Technical Manager

M&M Contractors (Europe) Ltd; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

M&M Contractors (Europe) Ltd in Ireland seeks a Pre-construction Major Projects Manager to lead early client engagement, feasibility, tender strategy and handover into delivery. You will coordinate cross-functional teams to produce buildable, commercially robust proposals for major infrastructure schemes.

The role requires significant front-end experience, strong commercial awareness and the ability to manage multiple opportunities to meet deadlines and client requirements.

Qualifications

• Degree, HNC/HND, professional qualification or equivalent experience in construction management.
• Significant pre-construction, bid, tender or front-end project development experience within major infrastructure sectors.
• Strong understanding of feasibility, scope development, tender strategy and risk review.
• Experience leading tenders for complex multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects with interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead the pre-construction process from early engagement through tender submission, contract award and handover.
• Develop bid, delivery and commercial strategies aligned to client requirements and business objectives.
• Coordinate estimating, design, planning, procurement, commercial, HSEQ and operational input into proposals.
• Lead opportunity reviews, tender launch meetings, risk reviews and lessons learned.
• Review contract conditions and interface obligations to support commercial decision-making.

Skills

Pre-construction leadership

Bid strategy

Commercial awareness

Coordination

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree or equivalent in construction management or related

Job description

M&M Contractors is a multi-disciplinary infrastructure business delivering power, utilities, civils and associated construction services across major projects and framework environments. The purpose of this role is to strengthen M&M’s front-end project development capability by ensuring major opportunities are properly assessed, planned, risk-reviewed and converted into clear, buildable and commercially robust proposals before handover into delivery.

The Pre-construction Major Projects Manager will lead early client engagement, feasibility, tender strategy, commercial review and handover into delivery, coordinating clients, consultants, estimating, commercial, design, planning, procurement and delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the pre-construction process from early engagement through tender submission, contract award and handover.
• Develop bid, delivery and commercial strategies aligned to client requirements, project constraints and business objectives.
• Coordinate estimating, design, planning, procurement, commercial, HSEQ and operational input into coherent proposals.
• Lead opportunity reviews, tender launch meetings, risk reviews, settlement discussions and lessons learned.

Major Projects Development

• Develop complex infrastructure schemes through feasibility, design development, buildability review, procurement strategy and delivery planning.
• Provide construction input on design, sequencing, logistics, temporary works, access, consents and stakeholder constraints.
• Assess drawings, specifications, surveys and employer’s requirements to identify scope gaps, risks and opportunities.
• Prepare methodologies, execution plans, phasing approaches, programme narratives and delivery assumptions for major submissions.
• Support major project tenders, including scope reviews, clarifications, assumptions, exclusions and submission strategy.
• Work with estimating and commercial teams to align pricing with methodology, resource strategy, contractual requirements and risk position.
• Lead or contribute to risk and opportunity reviews, ensuring key items are evaluated, owned and reflected in submissions.
• Review contract conditions, scope boundaries and interface obligations to support commercial decision-making.
• Coordinate pre-construction design development, ensuring solutions are complete, buildable, safe and efficient.
• Work with planners to develop realistic programmes, critical path narratives, procurement schedules and milestone plans.
• Identify statutory, environmental, utility, land, access, traffic management, possession and stakeholder constraints.
• Ensure methods and programmes align with CDM, safe systems of work and operational best practice.

Pre-construction Governance & Assurance

• Control pre-construction activity through clear governance, including bid/no-bid, tender launch, risk, settlement and handover reviews.
• Establish clear ownership of scope, qualifications, deliverables, risks, opportunities and assumptions during tender development.
• Ensure methodologies, programmes, design and cost assumptions are reviewed for buildability, sequencing, resourcing and risk.
• Maintain document control over tender information, clarifications, client requirements, approvals and handover records.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree, HNC/HND, professional qualification or equivalent experience in construction management, civil engineering, electrical engineering, quantity surveying, project management or a related infrastructure discipline.
• Significant pre-construction, bid, tender or front-end project development experience within major infrastructure, utilities, power, energy, transport, industrial or civil engineering sectors.
• Strong understanding of feasibility, scope development, tender strategy, estimating support, procurement planning, risk review, settlement and handover.
• Experience leading or supporting tenders for complex multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects with commercial, technical, programme and stakeholder interfaces.
• Ability to review drawings, specifications, surveys, programmes, commercial information and contracts to identify scope gaps, risks and delivery constraints.
• Strong buildability, commercial awareness, communication and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple opportunities and deadlines.
• Professional membership or working towards membership of CIOB, ICE, IET, RICS, APM or similar.
• Experience on utility, power, energy, EV infrastructure, renewable, data centre, transport, industrial or large civil engineering schemes.
• Experience working with DNOs, IDNOs, local authorities, statutory undertakers, consultants, developers, principal contractors, ICPs or EPC contractors.
• Familiarity with NEC/JCT contracts, planning, consents, wayleaves, street works, traffic management, stakeholder engagement and tender governance.

• Pre-construction leadership and bid strategy
• Commercial and contractual awareness
• Buildability, planning and delivery awareness
• Risk and opportunity management
• Stakeholder, consultant and supply chain coordination
• Clear communication, structured problem solving and constructive challenge

Role Success Measures

• High-quality, compliant and commercially robust tender submissions.
• Early identification and management of scope, programme, commercial, design and delivery risks.
• Clear, buildable methodologies and realistic programme strategies.
• Effective coordination of internal teams, consultants, clients and supply chain partners.
• Smooth handover from pre-construction into delivery with clear assumptions, risks and responsibilities.