the residential, commercial, industrial, data centre and energy sectors.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director and Board, you'll join a leadership team where decisions are made quickly, ideas are encouraged, and experience is respected. Leadership isn't removed from projects - it's built on first-hand operational knowledge, engineering credibility and a genuine understanding of what it takes to consistently win work in one of the UK's most competitive markets.

High standards are expected, but so is the opportunity to influence the future direction of the business.

About the Role:

The best preconstruction leaders don't simply manage tenders. They shape how landmark projects are won.

Too often, preconstruction is viewed as an extension of estimating. Here, it's recognised for what it really is: the discipline that brings together engineering, methodology, pricing strategy and client relationships to secure major projects.

Projects of this scale are rarely won on price alone. They're secured through confidence in the technical solution, the construction methodology and the people presenting it.

This isn't about producing estimates.

It's about creating the confidence that wins projects.

Working alongside the Managing Director, Board and senior operational teams, you'll help determine which opportunities the business pursues and how they're positioned in the market. You'll work closely with estimating, engineering, planning and operational teams to develop work-winning strategies for projects typically ranging from £20m to £40m, with flagship schemes regularly exceeding £50m.

• Leading strategic preconstruction activity across major tenders.
• Challenging methodology, buildability and construction sequencing.
• Influencing pricing strategy alongside the estimating function.
• Leading client presentations, negotiations and pre-award meetings.
• Building long-term relationships with Tier One contractors, developers and end clients.
• Supporting negotiated opportunities, Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) and two-stage tender processes.
• Bringing together estimating, engineering and operational expertise to produce compelling work-winning solutions.

Imagine sitting alongside the Managing Director and Board discussing which £40m opportunity the business should pursue next not because you ve been asked to price it, but because your judgement will help determine whether the organisation wins it.

While the business delivers selected flagship projects elsewhere in the UK, the vast majority of its work remains centred around London, allowing you to work on some of the capital's most prestigious developments while remaining close to the market where your relationships matter most.

About You:

We're looking for a genuine preconstruction leader.

Your career may have started in estimating, engineering or operations. That's not what will define you.

Today, you're recognised for your ability to combine technical understanding, methodology, pricing awareness and client engagement into successful work-winning strategies.

You'll already be operating at a senior level within a leading RC Frame, Structures & Groundworks contractor, where you've earned the credibility to sit opposite major developers, Tier One contractors and key decision makers with confidence.

You understand:

• How projects should be built.
• How projects should be priced.
• How projects should be presented.
• And ultimately, how projects are won.

Existing relationships within London's construction market will be highly advantageous, but equally important is your ability to build trust, communicate with confidence and inspire clients to believe in the solutions you present.

The best preconstruction leaders aren't remembered for producing the cheapest tender. They're remembered because clients trust their judgement, believe in their solutions and want to work with them again. That's the calibre of person we're looking for.

Salary, Benefits & Career Opportunity:

• £150,000 - £190,000 basic salary (depending on experience).
• Performance-related bonus.
• £10,000 car allowance.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Reporting directly to the Managing Director and Board.
• London-based role with regular client and project meetings across the capital.
• The opportunity to influence the strategic direction of one of the UK's most progressive specialist engineering contractors.
• Exposure to landmark residential, commercial, industrial, data centre and energy projects.
• Work alongside highly respected operational, engineering and estimating professionals whose standards are as high as your own.
• Long-term career security within a business that continues to invest in people, innovation and engineering excellence.

Exceptional preconstruction leaders rarely find themselves actively searching for a new opportunity. They're usually too busy helping their current employer secure the next major project. If this advert has caught your attention, perhaps it's because you're ready for a bigger challenge, greater influence and the opportunity to help shape the future of one of the UK's leading specialist contractors. If so, I'd welcome a confidential conversation.