Job Description:

Position: Pre-Construction Manager - Civil Engineering
Location: Birmingham / Midlands
Salary: Up to £110,000 - £115,000 DOE
Working Arrangement: Office / Project Based
Employment Type: Permanent

Having been established for over 20 years, the business has developed into one of the UK's leading self-delivering contractors, successfully delivering complex groundworks, enabling works and heavy civil engineering projects ranging from £1 million to £80 million across infrastructure, defence, energy and major regeneration sectors.

Following its transition to an Employee Ownership Trust, the business is continuing to invest heavily in its people and future growth. As part of this expansion, they are now looking to appoint an experienced Pre-Construction Manager, with Birmingham / the Midlands the preferred location, although exceptional candidates based in London will also be considered.

This is not a traditional bid-led Pre-Construction Manager position. The role is approximately 30% tender/pre-construction and 70% post-tender/pre-delivery, taking technically complex projects beyond tender through PCSA and Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) and developing them into construction-ready schemes. The successful candidate will interrogate how projects will actually be built, focusing on buildability, methodology, sequencing, programme and design development, before ultimately transitioning projects into the delivery team.

For this reason, the business is particularly interested in experienced Project Managers / Senior Project Managers from Civil Engineering and Infrastructure backgrounds who want to move upstream into pre-construction while retaining a strong connection to project delivery.

• Salary up to approximately £85,000 - £115,000, dependent on experience.
• Approximately £5,000 - £6,000 car allowance.
• Salary-sacrifice electric vehicle scheme available as an alternative.
• Free EV charging at the office.
• Discretionary bonus scheme.
• 6% employer pension contribution, with 5% employee contribution.
• Private medical healthcare.
• 26 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Benefits associated with working within an Employee Ownership Trust.
• Opportunity to influence major projects before they reach construction.
• Strong pipeline of complex Civil Engineering and infrastructure projects.
• Excellent long-term career progression within a growing business.

• Take responsibility for the technical development of major Civil Engineering projects through pre-construction and into delivery.
• Work across an approximate 30% tender / 70% post-tender and pre-delivery split.
• Review tender opportunities from a technical and construction perspective.
• Develop construction methodologies, buildability solutions, phasing and sequencing strategies.
• Review project programmes and contribute to the development of construction programmes.
• Work closely with Estimating, Planning, Design, Commercial and Operational teams during tender.
• Interrogate proposed solutions and identify more efficient or practical ways of constructing projects.
• Lead and support projects through PCSA and extended ECI stages.
• Work closely with clients and their delivery teams throughout the pre-construction period.
• Coordinate with design teams, consultants and technical stakeholders to progress project information.
• Drive technical approvals and resolve outstanding design and construction issues.
• Support the discharge of relevant planning conditions and other pre-construction requirements.
• Identify project risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies before works commence.
• Ensure projects are sufficiently technically developed and de-risked before reaching site.
• Maintain close involvement with the operational team to ensure pre-construction strategies are practical and deliverable.
• Manage the transition and handover of projects into the construction/delivery team.

• Strong background within Civil Engineering, Infrastructure or Heavy Civils.
• Previous experience as a Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Construction Manager or Pre-Construction Manager would be particularly suitable.
• Candidates from Senior Agent / Project Agent or technically focused Estimating backgrounds may also be considered where they can demonstrate the appropriate experience.
• Strong practical understanding of how Civil Engineering projects are constructed and delivered.
• Excellent knowledge of buildability, construction methodology, phasing and sequencing.
• Strong understanding of project programming with the ability to review and contribute to construction programmes.
• Experience coordinating design and technical information on complex projects.
• Experience working through PCSA and/or ECI stages would be highly advantageous.
• Ability to identify and resolve technical issues before projects reach site.
• Strong understanding of project risk and the ability to develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Confident working directly with clients, consultants, designers and operational teams.
• Technically inquisitive with the ability to challenge proposed solutions and identify better ways of building and delivering projects.
• Previous experience with a Tier 1 or Tier 2 Civil Engineering / Infrastructure contractor will be considered.
• Civil Engineering degree or equivalent qualification advantageous but not essential, with relevant experience and technical capability considered more important.
• Strong communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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