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Pre-Construction Manager

United Kingdom, Coventry · Job Posted February 16, 2026
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Pre-Construction Manager to provide a focus for preconstruction activities for our Energy BU across England and Wales on Overhead line, Cable and Substation projects. This is a fantastic opportunity for an established Pre-Construction professional or a Senior Engineering Manager or Senior Design Manager to step into a senior pre-construction role. This is a management role but the candidate must be fully conversant with precontract activity such as bid management, ability to define a commercial position, governance, estimating, tender stage workload planning, customer management internal and external.

Job Responsibility

  • Overseeing and managing both call off bid activity and early stages such as ECI preparation
  • Ensuring the project teams are working in a consistent way that will gain acceptance by both the customer and pass through internal governance
  • Reporting through the operational leadership, but closely aligned with the precontract team and ways of working to ensure successful completion, sign off and contract closure of early stage activities

Requirements

  • Proven record in successful tendering of major framework bids with significant precontract experience
  • Experience in engineering or construction, preferably with operational/project management experience
  • Experience in the energy transmission industry (preferable but not essential)
  • Degree qualified in a relevant engineering discipline, ideally with Chartership
  • Excellent leadership, communication skills, and the ability to influence senior personnel
  • Be fully conversant with precontract activity such as bid management, ability to define a commercial position, governance, estimating, tender stage workload planning, customer management internal and external

Nice to have

Experience in the energy transmission industry

What we offer

  • Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days
  • Flexible and adaptable working
  • Family friendly policies and work/life approach
  • Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support
  • Contributory pension scheme
  • Annual bonus scheme
  • Recognition scheme and long service awards
  • Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance (if applicable to role)
  • Option to participate in our share-save scheme
  • discounts including cycle to work and gym membership
  • a support and advice service for colleagues and their families

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