Pre-construction Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and manage the development of commercially and technically efficient solutions that meet the customer's needs and requirements.
• Build strong internal and external relationships and help to manage stakeholder expectations.
• Work alongside the proposals team to ensure proposals are in line with company governance procedures, whilst providing support to the estimating team on technical requirements.
• Lead and manage reviews of customer enquiry documentation and complete scope gap reviews.
• Co ordinate the wider proposals and project team (including SMEs) to understand, identify and provide mitigations to challenges, risks and opportunities.
• Support the Precon Manager in continuous improvement within the PM and DM communities in the preconstruction phase.
• Offers support, advice and guidance to the Project Managers on all aspects of the preconstruction, and lends assistance with solving problems as required.
• Responsible for maintaining Client relations, resolving Client-related problems and developing opportunities for further business.
• Drive pre-target cost setting de risking on projects so MWHT can successfully 'sell' projects at the right price and risk profile.
• Maintain the Company's reputation on a project by ensuring good relationships are maintained with partners/supply chain.
• Ensuring, in conjunction with the Programme Design Managers, that adequate technical reviews are carried out for each project to ensure successful delivery.
• Ensuring works procedures are produced to assist with control quality where applicable.
• Support the Precon Manager in delivery of the annualised strategy metrics and strategic action plans.
• Being aware of the need to satisfy customer requirements with the aim of enhancing the customers' perception and satisfaction.
• Maintain a positive and solution oriented approach to work, providing open and honest feedback.
• Undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role.
• Support the Precon Manager in assuring projects adhere to the Thames region governance tracker requirements for successful preconstruction delivery.
• Support the Precon Manager in successful engagement into ORC governance for projects.
• Support the Precon Manager in assuring that Cost Settlement Governance standards are met across all projects in preconstruction.

Special Requirements

Regular travel throughout the Thames Region office-based locations required.

Based in Coppermills, but weekly travel required to Hampton and Maple Lodge, as required by the Preconstruction Manager.

Essential

• Project Management experience in a variety of project sizes and complexity.
• Excellent oral and written communicator with the ability to work in close partnership with clients and end users.
• Must be delivery driven with the ability to set targets.
• Extensive experience in large scale infrastructure programme delivery.
• Strategic, operational, technical and management skills.
• Have detailed working knowledge and experience of project management practices from scheme conception through to end user acceptance.
• Experience in water / wastewater infrastructure.

Desirable

• Degree or equivalent qualification in a construction related discipline.
• APMP or equivalent.
• Chartered in a construction or engineering discipline.