Preconstruction Design Lead

Every Main Contractor knows that bids are often won in design. A brilliant Preconstruction Design Lead is the difference between a compliant submission and the one that the end client simply cannot ignore.

One of the UK’s hottest Main Contractors is looking for exactly that person!

Our partner, a £500m+ turnover business, is on the hunt for a knockout Preconstruction Design Lead to oversee multiple D&B projects across London and the South. As a business they are cooking, they have firmly established themselves in the UK Data Centre market, with a growing number of live projects. Alongside this sits a strong pipeline of Industrial & Logistics, Pharma & Life Sciences, Clean Energy and Commercial work.

They need a Preconstruction Design Lead to own design across the region’s bids and newly won projects. Your job would be to set the design strategy on tenders and build the winning technical submissions. You’d then take secured projects through design development so they’re fully ready for delivery on site.

Preconstruction Design Lead roles & responsibilities:

Leading design on all regional tenders, from brief review through to award
Preparing recently secured projects for delivery: closing out design gaps, locking down programme and information release, and setting up a smooth start on site
Appointing and managing consultant design teams through RIBA Stages 2–4
Driving value engineering, buildability and design-risk control
Working with Commercial, Estimating and Delivery so design, cost and programme line up Preconstruction Design Lead experience required:

Senior design management experience on major D&B projects, either Main Contractor-side or Consultant-side at Associate or Director level
A track record of helping to win major project work
Sector experience in Data Centres, Industrial & Logistics or Pharma (Data Centre experience is a real advantage)
Technical depth, commercial instinct and the presence to lead in a bid room

You will report straight into the Preconstruction Director as their right hand, with genuine influence over what the region bids and how it wins. You will be joining a contractor that’s winning, in a region that’s growing. Opportunities like this do not come up often - it's a banger!

For a confidential chat, drop myself or a member of the Open Space Team a line at our London HQ - (phone number removed)