Balfour Beatty plc
Preconstruction Manager
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About The Role
At Balfour Beatty, we're creating infrastructure that connects communities, drives economic growth, and leaves a lasting legacy. As one of the UK's leading infrastructure groups, we deliver some of the nation's most complex and rewarding civil engineering projects.
We're looking for an experienced Preconstruction Manager to join our Regional Civils team based in Warrington. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the preconstruction phase of major civil engineering projects, working collaboratively with clients, designers, and delivery teams to develop winning solutions that are safe, innovative, sustainable, and commercially robust.
What you'll be doing
As a Preconstruction Manager You Will
- Lead the preconstruction process from opportunity identification through to contract award.
- Manage multidisciplinary bid and preconstruction teams to develop high-quality, compliant submissions.
- Build strong relationships with clients, consultants, and supply chain partners.
- Drive value engineering, buildability, innovation, and sustainable solutions throughout the bid process.
- Coordinate design development, estimating, planning, risk management, and commercial input.
- Ensure governance requirements are met while maintaining programme milestones.
Who we're looking for
You Will Have The Following
- Experience in preconstruction, bid management, or project management within the civil engineering sector.
- A strong understanding of infrastructure delivery, including highways, structures, public realm, utilities, or general civil engineering projects.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Commercial awareness with the ability to balance risk, opportunity, and client expectations.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex tender submissions.
- Knowledge of NEC contracts and collaborative procurement routes.
- A relevant degree or professional qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline (preferred).
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Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
Benefits
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
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About Us
With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.
We’re looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com
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