Pre- Construction Manager

About the role

At Balfour Beatty, we’re delivering some of the UK’s most exciting and complex construction projects, and our Regional Build business in London is continuing to grow.

We’re looking for an experienced Pre-Construction Manager with an engineering background and strong technical skills to join our growing team and play a key role in developing projects from early opportunity through to successful delivery.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys being involved early, solving complex challenges and working collaboratively to turn ambitious proposals into deliverable construction solutions.

As a Pre-Construction Manager, you’ll take a lead role in the development of projects across our London Regional Build portfolio, working closely with our work winning, design, commercial and operational teams.

You’ll be responsible for bringing your technical and construction expertise into the pre-construction process, helping us develop robust methodologies, programmes and solutions that provide value for our clients and set our projects up for successful delivery.

As a Pre-Construction Manager you will:

• Leading bid and preconstruction activities across a varied portfolio of regional build projects
• Developing winning strategies and managing tender submissions
• Overseeing cost planning, risk management, and value engineering
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients, consultants, and supply chain partners
• Coordinating internal teams including estimating, design, planning, and commercial functions
• Ensuring seamless handover from preconstruction to delivery teams.

You will have the following:

• Proven experience in a preconstruction or bid leadership role within main contracting
• Strong commercial awareness and technical understanding of building projects
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• A collaborative mindset with the confidence to lead and influence
• A track record of securing profitable work within the London or South East market.

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.

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…

Operating across England and Wales, our buildings teams create places where people live, are cared for, work, learn, meet and have fun, with a focus on the aviation, health, defence, education and development sectors.

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability…