Pre-Construction Manager
Location: Luton, Bedfordshire – head office based
Salary: Competitive salary and benefits, tailored to experience
The Opportunity
Lead pre-construction on refurbishment and new-build projects worth up to £15m for a growing, family-owned main contractor. With a £45m turnover, our client works with public and private clients across the commercial, education, industrial, heritage and leisure sectors.
As Pre-Construction Manager, you will lead a team of three Estimators and one Bid Writer, reporting to the Senior Management Team. You’ll shape tender strategy from the initial opportunity through to handover to the delivery team. Your workload will cover small works, public sector frameworks and main contracts, including high-security and blue light opportunities.
Why Join?
• Lead and develop an established estimating team, with direct access to senior management.
• Join a supportive, collaborative business that values people, open communication, safety and well-being.
• Help shape pre-construction processes and grow with the business.
The Role
• Lead the full pre-construction and tender process across small works up to £1m and main contracts up to £15m.
• Develop the estimating team, allocate tenders and review cost plans, estimates and pricing for accuracy and commercial risk.
• Chair bid launch, strategy and tender settlement meetings, presenting pricing, risks, opportunities and margins to senior management.
• Coordinate early design, PCSA stages, value engineering and buildability with design, commercial and operational teams.
• Develop construction programmes, logistics plans, methodologies and risk registers; manage supply chain enquiries and compare quotations.
• Build client relationships and lead compliant, persuasive bids. Work with the bid team and subject matter experts to develop win themes and quality responses that address the evaluation criteria.
• Ensure successful tenders have a clear, well-priced and documented handover to delivery and commercial teams.
About You
• Experience as a Pre-Construction Manager within a main contractor, with strong tendering knowledge across refurbishment and/or new-build projects up to £15m.
• Proven ability to lead estimating or multidisciplinary teams and manage client relationships.
• Experience managing PCSA stages and producing construction programmes, logistics plans and methodology documents.
• Working knowledge of MS Project, Asta Powerproject or similar, with strong commercial awareness and clear communication skills.
Experience in a growing contractor and introducing process improvements would be an advantage.
Apply Now
To apply for the Pre-Construction Manager role in Luton, send your CV. You’ll be joining a growing main contractor to lead its pre-construction work.