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Pre-Construction Project Manager, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Location:
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Construction
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Yes
Job Reference:
23c706c38d84
Job Views:
4
Posted:
21.03.2025
Expiry Date:
05.05.2025
Job Description:
Building a sustainable tomorrow
BAM Nuttall is a leader in delivering complex and sustainable engineering projects across the UK. With a strong foothold in the North of England, we are engaged in numerous frameworks and high-profile projects in the energy, flood defence, highways, rail and water sectors. Our team thrives on a culture of excellence, collaboration, and dedication to maintaining the highest standards. We believe in nurturing talent, fostering professional growth, and providing a supportive and inclusive work environment.
We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Pre-Construction Project Manager to join our dynamic Regional Civils team in Northern England. This is an exceptional opportunity for a driven professional to play a pivotal role in the securing of new projects and frameworks across the region and ensuring we deliver value adding, best in class preconstruction stage management. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with excellent communication and management skills.
By leveraging the principles of Client Account Management, you will play a key part in securing new business opportunities and ensuring smooth project delivery, from initial concept through to execution. You will be instrumental in driving the success of our projects by fostering strong, collaborative relationships with clients, partners, bid and operational teams. If you are passionate about leading pre-construction efforts and delivering exceptional value, this role is for you.
Your work environment
The role can be based in our offices in either Newcastle or Leeds with hybrid/flexible working supported. Travel to other BAM Offices, Client offices and project locations within Northern England and the wider UK will be required.
People are at the heart of what we do at BAM. We recognise that creating a diverse and inclusive environment that nurtures our employees and encourages them to bring their best and whole self to work is crucial. We're on an exciting journey to get us there by recruiting the very best talent to join us regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.
Your mission
* Provide effective oversight, management, guidance and support to the teams involved with the Pre-construction phase of projects
Support across a range of procurement vehicles (Direct Award, Negotiation, Competitive Tender, Design & Build)
Formulate and implement the pre-construction strategy to deliver the bid/project. Ensure that a coherent winning bid strategy is developed, working in conjunction with the Regional Preconstruction Manager, Regional Accounts Manager, Regional Director and key team members.
Consider the safety, sustainability and commercial viability of opportunities and report conclusions early to management.
Drive and energise the bid, preconstruction and design teams to achieve a successful outcome for each allocated tender/opportunity, following designated processes and best practice in place within the organisation.
Work closely with Tender Desk, Client Accounts and wider Enabling Services to assure opportunities are aligned with BAM Strategy.
Collaboratively manage bids and early contractor engagement, working closely with proposals, estimating, planning and technical leads.
Lead early contractor involvement / two stage pre-construction, managing the bid plan, programme and budget, ensuring commercial, technical and quality milestones are met in a timely manner whilst meeting customer drivers.
Ensure that pre-construction / tender deliverables are produced in a timely and effective manner.
Complete written responses to relevant tender questions submitted as part of a bid or pre-construction process.
Manage BAM’s internal governance process and ensure compliance with the BAM Baseline.
Identify design development, preconstruction and project risks and opportunities and report these using BAM Flow.
Capture innovation added, cost and programme savings and value added through the Preconstruction process.
Lead successful progression of two-stage opportunities to on-site delivery projects.
Liaise with the customer and act as the point of contact for delivering any aspects of the bid or pre-construction process.
Undertake the role of Bid Manager on competitive bids as required.
Prepare and run bid workshops including bid strategy, win themes, design, risk, programme and constructability reviews.
Collate, share and embed Bid Management and Early Contractor Involvement best practice.
Manage and update the BAM CRM system and the Northern England Workload Tracker.
Who are we looking for?
The ideal candidate will possess the following experience:
* Results driven with an understanding of risk/opportunity identification and management
* Capable of planning predictable performance and sustainable returns
* Team player who encourages high standards and is quality driven
* Good time and resource management, being flexible to ensure deadlines are met
* Capable of managing multiple bids at the same time, each with different priorities
* Good interpersonal and communication skills are required, coupled with an ability to form effective relationships with partners under time pressure
* Customer-focused with the ability to recognise value opportunities
The following are desirable requirements:
* Preconstruction / Bid Management competence and experience
* Qualified to degree, HND or NVQ equivalent level
* Existing knowledge and relationships with industry clients, stakeholders and suppliers.
What’s in it for you?
A wide range of family-friendly policies
8 % matched pension contributions
Life assurance
26 days holiday
Personal and professional development
BAM Nuttall is also committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices, and to developing policies that support work-life balance.
Who are we?
The art of building is about building for communities; it’s about building for life.
Where others stop, we go further, leading the way towards a sustainable tomorrow for us and future generations. As an industry leader, we raise the bar.
Our values: sustainable, inclusive, collaborative, reliable and ownership, enable us to achieve our ambitions. Today, tomorrow and every day.
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