Preconstruction Manager

Company
A Main contractor who specialise in the refurbishment and fit out of commercial premises across the South of the UK are actively on the market seeking an experienced Preconstruction Manager to join their team.
Their ideal candidates would be someone with Project Management experience and understanding of delivering the project looking to or who have transitioned into the Preconstruction side of the business
Role
The Preconstruction Managers are responsible for managing tender opportunities from the early days of qualification right through to contract award.
Organisational skills will be required to bring together all relevant parties when required to discuss strategy and make the bid as comprehensive as possible.
Site visits will be undertaken to ensure there is a full understanding of the potential project's requirements and where necessary the Preconstruction Manager will be responsible for arranging meetings between all key parties.
Responsibilities will include:
* Develop the tender documentation from inception to submission - our Preconstruction Managers are responsible for writing the project specific technical elements of the bids they are assigned to with a clear focus on the bid submission date and the need for the proposed project team to review in advance of submission
* Participate in site visits and review of all tender documents to understand client requirements and deliverables
* Gain a full understanding of all architectural, services and structural requirements
* Develop and own the tender programme, liaising with colleagues and supply chain to produce a competitive, detailed workable programme response to the client's requirements
* Attendance at all relevant meetings - internally and externally
* Liaison with the client teams
* Managing support from other teams - Project/Services Management, Sustainability and HS
* Development of bid strategy - responding to queries
* Assist admin team to develop all non-technical content and design of the tender document.
* Ensure that project solutions demonstrate clear USPs and key strategic advantage
* Write the executive summary
* Participate in prestart meetings once a project is secured to share all relevant information.
* Liaise with the admin team to create informative interview documents
* Ensure the content of these documents is relevant and aligned with the agenda.
* Ensure all content demonstrates a comprehensive and accurate understanding of client requirements to ensure a successful outcome.
* Arrange practice sessions in advance of tender interviews
* Attend mid bid and post tender interviews when required
Candidate
Is essential that the successful candidate has a full understanding of all commercial considerations, risk management, strategy development and value proposition amongst other non-negotiables, and it is essential that they have an excellent understanding of fit out processes and procedures for both architectural and services disciplines, ideally gained from previous site based project management roles
Skills and Experience Required
* A thorough understanding of the commercial fit-out industry and trade disciplines, most likely gained from several years of site based project management
* Thorough understanding of the bid process and what will help us secure a project
* Be a competent copywriter, ideally with the ability to use relevant elements of Adobe Creative Suite - primarily InDesign - and Asta Powerproject programming software
* The ability to generate accurate and well considered tender stage programmes
* To be thorough and pay attention to detail
* The ability to work closely with the Estimating, Project/Services Management, Sustainability and H&S teams is essential to ensure the bid covers all variables in detail.
* Attention to det
* Excellent communication and administration skills
* Previous experience working in a bid/tender management role is preferred, but not essential.
* The ability to self-examine your work and produced error free documentation to tight deadlines, often working on several bids at any one time
* The ability

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