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We have an exciting opportunity for a Pre-Construction Manager to join our team within Vistry Cornwall South West, at our Exeter office. As our Pre-Construction Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring new projects and development phases progress efficiently from land purchase or contract through to start on site.
The primary focus of this role is to drive the achievement of all key pre‑construction milestones, ensuring every project achieves its agreed start‑on‑site date.
Working collaboratively across Land, Planning, Technical, Commercial, Build, Sales, and external partners, You will coordinate all pre‑start activities to ensure projects are fully prepared, risk‑assessed, commercially validated, and operationally ready. The role requires strong leadership, programme management, and communication skills to align stakeholders, remove blockers, and maintain clear visibility of progress against programme.
A critical part of the role is the ability to find a way when challenges arise. The successful candidate will be expected to think creatively and identify pragmatic, "outside‑the‑box" solutions to maintain programme certainty - whether that means carving out enabling works packages, sequencing activities differently, accelerating specific work streams, or finding alternative approaches to remove blockers and keep the project on track.
The successful candidate will bring a proactive, solution‑focused approach, ensuring each project is set up for success before handover to the delivery/project teams. They will champion early engagement, drive accountability, and maintain a disciplined approach to governance, documentation, technical compliance, and pre‑start readiness.
We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we're also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.
Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you…
Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
2 Volunteering days per annum
Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
Share save and share incentive schemes
Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…In return, what we would like from you…
Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality
Strong knowledge and ability in planning software, ideally Asta Power Project
Relevant SHE experiences & training
Advanced knowledge and experience of working in the pre-construction environment.
Construction experience working with a main Contractor preferably a PLC house builder.
Good knowledge of traditional and modern constructions methods.
IT literate - Office 365 preferable
Viewpoint / Share Point
Working with many stakeholders and cross-department collaboration.
Strong time management skills with an ability to prioritise.
Able to work under own initiative, having good decision making skills and a keen sense of responsibility
Ability to visit sites across the Devon & Cornwall region - must have a clean full UK driving license
Excellent management and communication skills with the ability to proactively communicate to stakeholders and the ability to deliver quality information within the set timescales.
Professional manner
Able to work as part of a team as well as autonomously.
Ability to communicate well with individuals at all levels.
Desirable
Degree/NHC/HND in a Construction/Engineering/Planning related area.
Professionally qualified or working towards a membership of a Professional Body
Nebosh Construction Certificate or working towards
Large development delivery
Consortium/JV arrangements
Experience of all stages of development including legal, design and planning related activities.
Problem resolution in a timely manner
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