Pre-Construction Manager

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About The Role

Are you ready to shape the future of major civil engineering projects across the Northwest? Balfour Beatty’s Regional Civils division is expanding, and we’re looking for a driven Pre‑Construction Manager to play a pivotal role in securing and developing the next wave of infrastructure schemes that keep our communities moving.

Based out of our Warrington office, you’ll lead the early‑stage development of a diverse portfolio of regional civils projects—bringing together technical expertise, commercial insight, and collaborative leadership to turn opportunities into deliverable, high‑quality solutions. This is your chance to influence strategy, strengthen client relationships, and help deliver work that leaves a lasting legacy across the region.

If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, enjoy shaping winning proposals, and want to be part of a team that takes pride in delivering essential infrastructure, we’d love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

As a Pre‑Construction Manager within Balfour Beatty’s Regional Civils division, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the success of multiple projects from their earliest stages. You’ll lead the strategy, coordination, and delivery of all pre‑construction activities, ensuring every opportunity is developed into a safe, sustainable, and commercially robust construction contract.

• Lead two‑stage pre‑construction and tender activities, ensuring all work aligns with health and safety requirements, budget expectations, and customer drivers.
• Formulate and implement the pre‑construction strategy for each project, guiding it from initial development through to conversion into a construction contract.
• Ensure all pre‑construction and tender deliverables—including designs, programmes, cost plans, and written submissions—are produced in a timely, accurate, and effective manner.
• Manage the completion of contract governance, ensuring all internal approvals, risk reviews, and commercial checks are completed to the highest standard.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, bringing together estimators, planners, designers, commercial specialists, and operational leads to develop competitive and deliverable solutions.
• Complete written responses to tender questions, producing clear, compelling, and customer‑focused content as part of bids and pre‑construction submissions.
• Assess the commercial attractiveness of opportunities, identifying risks, opportunities, and value drivers, and reporting conclusions early to senior management.
• Engage directly with clients and stakeholders, meeting customers regularly, responding to queries, and building strong, collaborative relationships.
• Oversee design development, ensuring technical solutions are safe, sustainable, buildable, and aligned with Balfour Beatty’s standards and innovation ambitions.
• Drive programme and cost certainty, challenging assumptions and ensuring all pre‑construction outputs are robust, compliant, and aligned with project objectives.
• Support bid strategy and tender presentations, contributing to win themes, documentation, and client interviews.
• Ensure seamless handover to delivery teams, providing clarity, continuity, and confidence as projects transition into construction.

Who we're looking for

We’re looking for an accomplished Pre‑Construction Manager with the drive, technical insight, and leadership capability to shape successful outcomes across a diverse portfolio of Regional Civils projects. You’ll be someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, brings clarity to complex early‑stage challenges, and consistently delivers high‑quality work that strengthens our competitive position.

Experience

• Previous experience within the civil engineering or construction industry—ideally within a Tier 1 contractor or major infrastructure environment.
• A proven track record leading pre‑construction activities, including tender development, buildability reviews, methodology planning, and programme input.
• Experience managing multiple bids and teams simultaneously, each with differing priorities, deadlines, and levels of complexity.
• Strong commercial awareness, with a results‑driven…