Preconstruction Manager - Warrington

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About the role

Amazing infrastructure isn't the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Preconstruction Manager and you can build something to be proud of here.

Role Purpose

• To lead, manage and co-ordinate all aspects of a preconstruction team, bid ensuring that high quality, competitive proposals are delivered to the customer in a manner consistent with the Balfour Beatty Management System.
• To establish and maintain positive and effective relationships with customers, partners and bid team.
• To ensure all work winning pursuit plans to handover plans are in place.

What you'll be doing

As an Preconstruction Manager, will have the following responsibilities,

• Formulate and agree bid strategy with senior management to secure profitable orders (to achieve bid targets as required by the business)
• Form relationships with the customer or their representatives to develop clear understanding of their requirements
• Responsible for the establishment, management and maintenance of the approved bid budget
• Oversee and lead the preparation, coordination and delivery of presentations to customers as required, to successfully secure orders
• Attendance at key customer meetings and industry events (e.g. bidder open days)
• Oversee the establishment, production and implementation of bid management processes, including the following activities:
  - Compile Gate papers and tender settlement documentation (if required)
  - Bid management plans
  - Bid programmes
  - Decisions on major supply chain partners (if required)
  - Liaison with supply chain members to formulate aspects of the bid offer
  - Written technical, legal and financial contributions to bids
  - Document control and register of clarification responses
  - Record proceedings of meetings
  - Decision on consultant selection and scopes of services (if required)
  - Carry out customer intelligence gathering
  - Develop technological solutions for the bid via BIM and submissions technology
  - Carry out competitor SWOT analysis'
  - Have full knowledge of the tender requirements ensuring compliance in all respects of bid
  deliverable
• Be aware of company best practice and innovation within bids across the business stream
• Liaise with co-sponsors and internal bid steering committee for large and multiple bids, including preparation of Gate papers
• Lead the presentation of Tender Settlement meetings for large and multiple bids and obtain approvals
• Lead the handover of secured business
• Lead the establishment and maintenance a Project Risk Register
• Seek to understand, lead the development of and implement the appropriate digital toolsets to execute c ost take-off and other estimating activities, such as 5D cost planning

Who we're looking for

We're looking for,

• Previous experience of managing complex preconstruction projects and teams within the power sector industry is highly desirable. Specialist experience may be required in some business streams.
• Some understanding of the principles of framework procurement and experience within the most current forms of procurement is required.
• Membership of a relevant professional body, such as RICS/CIOB/RIBA/ICE/MICE/MIStructE is desirable, a nd a valid CSCS card is required.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills are required, coupled with an ability to form effective relationships with partners under time pressure.
• Customer centric in approach, with the ability to recognise potential opportunities in invitations to tender.
• A desire to continuously pursue innovation and development, with a focus on the customer and the relevant business.
• To have a bid writing ability.
• Working knowledge of best practice solutions and optimisation of innovative ideas and an understanding of the principles of Lean Construction and 5D cost planning is desirable/may be required.
• An understanding of BIM and how to read and assemble BIM models and produce appropriate reports from them is desirable/may be required.

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?

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...

About us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise.

We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.