Preconstruction Bid Manager

Apr 29, 2025
Bristol
Full Time
BPIC Network
Not Disclosed
Civil Engineering
Skills
Marketing • Risk Management • Adobe Acrobat • Construction Estimating • Microsoft Outlook • Account Management • Content Development • Project Management • Auto Estimating • Proposal Writing • Unity • Contracts
The Role
Marketing • Risk Management • Adobe Acrobat • Construction Estimating • Microsoft Outlook • Account Management • Content Development • Project Management • Auto Estimating • Proposal Writing • Unity • Contracts

Preconstruction Bid Manager


Are you customer focussed and do you want to be the voice for our customer to ensure we successfully procure projects

We are looking to recruit a Preconstruction Project/Bid Manager to join our Bristol team. Reporting to our Preconstruction Manager the successful candidate will demonstrate true leadership and manage the delivery of successful bids on time within budget and to the highest quality ensuring our customers expectations are met and wherever possible exceeded.

With a proven track record of successful projects you will be responsible for leading both single and twostage tenders for projects ranging in value from 10m to 80m across a range of sectors including Homes Education Leisure Commercial Blue Light and Health. At Willmott Dixon we operate through several frameworks allowing for a greater probability of seeing your hard work come to life.


As a Preconstruction Project Manager you will be responsible for:



  • Motivating and leading a bid team that includes both internal (estimators design professionals MEP professionals bid writers and planners) and often external (supply chain and consultants) resource

  • Coordinating inception workshops with our customers and use your proven listening skills to ensure we truly understand our customers Why gaining vital information that will enable your bid team to go the extra mile

  • Managing the customers expectations through informal and formal health checks adopting a professional and considerate approach to maintain good working relations

  • Developing and incorporating project strategies to achieve the company s sustainability objectives

  • Ensuring regular monitoring and reporting on progress managing potential risks and opportunities and instigating preemptive and corrective actions as required

  • Maintaining continuous professional development of yourself and your team to ensure appropriate technical awareness implementing best practice and driving continuous improvement

  • Maintaining a one team approach throughout to create a seamless transition from preconstruction to operations


Requirements

Essential and Desirable Criteria


For this multifaceted role you will need proven experience of:

Proven leadership skills
Excellent time management and planning skills
Communication skills
A technical understanding of complex construction schemes from an operations design commercial or preconstruction background
Experience of delivering outstanding customer and stakeholder service and management


Desirable skills:

A construction related degree
CIOB membership or equivalent
Experience of working on bids in the construction sector



Benefits

Additional Information


Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer.

Benefits: In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to an enhanced pension scheme full / heavily discounted private medical life assurance incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.



Essential and Desirable Criteria For this multifaceted role, you will need proven experience of: Proven leadership skills Excellent time management and planning skills Communication skills A technical understanding of complex construction schemes from an operations, design, commercial or preconstruction background Experience of delivering outstanding customer and stakeholder service and management Desirable skills: A construction related degree CIOB membership or equivalent Experience of working on bids in the construction sector