Pre-Construction Project Manager in Inverness

Building a sustainable tomorrow. BAM is a leader in delivering complex and sustainable engineering projects across the UK. With a strong foothold in Scotland, we are engaged in numerous frameworks and high-profile projects in the energy sector. Our team thrives on a culture of excellence, collaboration, and dedication to maintaining the highest standards. We believe in nurturing talent, fostering professional growth, and providing a supportive and inclusive work environment.

We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Pre-Construction Project Manager to join our dynamic Energy Sector team in Scotland. This is an exceptional opportunity for a driven professional to play a pivotal role in the securing of new projects and frameworks across the region and ensuring we deliver value adding, best in class preconstruction stage management. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with excellent communication and management skills. You will be instrumental in driving the success of our projects by fostering strong, collaborative relationships with clients, partners, bid and operational teams. If you are passionate about leading pre-construction efforts and delivering exceptional value, this role is for you.

Your team operates a flexible working policy. The role can be based in our offices in either Inverness or Kilsyth with occasional hybrid/flexible working supported. Travel to other BAM Offices, Client offices and project locations within Scotland and the wider UK will be required.

What you will do:

• Provide effective oversight, management, guidance and support to the teams involved with the Pre-construction phase of projects (also recognised as ‘Early Contractor Involvement’).
• Support across a range of procurement vehicles (Direct Award, Negotiation, Competitive Tender, Design & Build).
• Formulate and implement the pre-construction strategy to deliver the bid/project.
• Ensure that a coherent winning bid strategy is developed, working in conjunction with the Sector Preconstruction Lead (Scotland), Regional Accounts Manager, and key team members.
• Consider the safety, sustainability and commercial viability of opportunities and report conclusions early to management.
• Drive and energise the bid, preconstruction and design teams to achieve a successful outcome for each allocated tender/opportunity.
• Work closely with Client Accounts and wider Enabling Services (company governance, assurance and support services) to assure opportunities are aligned with BAM Strategy.
• Collaboratively manage bids and early contractor engagement; working closely with proposals, estimating, planning and technical leads.
• Mentor less experienced team members.
• Lead early contractor involvement/two stage pre-construction.
• Manage the bid plan, programme and budget, ensuring commercial, technical and quality milestones are met in a timely manner whilst meeting customer drivers.
• Ensure that pre-construction/tender deliverables are produced in a timely and effective manner.
• Complete written responses to relevant tender questions submitted as part of a bid or pre-construction process.
• Manage BAM’s internal governance processes and ensure compliance with the BAM Baseline.
• Identify design development, preconstruction and project risks and opportunities and report these using BAM Flow (company risk based software application).
• Capture innovation added, cost and programme savings and value added through the Preconstruction process.
• Lead successful progression of two-stage opportunities to handover for on-site delivery of projects.
• Liaise with the customer and act as the point of contact for delivering any aspects of the bid or pre-construction process.
• Undertake the role of Bid Manager on competitive bids as required.
• Prepare and run bid workshops including bid strategy, win themes, design, risk, programme and constructability reviews.
• Collate, share and embed Bid Management and Early Contractor Involvement best practice.

What do you bring to the role?

• Results driven with an understanding of risk/opportunity identification and management.
• Capable of planning predictable performance and sustainable returns.
• Team player who encourages high standards and is quality driven.
• Good time and resource management, being flexible to ensure deadlines are met.
• Capable of managing multiple bids at the same time, each with different priorities.
• Strong negotiator.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills are required, coupled with an ability to form effective relationships with partners under time pressure.
• Customer focused with the ability to recognise value opportunities.

The Following Are Desirable Requirements:

• Preconstruction/Bid Management competence and experience.
• Qualified to degree, HND or NVQ equivalent level.
• Existing knowledge and relationships with industry clients, stakeholders and suppliers.
• Experience in reviewing and agreeing contract terms and conditions, in particular NEC forms.
• Experience in estimating and design management.
• Knowledge and experience of corporate governance procedures.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary.
• A wide range of family-friendly policies.
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance.
• 8% matched pension contributions.
• Private healthcare.
• Life assurance.
• 26 days holiday.
• 2 wellbeing days.
• 1 volunteering day.
• Personal and professional development.

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.