Bid Manager/Preconstruction Manager

Randstad CPE; Woking; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job description

We are recruiting a Bid/Preconstruction Manager to join a regional contractor based in Surrey. They have a number of new opportunities from existing clients and frameworks and are looking to increase their preconstruction team.

They target negotiated repeat business opportunities as well as framework opportunities and are secured on the DFE, Pagabo, SCF and local authority frameworks. They work on bids in the education, health, care and defence marketplaces but will look at 2 stage or negotiated work for key clients and do not do single stage high risk developments. They work on projects valued between £2 and £20 million.

They have an excellent preconstruction team consisting of bid managers, estimators, design team, building services and commercial experts who form a team for each bid and work as a team to achieve the best possible result.

Duties as a Bid/Preconstruction Manager include:

1. Develop strategy and decide if compliant tender is feasible.
2. If desirable, produce non-compliant tender or alternative proposal in parallel.
3. Produce & monitor Bid Programme, Response Tracker and Budget.
4. Communicate requirements to bid team.
5. Ensure timely submission in required format.
6. Provide technical and operational input to the proposed technical solution.
7. Identify all project risks and mitigate as appropriate.
8. Write, contribute to or review technical and SHESQ responses.
9. Ensure the submission complies with the tender requirements.
10. Agree estimating strategy with the Estimator or Estimating Manager.
11. Lead procurement of designers, subcontractors and suppliers.
12. Chair meetings and interviews with prospective partners on critical packages.
13. Agree Project Programme Strategy with the Planning Manager.
14. Provide technical support to the Project Planner.
15. Review the Project Programme.
16. Ensure tender response review gateways are achieved.
17. Implement mitigation measures when there is programme slip, to ensure subsequent milestones are met.
18. Issue, Manage and respond to Technical Queries to and from Client and suppliers.
19. Devise a strategy for alternative or non-compliant proposals when there is sufficient time.
20. Contribute to and manage the production of all documents, programmes, drawings, plans, proposed methods and risk assessments for the alternative submission.

The role is working at initial stages, so candidates from a bid, design, estimating or early stage precon role would be ideally suited to this role.

Opportunities like this are rare and would suit someone with experience of working within a preconstruction team on framework bids. If you are looking to move up to a national brand or are frustrated at a Tier 1, now is the time to make the move to a recession busting business, so apply today.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Job Info

Job Title: Bid Manager/Preconstruction Manager

Location: Woking, Surrey

Posted: Apr 14th 2025

Closes: May 15th 2025

Sector: Construction

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full Time