Senior Bid Manager/Preconstruction Manager

Galliford Try; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Bid Manager/Preconstruction Manager to lead their preconstruction team in Birmingham. This role offers the chance to work on significant projects while ensuring the team achieves its objectives. You will be responsible for overseeing the entire work winning process, from opportunity identification to project handover. The company values collaboration and is committed to the wellbeing of its employees, offering a supportive environment and opportunities for career growth. If you have a passion for construction and leadership, this is the perfect opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Corporate discounts

Cycle to Work schemes

Save as You Earn share purchase scheme

Private medical scheme options

Paid professional association membership

Qualifications

• Experience in managing tender processes and leading preconstruction teams.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preconstruction team and manage the work winning process.
• Ensure compliance with bid management processes and governance.

Skills

Construction Industry Experience

Commercial Awareness

Tender Management

Risk Management

Leadership

Education

Relevant Degree in Construction or Management

Tools

NEC Contracts

JCT Contracts

Job description

Senior Bid Manager/Preconstruction Manager

Location: Birmingham

An opportunity has arisen for a Preconstruction Manager to join the team at Galliford Try. Ideally, you will be based in or around the West Midlands or South West area and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the Region.

What you will be doing:

You will support and report to the Preconstruction Director by providing leadership of and taking responsibility for the performance of Galliford Try Building West Midlands & South West Preconstruction team, based in the Solihull office; from identification of an opportunity, through pre-qualification, the tender, post-tender negotiations, preferred bidder stage, and handover of the project to our delivery teams to construct.

You will maintain an overview of the entire work winning process and ensure it is efficiently managed in accordance with Galliford Try’s bid management processes and fully complies with corporate governance and that our submissions provide the maximum opportunity for success.

You will lead by example by engendering a collaborative culture throughout the team, including our supply chain, consultants, and customers, ensuring that everyone upholds Galliford Try’s purpose, vision and values.

You will be based in the Solihull office but will also be required to spend time in the Bristol office as and when required.

• Effective management of delivering preconstruction services within financial constraints to meet Business Plan objectives.
• Develop, lead, and manage a preconstruction team to meet Business Unit objectives.
• Contribute to the effective management of the preconstruction team.
• Identify winning bid themes, strategies, and actions. Communicate and implement effectively.
• Be responsible for the commercial element of a project and not just the quality submission.
• Standardise quality bid submissions & share best practice across Galliford Try.
• Ensure design strategy is in place, risk analysed & summarised.
• Create/review technical submissions.
• Adherence to tender processes as set out by the business unit and Galliford Try’s BMS.
• Receive, analyse, and disseminate tender documents, including handling clarifications and amendments.
• Preparation of bid programmes, bid budgets and monitoring of progress against both.
• Ensure all bids are subject to correct adjudication and governance procedures e.g. bid: no bid criteria, settlements, and approvals.
• Help develop, lead, manage and maintain a procurement strategy to meet objectives.
• Capture lessons learned on every bid, ensuring learning feeds into improvement activities.

About You:

• Relevant experience within the construction industry, with experience in work winning.
• Be commercially aware and be responsible for the financial aspect of tenders.
• Successfully managed both first stage tender and preferred bidder programmes and been responsible for their delivery.
• Experience of relevant customer and framework procurement processes.
• Detailed understanding of safety leadership from a policy and behavioural perspective.
• Knowledge of NEC & JCT forms of contract.
• High level of understanding of risk management and how this impacts on being able to produce tenders that when chosen by our customers provide an expected level of return without exposing the business to excessive levels of risk.
• Have experience of line managing and being responsible for a preconstruction team.

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion, we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
• A wide range of corporate discounts.
• Cycle to Work schemes.
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.
• Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.

About us:

Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

A full job description for this role is available upon request.

Galliford Try are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.

Job Info

• Job Identification 1658
• Job Category Bid Management
• Posting Date 01/29/2025, 03:35 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift Day
• Locations 6060 KNIGHTS COURT, SOLIHULL, B37 7WY, GB 5th Floor, Bristol, BS1 4AQ, GB