Preconstruction Manager

Talk Recruitment; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Talk Recruitment is seeking a Bid Manager / Preconstruction Project Manager for a hybrid/remote role in the West Midlands. This is open to individuals from Bid Manager, Assistant Bid Manager, Design Manager, QS, Planner or Project Manager backgrounds and who can join a leading UK building main contractor.

The role focuses on cost planning, design feasibility, and securing tender opportunities while coordinating with design and commercial teams.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Experience as Bid Manager, Preconstruction Project Manager, Design Manager, QS, Planner or Project Manager.
• Experience on projects in Commercial, Leisure, Mixed Use, Residential, etc.
• Main Contractor experience.
• Good communication skills.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc).

Responsibilities

• Ensure project costs align with scope, customer requirements and current legislation.
• Collaborate with the preconstruction team to secure and convert tender projects.
• Create robust accurate cost plans through the design gateways up to target price.
• Guide the design team and inform the customer with respect to affordability.
• Identify opportunities and risks and provide value-driven solutions.
• Lead procurement schedule and build supply chain relationships.
• Review supply chain performance with the operations team.
• Assist in change control, advising on the impact and cost of design changes.
• Carry out cost assessments on alternative design solutions.

Skills

Knowledge of Building Sector

Good communication skills

Education

Degree / HND / HNC

Job description

Bid Manager / Preconstruction Project Manager or Assistant Bid Manager- Construction / Building - West Midlands - Hybrid / remote working role.

Opportunity for an already experienced Bid Manager or for someone to transfer experience from a Design Manager, QS, Planner or Project Manager role into a full time Bid Manager / Preconstruction Project Manager role.

Also open to consider someone already at Bid Manager level or Assistant Bid Manager.

Due to a strong pipeline this is an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK's largest privately owned building main contractors.

Role

As Bid Manager your role will include:

• Ensure that all costs on the project are in accordance with the project scope, the customer's requirements and current legislation.
• Collaborate with the wider preconstruction team to secure and convert tender projects.
• Create robust accurate cost plans through the various design gateways up to target price.
• Guide the design team and inform the customer with respect to affordability.
• Use technical experience to identify opportunities and risks along with solutions to add value.
• Collaborate with the project team to identify and value alternative design solutions where required and present to the customer for review.
• Support the design discipline by costing change control items as identified and track through the RIBA Stages.
• Complete or manage project take-offs to the required level of detail (SMM7/NRM2/building quants).
• Provide a complete and robust cost information pack during the substantiation process to the commercial build team at handover, to include completed comparisons, bills of quantities, tender book and quotations.
• Lead the procurement schedule and build supply chain interaction and relationships.
• Review the performance of supply chain partners with the operations team.
• Collaborate with the design lead to capture and include design fees in the tender summary book (consultants, statutory authorities, surveys, schedules, and the like).
• Assist in the change control process, identifying design changes between RIBA stages, advising on the impact of the change and approximate cost.
• Carry out cost assessments on alternative design solutions to inform the final design and project/customer budget.

Requirements

To be considered for this Bid Manager / Preconstruction Project Manager role you must meet the following criteria:

• Knowledge of Building Sector.
• Previous employment as a Bid Manager, Preconstruction Project Manager or a Design Manager, QS, Planner, Project Manager or similar.
• Previous experience / knowledge in building sector projects such as Commercial, Leisure, Mixed Use, Residential, Apartment Blocks, Student Accommodation, Hotels, Extra Care Housing, MOJ, Industrial, Education or Healthcare.
• Previous Main Contractor employment
• Good communication skills.
• Relevant industry qualification (Degree / HND / HNC etc).

Remuneration

The successful Bid Manager will receive:

• Competitive Basic (Dependent on experience)
• Car Allowance
• Pension
• Bonus