BAM Construction
Pre Construction Lead
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Building a sustainable tomorrow
BAM UK & Ireland are recruiting for a Pre-Construction Lead to join the Facilities Management (FM) Team.
About the Role
The Pre-Construction Lead is responsible for leading all Pre-Construction activities across the Projects business, ensuring opportunities are effectively qualified, priced, and developed into commercially viable and deliverable projects. The role sits at the interface between business development, estimating, procurement, technical delivery, and project execution. The postholder will manage projects from initial enquiry through bid submission and handover to delivery, providing leadership on estimating, proposal development, risk management, procurement strategy, and client engagement to secure profitable growth. This role acts as the focal point for all project tenders, mini-competitions, framework call-offs, and energy or capital works opportunities.
This is a hybrid role and can work at any of our UK offices.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop winning strategies for tenders, frameworks, and negotiated opportunities.
- Manage opportunities through governance and stage-gate processes.
- Build a strong pipeline of profitable projects with the work-winning team.
- Engage clients early to influence scope, requirements, and solution design.
- Take overall responsibility for the end-to-end bid process, managing programmes, deliverables, and deadlines.
- Coordinate input from operations, commercial, procurement, technical specialists, and supply chain partners.
- Ensure submissions are compliant, compelling, and commercially robust.
- Lead tender clarifications, presentations, and client interviews.
- Drive improvements in bid quality, win rates, and governance compliance.
- Lead project pricing, including energy works and capital programmes.
- Develop cost plans, estimates, and commercial models, maintaining estimating and benchmarking information.
- Challenge assumptions and identify opportunities to improve margins and competitiveness.
- Assess project risks and opportunities and incorporate them into pricing strategies.
- Support commercial negotiations and contract awards.
- Develop procurement strategies aligned with bid requirements.
- Engage suppliers and subcontractors to secure competitive quotations and best value.
- Develop preferred supplier relationships and undertake market testing and benchmarking.
- Identify and mitigate supply chain risks while maintaining quality and compliance.
- Work with operational teams to develop innovative and deliverable solutions.
- Lead solution design for energy, lifecycle, fabric, M&E, and sustainability projects.
- Ensure proposals meet client requirements and operational objectives.
- Support value engineering and whole-life cost assessments.
- Promote digital and technology-enabled solutions where appropriate.
- Ensure effective transfer from tender to project delivery.
- Lead pre-start and handover meetings, communicating assumptions, risks, exclusions, and commercial commitments.
- Support mobilisation activities and capture lessons learned to improve future bids.
- Lead multidisciplinary bid and pre-construction teams.
- Mentor and develop estimators and project support staff.
- Promote commercial awareness, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Support recruitment and capability development within the Projects team.
- Establish standards, templates, and best practice across pre-construction activities.
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What’s in it for you?
In addition to an attractive salary, we offer a significant benefits package including an electric car or car allowance, contributory pension, BUPA, life assurance, 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), gym subsidy, BAM social club membership, and many more exciting benefits.
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What do you bring to the role?
- Strong understanding of procurement strategies and commercial risk.
- Excellent stakeholder management, client engagement, and communication skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and cost modelling skills.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams.
- Commercially driven, strategic, and results-focused.
- Collaborative, client-focused, and able to build strong working relationships.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention to detail.
- Self-motivated, resilient, and adaptable, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Demonstrates integrity, accountability, and transparency in decision-making.
- Strong communicator and influencer who drives positive outcomes.
- Committed to continuous improvement, delivery excellence, and effective process controls.
- Encourages digital transformation, innovation, and new ways of working.
- Role model of BAM values: Sustainable, Inclusive, Reliable, Ownership, and Collaborative.
About BAM
Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.
We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics.
The application process
BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel we need to do something to make it more accessible to you, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.
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