BAM UK & Ireland's Infrastructure Segment are seeking a Preconstruction Manager to provide strategic leadership, co-ordinate and manage bidding activity across the HS&M Business Unit and support the wider Transportation Sector. Ensuring a coherent and consistent approach to successfully meet client requirements, BAM objectives and assure BAM Stage Gate corporate governance from SG1-4.

• The role will be based our of our office in Central London.

As Preconstruction Manager, you will be responsible for the following:

Building the Team

• Organising and leading Business Unit Preconstruction meetings, forums and regular updates
• Proactively participating and contribution to Transport Sector Preconstruction meetings
• Ensuring, in conjunction with the Business Unit Leadership Team, HS&M Director and Sector Preconstruction Lead , a preconstruction competency within the business unit
• Setting the example of the professional behaviours expected
• Ensuring with the HS&M Director and Sector Preconstruction Lead that sufficient number and calibre of resources made available to the Bid Manager for each tender, working with the leadership team as required.

Strategic

• Working in close cooperation with the HS&M Director, Sector Client Director and Sector preconstruction Lead to focus on preconstruction activities to meet the Business Unit OP objectives and long-term strategy
• Acting as the business unit representative at Transport Sector and Infrastructure Segment Preconstruction meetings
• Ensuring factual pipeline information for the HS&M Business Unit is visible on CRM and shared with the Business Unit and Sector Leadership Teams
• Overseeing compliance with and acting as the point of contact for Tender Desk and the Stage Gate process for the rail sector (Stage 1-4 inclusive)
• Engaging with Head of Estimating and Estimating team to ensure cognisance of market trends and stability are accounted for in risk management and budgets
• Ensuring in conjunction with the HS&M Director, Sector Client Director, Sector Preconstruction Lead, Client Relationship Leads and bid managers that win strategies are produced for all bids and that sufficient pre-position information is being collated
• Developing supply chain / SMEs strategic HS&M BU approach and relationships to drive value for money bid and delivery propositions

Leading and motivating

• Leading, mentoring, motivating and energising bid managers, teams and individuals
• Coaching, encouraging and maintaining positivity within teams
• Collating, sharing and embedding Bid Management best practice
• Obtaining, sharing and applying lessons learned from bid feedback
• Proactively identifying and solving issues within organisation, individual and logistics to facilitate bid process and production
• Encouraging and harnessing creative and imaginative proposals from within the team to ensure the development of the best possible solution
• Driving, developing, reviewing and evolving bid strategies regularly through the bid process
• Solid understanding of contract, technical and pricing processes to allow challenge of proposed strategies
• Supporting the wider team, collaborating to find successful solutions
• Coordinating BU Bid Management Training in conjunction with Sector Preconstruction Lead
• Undertaking any other duties that may be assigned by line management

Essential:

• Strong knowledge of the UK Infrastructure market & previous Rail or Major Project orientated experience would be beneficial
• Strong communication skills (written, oral and aural)
• Ability to bring teams together and work effectively
• Risk management, commercial and contractual awareness
• Experience working in the preconstruction environment

Desirable:

• Bid Management competence / experience
• Professionally qualified to Chartered Engineer or equivalent
• Existing knowledge and relationships with a relevant client body, eg. HS2, TfL, Network Rail and other industry clients and stakeholders

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

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