Pre Construction Manager

Overview

Safety. Quality. Enjoyment. We see more than just a building.

Role: Pre Construction Manager

Location: Sheffield

Challenges. Opportunities. Solutions. At Robertson, we see them our way. We’re bold enough to ask questions. Brave enough to look at things differently. Confident enough to be ourselves. Join us and you’ll join the UK’s largest family-owned construction, infrastructure and support services business. As Pre Construction Manager, you’ll be part of a team that’s doing incredible things – for ourselves, for the built environment around us, and for a truly sustainable future.

• Work alongside planners, bid managers, building service managers, estimators and design managers to provide competent and innovative solutions.
• Support the company in achieving its budget and business plan through preparation, delivery, submission and management of tenders.
• Prepare technical / quality submissions documentation for tenders.
• Ensure the company complies with all the requirements of the Robertson Management System (RMS) Bid Management Procedures as produced by the Board.
• Ensure that all tender solutions have been reviewed fully from a commercial and contractual perspective and identify risks associated with each Invitation to Tender, seeking guidance from the Regional Bid Manager as necessary.
• Attend meetings as required representing the preconstruction function.
• Ensure operational risk is managed within each tender and within the business; provide leadership to the preconstruction team in proactive identification and management of risks.
• Work closely with the regional management team and demonstrate strategic thinking when dealing with preconstruction issues arising.
• Demonstrate strategic awareness and develop relationships with the supply chain to ensure deliverability of tenders.
• Raise and maintain personal profile locally with construction-related forums by attending relevant meetings and events.
• Ensure temporary works solutions are developed as required for each tender.
• Provide operational input into the development of each on-cost book detailing operations prelim requirements and staffing levels.

• CIOB/RICS professionally qualified
• Civil Engineering and Construction industrial experience with a construction-related academic qualification
• Commercially astute
• IT literate and numerate
• Able to identify and assess operational risk and develop winning strategies for projects
• Sound knowledge of technical challenges and solutions
• Pro-active, collaborates with operational and commercial staff to meet or exceed client requirements, identify margin opportunities and manage risk

People are at the heart of everything we do and achieve  fit right into the team you’ll aim for excellence and have positive determination, working collaboratively towards our shared goals; create clarity around complex or technical issues, confident in your decisions and quick to adjust to unexpected challenges; and help us make progress towards the best, most sustainable future, for ourselves and our communities.

Our Principles - The Robertson Way

Our principles are our roadmap to achieving positive outcomes and delivering on our purpose. They influence daily decisions around what we do and how we do things, creating an environment of growth, innovation and high performance.

We listen

Listening enables us to work positively and collaboratively, and gives customers, partners and colleagues the assurance that their voices are always heard.

We are professional

Our mix of prudence and diligence, care and attention to detail means that our customers have certainty and assurance in everything we do and trust us to deliver.

We take responsibility

Each of us is accountable for what we do. From the smallest detail to team safety and caring for our communities and the environment, we know that everything matters.

We are determined to succeed

Every challenge is an opportunity. We work collaboratively and focus on safety, productivity and quality to find solutions we can be proud of and that provide a positive, lasting benefit.

We are one team

We work as one - in our teams and partnerships, and…