Pre-Construction Manager

Overview

In this role, you will lead the pre-construction process for a regional portfolio of education projects, from tender through contract award. You will collaborate with clients, consultants, and the supply chain to shape the bid strategy, construction methodology, and risk-aware approaches. Based in London, you will drive cross-functional alignment and ensure profitable, compliant tenders. The position offers visibility across regional bids and a meaningful impact on BAM’s sustainable-built environment. You will operate in a collaborative, client-focused culture that values proactive problem-solving.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company Car or Car allowance
• 8% matched pension
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday

Responsibilities

• Develop bid strategies and own bid submissions from start to finish
• Coordinate bid writers, manage tender resources, and highlight differentiators
• Lead bid meetings and liaise with bid managers and writers
• Plan tender delivery programme, budgets, governance, and progress monitoring
• Assess project constraints by visiting proposed sites and meeting clients/designers
• Identify consultants, designers, and supply chain partners to support bids
• Engage clients, designers, and supply chain when developing design and methodology
• Prepare presentation materials for mid-term and post-tender interviews
• Manage second stage tender through to contract award
• Visit live sites to learn and inform future tenders
• Support national and inter-regional bids and initiatives

Key requirements

• Ability to lead a preconstruction team with coordinated design, commercial, planning, and construction disciplines
• Understanding of influencing health and safety during tenders
• Excellent client and consultant communication to align offers and add value
• Confidence to challenge methodology, sequencing, commercial, programme and design aspects
• Strong project/construction management skills
• Strong analytical, organisational, commercial, verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in collating and writing tender content
• MS Office proficiency (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
• Degree qualification or equivalent and CIOB or equivalent

• strong communication
• collaboration
• problem-solving
• tender management
• bid strategy development
• construction methodology development

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