Preconstruction Manager in London

BAM UK & Ireland's Infrastructure Segment are seeking a Preconstruction Manager to provide strategic leadership, co-ordinate and manage bidding activity across the HS&M Business Unit and support the wider Transportation Sector. Ensuring a coherent and consistent approach to successfully meet client requirements, BAM objectives and assure BAM Stage Gate corporate governance from SG1-4.

Your team will be based out of our office in Central London.

Making Possible

As Preconstruction Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

• Organising and leading Business Unit Preconstruction meetings, forums and regular updates.
• Proactively participating and contributing to Transport Sector Preconstruction meetings.
• Ensuring, in conjunction with the Business Unit Leadership Team, HS&M Director and Sector Preconstruction Lead, a preconstruction competency within the business unit.
• Setting the example of the professional behaviours expected.
• Ensuring with the HS&M Director and Sector Preconstruction Lead that sufficient number and calibre of resources are made available to the Bid Manager for each tender, working with the leadership team as required.

Strategic

• Working in close cooperation with the HS&M Director, Sector Client Director and Sector Preconstruction Lead to focus on preconstruction activities to meet the Business Unit OP objectives and long-term strategy.
• Acting as the business unit representative at Transport Sector and Infrastructure Segment Preconstruction meetings.
• Ensuring factual pipeline information for the HS&M Business Unit is visible on CRM and shared with the Business Unit and Sector Leadership Teams.
• Overseeing compliance with and acting as the point of contact for Tender Desk and the Stage Gate process for the rail sector (Stage 1-4 inclusive).
• Engaging with Head of Estimating and Estimating team to ensure cognisance of market trends and stability are accounted for in risk management and budgets.
• Ensuring in conjunction with the HS&M Director, Sector Client Director, Sector Preconstruction Lead, Client Relationship Leads and bid managers that win strategies are produced for all bids and that sufficient pre-position information is being collated.
• Developing supply chain / SMEs strategic HS&M BU approach and relationships to drive value for money bid and delivery propositions.

Leading and motivating

• Leading, mentoring, motivating and energising bid managers, teams and individuals.
• Coaching, encouraging and maintaining positivity within teams.
• Collating, sharing and embedding Bid Management best practice.
• Obtaining, sharing and applying lessons learned from bid feedback.
• Proactively identifying and solving issues within organisation, individual and logistics to facilitate bid process and production.
• Encouraging and harnessing creative and imaginative proposals from within the team to ensure the development of the best possible solution.
• Driving, developing, reviewing and evolving bid strategies regularly through the bid process.
• Solid understanding of contract, technical and pricing processes to allow challenge of proposed strategies.
• Supporting the wider team, collaborating to find successful solutions.
• Coordinating BU Bid Management Training in conjunction with Sector Preconstruction Lead.
• Undertaking any other duties that may be assigned by line management.

What do you bring to the role?

Essential

• Strong knowledge of the UK Infrastructure market & previous Rail or Major Project orientated experience would be beneficial.
• Strong communication skills (written, oral and aural).
• Ability to bring teams together and work effectively.
• Risk management, commercial and contractual awareness.
• Experience working in the preconstruction environment.

Desirable

• Bid Management competence / experience.
• Professionally qualified to Chartered Engineer or equivalent.
• Existing knowledge and relationships with a relevant client body, eg. HS2, TfL, Network Rail and other industry clients and stakeholders.

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.

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe. We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM UK & Ireland (Infrastructure). 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.