Pre-Contract Administrator

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Role

Title:

Pre-Contract Administrator

Business Unit: Asset Intelligence

Location: Warrington

Role

Purpose:

he Pre-Contract Administrator plays a key role in supporting our pre-construction team by coordinating opportunity tracking, governance, and bid activity. Reporting to the Senior Bid Manager, you’ll help ensure opportunities are identified, managed, and progressed effectively through the work-winning lifecycle.

This is a proactive, detail-focused role suited to someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, bringing structure, clarity, and consistency to multiple priorities while supporting high-quality bid submissions.

What you’ll Be Doing:

• Maintain an accurate, up-to-date pipeline of opportunities
• Capture and track new enquiries, ensuring visibility across teams
• Produce regular reports and support pipeline prioritisation
• Coordinate governance processes (e.g. approvals, risk registers, bid packs)
• Ensure documentation is accurate, complete, and compliant
• Maintain clear audit trails and version control
• Manage tender documentation and file structures
• Track deadlines and coordinate inputs from stakeholders
• Support the preparation of compliant submissions and bid reviews
• Maintain central libraries of key documents and standard content
• Ensure effective use of CRM and bid management systems
• Support reporting and continuous improvement of processes and tools

About You:

• Experience in administration, coordination, or document control
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Confidence working with data, systems, and structured processes
• Experience with CRM or bid management systems (desirable)
• Construction, engineering, or similar sector experience is helpful but not essential

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £4.1 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.

With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Competitive family leave policy
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees, and our employee assistance programme also provides…