Pre Construction Manager

Established in 1998 Lancer Scott offers renowned high-quality construction projects and facilities management services, often competing and winning work from our much larger competitors. We are based in the heart of Bristol in a modern open plan office with great facilities.

To ensure our business remains fully supported we are investing into our people strategy and infrastructure to give our employees the tools to perform to the best of their ability. If you would like to join a rapidly expanding business that can offer up good opportunities for career development and professional personal growth.

To lead, control and report on the Company's pre-construction, estimating and tendering activities, ensuring opportunities are properly assessed, competitively priced, contractually compliant and submitted to the required standard and timescale. The role will provide the Managing Director with clear advice on tender strategy, risk, cost, programme, procurement and work-winning opportunities.

• Lead the preparation, coordination and timely submission of compliant, competitive tenders responding fully to the Employer's Requirements.
• Review opportunities at enquiry stage and advise the Managing Director on strategic fit, key risks, resources and tender approach.
• Develop analytical estimates, cost plans, bills of quantities and pricing schedules, including appropriate resource, subcontract, material, plant, preliminaries, legislative, SHEQ, programme and project-risk allowances.
• Coordinate enquiries to design consultants, subcontractors and suppliers; assess compliance, prepare tender comparisons, challenge quotations and maintain commercially effective supply-chain relationships.
• Coordinate tender programmes, methodology, logistics and resource requirements against financial allowances, identifying value-engineering opportunities and alternative solutions
• Work collaboratively with design, commercial, operational and SHEQ functions so that buildability, procurement, programme, risk and compliance are reflected within the tender
• Attend site visits, tender interviews and client/design/supply-chain meetings; maintain effective stakeholder relationships and support the Company's work-winning strategy.
• Maintain tender and historical cost information, benchmark rates and market intelligence, and provide management reports and forecasts.
• Manage estimating workload, priorities and deadlines; chair tender launch/review meetings and ensure disciplined tender governance and approvals.
• On award, lead a structured handover to operational and commercial teams covering assumptions, allowances, programme, procurement, design status, SHEQ, staffing, risks, exclusions and qualifications.
• Lead, mentor and develop Estimators, Trainee Estimators and other pre-construction personnel, promoting accountability, collaboration and best practice.

• Substantial estimating and pre-construction experience within a main contracting environment, including leadership of complex medium to large-scale tenders.
• Highly developed contractual and commercial awareness, including review of tender conditions, Employer's Requirements, amendments, risk allocation, qualifications and exclusions, with appropriate escalation before submission
• Strong analytical estimating, cost planning, subcontractor, supplier enquiry and comparison skills, with the ability to interpret drawings, specifications, programmes and contractual information into a compliant tender.
• In depth understanding of construction methodology, sequencing, resource planning, procurement, commercial risk and tender handover
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