Required Skills
Pre-Construction Management
Design Management
Civil Engineering
CDM
Risk Management
Project Planning
Client Management
Primavera P6
Job Summary
Our Client is a well-established contractor operating across major infrastructure and utility projects in the UK. They are currently seeking a Pre-Construction Manager to join their team in St Albans.
To lead or support the pre-construction phase of schemes. Creating a construction-ready plan and shaping projects to lead to thorough technical solutions, enhanced margins, and low-risk projects. Highlighting risks and project constraints that are incorporated into bids and subsequent contracts.
Experience
- Affinity Water Projects Pre- Construction Management MEICA Clean Water.
- Previous experience in design/ commercial/ leading project team.
- Degree/HNC in Civil Engineering, or equivalent.
- Good working knowledge of contract conditions, CDM regulations, Design Management, Programme & Risk Management, and cost control including forecasting, actual cost, and value reporting.
- Ability to use Primavera P6 software or equivalent.
- Excellent communication, people, and team management skills, with the ability to influence, motivate and mentor.
- Ability to challenge designs and resolve problems to a conclusion.
- Ability to manage and deliver a successful project with minimal guidance.
- Problem-solving and analytical thinking.
Desirable
- Professional qualification and membership with a relevant industry body or institution.
- Working on Affinity Water-related projects.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead and control the pre-construction phase of the project in the company and with the client side to secure further sustainable design and/or build contracts
- Chair and record weekly progress meetings.
- Assist the client and designers to develop the project scope so it is well-defined and understood.
- Identify and manage risk and opportunity.
- Implement commercial and technical change control processes.
- Manage and ensure compliance with project deliverables with internal and external assurance, governance, and review processes, including the production of relevant deliverables..
- Develop, maintain, and meet pre-construction budgets and programmes.
- Collaboration with internal and external technical, operational, maintenance, and strategic stakeholders, and design coordinators.
- Co-ordinate and manage site investigations and surveys.
- Ensure production and implementation of Project Plans, risk assessments and method statements.
- Identify and manage early construction planning activities (e.g., procurement, consents, design).
- Manage inputs from other internal disciplines and teams (e.g., HSEQ, customer).
- Take ownership and accountability for engineering solutions and designs.
- Collaboration with the delivery team to ensure that designs are buildable and drive efficiency in construction.
- For key frameworks, understand the contract and how to develop the pre-construction phase of the project to complement the terms and conditions and KPIs
- Be part of the bid team for the construction phase of projects and convey information to ensure maximum benefit from knowledge gained in the pre-construction phase.
- Promote innovation to be delivered through the project lifecycle. Implement those innovative ideas into the project delivery plan.
- Produce financial forecasts, monitor, and control project costs and cost reporting, and produce monthly reports to the Contracts Manager on project performance in the pre-construction phase
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