Preconstruction Manager

Pre-Construction Manager
Main Contractor - Commercial and Residential
Refurbishments, Fit out & New builds
£70,000 - £90,000 DOE
Kent

Ambitious Estimator/ Procurement Manager or Project Manager keen to pursue a rewarding opportunity in Preconstruction?

Or a Pre-construction Manager with strong main contracting experience looking for a fresh challenge? If so KEEP READING!

The Company:

Our client is an impressive, steadily growing SME (Main Contractor), offering a refreshing approach to construction taking the build process back to the basics of traditional building procurement by directly sourcing materials and employing specialist trade labour directly where possible, this gives our client full control on quality and cost rather than solely relying upon a supply chain of subcontractors. They are lucky enough to be able to rely on a range of trusted, high-quality specialist trade contractors for complex projects.

Specialist Services:

• Local Authority
• Commercial Fit-Out
• Residential Build
• Refurbishment
• Education

Role Overview:

This role would best suit someone who is an experienced Preconstruction Manger at present, or a capable Project Manager or Estimator, offering transferable skills and a broad experience within construction.

Being a smaller, growing business, you may be expected to 'wear many hats' and assist either with estimating in the quieter times when we have a lot of tenders but less works on site or assisting with overseeing some sites at the early stages of the project if we have a lot of projects on site to assist the operational team.

Projects range from £100k through to £5m in value ranging from residential new build 1-10 properties, commercial to residential conversion, commercial refurb/fit out and education projects ranging from re-purposing areas/buildings to multi site refurbs to new build school buildings. It is always a varied work load and variety of projects.

Sites mainly in Kent and South London but some ranging to Newbury, Kettering (so flexibility is essential) - however, these are rare and more based on existing client requirements. Role to be office based in Kent, with visits to sites and meetings as required.

Estimating & Tenders Involvement:

1. Produce tender programmes
2. Attend tender site visits
3. Risk Analysis of projects at tender stage prior to committing to price
4. Review of quality of information at tender stage and highlight any potential scope/detail issues on a risk register
5. Produce technical details for tender submissions including H&S, Site Setup, Logistics
6. Attend tender interviews

Secured Works Involvement:

1. Oversee the handover and setup of projects including
2. Project Folder System/Document Control for handover to operations team
3. Updating of programmes to suit start dates and developing more detail to the programme
4. Design Co-ordination of design team where D&B responsibility
5. Identification of subcontractors and suppliers with design input/shop drawings and oversee obtaining, reviewing, submitting and signing off
6. Site Setup on Site Logistics, welfare etc & all H&S systems and paperwork
7. Interviewing and selecting Site Managers if not available in house already
8. Identify early procurement items for the buyer to work on
9. Produce a procurement tracker for the commercial team to take forward on procurement
10. Identify any long lead items of supply or subcontractors that needs early attention
11. Appointing of building control & design consultants if applicable

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious candidate. Kent located applications preferred as office based in the main.

Interview shortlisting to be completed by 10/11/2024 so APPLY NOW to avoid disappointment! Get in touch with Danny at Londinium Recruitment for further information and to discuss confidentially!

Good Luck