Pre-Construction Manager – South of England and Wales

Overview

In this role you lead feasibility and commercial assessments for new stores and redevelopment opportunities, shaping development potential and delivery risks. You manage projects from concept through readiness criteria to enable Stage Gate 2 handover, coordinating cross-functional teams and external advisers. You review landlord requirements, negotiate agreements, and ensure designs are commercially robust and deliverable. You prepare business cases, budgets, and risk plans to keep projects aligned with capital parameters, influencing strategic decisions with senior stakeholders.

Pay / Benefits

• 20% colleague discount
• Competitive holiday entitlement with optional extra days
• Discretionary bonus schemes
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
• Tailored induction and training programmes
• Wellbeing support including 24/7 Virtual GP

Responsibilities

• Lead feasibility assessments for new stores, relocations, extensions and development opportunities, focusing on viability, costs and delivery risks
• Manage projects through concept, definition and development stages with clear milestones and readiness criteria
• Negotiate and review landlord/developer requirements including AFLs, shell specs, and operation standards
• Coordinate multidisciplinary consultant teams to ensure coordinated, deliverable design information and cost effectiveness
• Prepare business cases, governance submissions, budgets, cost plans and risk mitigation strategies with clear recommendations
• Support stakeholder engagement and decision-making through clear communication of complex information

Key requirements

• Proven experience in pre-construction, development management, project management or construction consultancy in retail, commercial, mixed-use or large-scale development
• Strong knowledge of feasibility, design development, planning, approvals, construction delivery and front-end development processes
• Experience developing and managing cost plans, budgets, VE initiatives, risk registers and mitigation strategies
• Degree in Construction, Property, Surveying, Architecture, Engineering or a related field; MRICS, MCIOB, MAPM or equivalent beneficial/ongoing
• Proficiency with Excel, Teams, Project and PowerPoint; knowledge of retail development processes advantageous

• Commercial acumen
• Stakeholder management
• Negotiation and influencing
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft Project

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