Senior Pre-Construction Manager

About the Role

Senior Pre‑Construction Manager in the Building Solutions team, based in Southampton (remote working available). The role involves leading a talented team to deliver high‑quality bids and innovative solutions across projects valued up to £15 million.

Hours:

40 hours per week with some flexibility. Remote working available with occasional office travel required.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship for this role.

• Lead and coordinate all pre‑construction activities from tender issue through to operational handover, ensuring milestones and quality standards are met.
• Manage and develop a team of pre‑construction and estimating professionals, fostering collaboration and wellbeing while balancing workloads.
• Build strong relationships with clients, consultants and supply‑chain partners, ensuring confidence in our ability to deliver exceptional results.
• Contribute to bid strategy development and risk identification, working closely with governance, commercial, estimating, planning and design management colleagues.
• Conduct site visits and engage with stakeholders to inform detailed design and pricing processes, de‑risking projects during pre‑construction stages.

• HNC, HND or degree in construction or engineering, with membership of a relevant professional body such as CIOB, APM, CIAT or RICS.
• Substantial pre‑construction experience on projects up to £15 million, with a proven track record of leading multi‑disciplinary teams to successful delivery.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, able to articulate requirements to diverse audiences and build trusted relationships.
• Strong organisational and time‑management abilities, with commercial and contractual awareness and proficiency in Microsoft applications.
• Collaborative mindset and a supportive leadership style that values team development and wellbeing.

We offer a wide variety of benefits that can be tailored to your needs.

Kier is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are proud of our progress and continue to improve. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair number of disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria are offered an interview.

Applicants for this role will be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check. If you have convictions, they will be considered on a case‑by‑case basis and we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s conviction history.

Some roles may also be subject to further pre‑employment checks.