Senior Pre-Construction Manager

Balfour Beatty is thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled Senior Pre-Construction Manager to join our dynamic Regional Civils team in Leeds. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in driving the success of our projects by fostering strong, collaborative relationships with clients, partners, and bid teams. By leveraging the principles of High Value Selling, you will play a key part in securing new business opportunities and ensuring smooth project delivery, from initial concept through to execution. If you are passionate about leading pre-construction efforts and delivering exceptional value, this role is for you. What you'll be doing As a Senior Pre-Construction Manager within Balfour Beatty, you will:

• Support Portfolio Directors in leadership of key portfolio projects, total value up to £100M across multiple projects, including Design & Build, ECI.
• Support across a range of procurement vehicles (Direct Award, Competitive Tender).
• Act as a deputy for the Pre-Construction Director as required.
• Mentor less experienced team members.
• Coordinate activities across multiple disciplines.
• Approve / authorise written submissions to customers in line with DLAs.
• Lead PCSA / 2-stage pre-construction activities in line with budget requirements and customer drivers.
• Ensure that pre-construction and tender deliverables are produced in a timely and effective manner.
• Manage Balfour Beatty's internal governance process.
• Formulate and implement the pre-construction strategy to deliver the project.
• Complete written responses to relevant tender questions submitted as part of a bid or pre-construction process.
• Consider the commercial attractiveness of project and report conclusions early to management.
• Assist in setting process key objectives and timescales, including managing bid cost / pre-construction budgets.
• Identify significant development/project risks and opportunities and report these using the IRIS system.
• Meet customers on a regular basis and respond to queries.
• Convert 2-stage opportunities to on-site delivery projects.
• Liaise with the customer and act as the point of contact for delivering any aspects of the bid or pre-construction process., Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us? As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits: - Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow. - 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata) - Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave - Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more… About us With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales. Diversity and inclusion At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit We are a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at

To be a successful Senior Pre-Construction Manager within Balfour Beatty, the ideal candidate will possess the following experience, skills and attributes:
• Results driven with an understanding of risk management and profit from operations.
• Team player who encourages high standards and is quality driven.
• Flexible to ensure deadlines are met.
• Capable of managing multiple bids at the same time, each with different priorities.
• Strong negotiator.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills are required, coupled with an ability to form effective relationships with partners under time pressure.
• Customer focussed with the ability to recognise value opportunities.
• Full UK driving licence.