Preconstruction Manager - Sizewell C - Advanced Works Packages - Suffolk site based

Balfour Beatty Investments - North America; Leiston; Hybride; GBP 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Smart working

Remote options up to 40%

25 days annual leave

Maternity/adoption leave (28 weeks)

Pension and share incentive

Résumé du poste

Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering in the UK is seeking a Pre-Construction Manager (Enabling & Earthworks Readiness) to lead readiness planning for major enabling and earthworks at Sizewell C. You will coordinate multiple functions to ensure prerequisites for mobilisation are defined, managed, and ready in time.

The role requires strong programme management, constructability awareness, and a track record in complex, highly regulated projects, with a focus on interface leadership and risk

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional membership of a recognised institution (ICE, APM, CIOB, or equivalent) desirable.
• Significant experience in major infrastructure, nuclear, rail, highways, energy, or large-scale construction projects.
• Proven experience in pre-construction, construction readiness, project management, or mobilisation leadership.
• Experience managing enabling works and earthworks programmes on complex projects.
• Demonstrated experience of coordinating multidisciplinary teams and interfaces.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments.

Responsabilités

• Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive readiness plans for enabling and earthworks activities.
• Identify all pre-construction requirements, dependencies, constraints, assumptions, and milestones necessary to support construction readiness.
• Establish and manage readiness gates and assurance processes for work package commencement.
• Coordinate cross-functional readiness reviews and track actions through to closure.
• Ensure alignment between readiness activities and the integrated project programme.
• Coordinate readiness of design information to support construction preparedness.
• Lead readiness activities for major enabling works including: Site establishment, Temporary works and construction logistics, Utilities diversions and protections, Access roads and infrastructure, Environmental mitigation works, Earthworks, excavation, and bulk material movement operations.
• Verify that construction methodologies, sequencing, resource strategies, and logistics arrangements are adequately developed and approved.
• Ensure construction teams receive fully prepared and viable work fronts.
• Support constructability reviews to confirm proposed designs, methodologies and sequencing are practical and aligned with delivery requirements.

Connaissances

Programme management

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Construction delivery

Earthworks understanding

Formation

Degree in Civil Engineering/Construction Management/Project Management

ICE/APM/CIOB membership desirable

Description du poste

About the role

The Pre-Construction Manager (Enabling & Earthworks Readiness) is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, and readiness activities required to safely and efficiently commence major enabling and earthworks operations within the Civil Works Alliance (CWA) at Sizewell C.

The role acts as the critical interface between programme, engineering, construction, commercial, procurement, permitting, environmental, stakeholder, and supply chain teams to ensure all prerequisites for delivery are identified, managed, and achieved before the mobilisation and execution of works.

The postholder will develop and manage readiness plans, coordinate cross-functional activities, monitor risks and constraints, and provide assurance that enabling and earthworks packages are fully prepared to proceed in accordance with project objectives, regulatory requirements, and safety expectations.

What you'll be doing

Key responsibilities

Readiness Planning & Coordination

• Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive readiness plans for enabling and earthworks activities.
• Identify all pre-construction requirements, dependencies, constraints, assumptions, and milestones necessary to support construction readiness.
• Establish and manage readiness gates and assurance processes for work package commencement.
• Coordinate cross-functional readiness reviews and track actions through to closure.
• Ensure alignment between readiness activities and the integrated project programme.
• Coordinate readiness of design information to support construction preparedness.

Enabling & Earthworks Package Readiness

• Lead readiness activities for major enabling works including:
  • Site establishment.
  • Temporary works and construction logistics.
  • Utilities diversions and protections.
  • Access roads and infrastructure.
  • Environmental mitigation works.
  • Earthworks, excavation, and bulk material movement operations.
• Verify that construction methodologies, sequencing, resource strategies, and logistics arrangements are adequately developed and approved.
• Ensure construction teams receive fully prepared and viable work fronts.
• Support constructability reviews to confirm proposed designs, methodologies and sequencing are practical and aligned with delivery requirements.

Risk & Constraint Management

• Identify and manage risks that could affect mobilisation or delivery of enabling and earthworks activities.
• Maintain readiness risk registers and mitigation plans.
• Proactively resolve programme constraints, technical issues, permits, approvals, or interface challenges.
• Escalate critical risks and readiness issues through appropriate governance routes.

Who we're looking for

ssential Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional membership of a recognised institution (ICE, APM, CIOB, or equivalent) desirable.

Experience

• Significant experience in major infrastructure, nuclear, rail, highways, energy, or large-scale construction projects.
• Proven experience in pre-construction, construction readiness, project management, or mobilisation leadership roles.
• Experience managing enabling works and earthworks programmes on complex projects.
• Demonstrated experience of coordinating multidisciplinary teams and interfaces.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments.

Technical Skills

• Strong understanding of construction delivery, engineering processes, and project lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of earthworks, temporary works, construction logistics, and enabling infrastructure.
• Programme management and schedule integration expertise.
• Risk management and mitigation planning skills.
• Commercial and procurement awareness.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering is one of the UK’s leading specialist geo-technical contractors, providing innovative piling and ground improvement solutions across all sectors.

Our comprehensive ground engineering capabilities, equipment and experience provide the solid foundations for infrastructure and buildings of any height, ranging from city skyscrapers to cross-country rail and road projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

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