Group Preconstruction Planning Manager, Glasgow, Scotland

About Mercury

Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions. We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life-changing advancements that connect people, communities, and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again.

We deliver our clients’ visions through leading-edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including:

• Enterprise Data Centres
• Advanced Technology & Life Sciences
• Hyperscale Data Centres
• Fire Protection

At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities Of The Role

• Reports to: Group Head of Planning
• Overall responsibility: For pre-construction planning strategy across the Group, covering all tenders, PCSAs, Early Works, and bid-stage programmes
• Ownership: Of the tender and PCSA planning process, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance across all regions and business units
• Define, implement, and continuously improve: Group tender & pre-construction planning standards, methodologies, and best practice
• Act as the technical authority: For bid and PCSA programmes, providing governance, challenge, and assurance prior to submission
• Lead the review, validation, and sign-off: Of tender and PCSA programmes, including logic, sequencing, durations, milestones, and risk allowances
• Ensure tender programmes are aligned with: Commercial strategy, construction methodology, procurement strategy, logistics, and commissioning approaches
• Develop and maintain: Standardised templates, narratives, assumptions registers, and programme deliverables for tenders and PCSAs
• Work closely with: Estimating, Commercial, Construction, MEP, CSA, Design, and Procurement teams to ensure fully integrated and credible bid programmes
• Provide early planning input to: Bid strategy, risk reviews, value engineering, buildability assessments, and option studies
• Establish and manage planning inputs for: External client audits, technical reviews, and bid clarifications
• Support the transition from bid → PCSA → live project: Ensuring programme continuity and clear handover to project planning teams
• Collaborate with the Group Planning Training & Development Manager: To ensure planners can deliver high-quality tender and PCSA programmes
• Define capability requirements, guidance, and development pathways: For planners involved in pre-construction and tendering activities
• Mentor and technically support: Senior, Project, and Pre-Construction Planners involved in bids and PCSAs
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of: Industry best practice, client schedule specifications, DCMA principles, and market expectations
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives: Based on bid outcomes, client feedback, PCSA lessons learned, and project performance
• Prepare regular management reports and dashboards: On tender workload, programme quality, risk trends, and pre-construction planning performance
• Ensure planning activities comply with: Health, Safety, Environmental, and Quality policies, particularly during early work and enabling phases
• Provide strategic support to the business: On planning resourcing, bid prioritisation, and workload forecasting
• Where required, support the wider Planning Leadership Team: In planning governance, strategy, and management activities
• Carry out all other duties associated with the role