Costain
Preconstruction Manager - Burham
Job Location
Burham, United Kingdom
Job Description
Preconstruction Manager - BurhamDue to continued growth the position of Preconstruction Manager has become available to join our successful delivery team based in the Kent/Sussex region.
CMDP is a joint venture between Costain and MWHT and delivers a range of schemes to maintain and improve Southern Water's water supply and wastewater treatment works in the eastern half its region (Kent & Sussex)
The Role
As our new Preconstruction Manager, you will be the dedicated focal point for all opportunities, drawing on input from the CMDP Project Delivery & Commercial teams, Supply Chain, estimating resource and wider Costain business.
You will support the business by planning and managing the bid process and delivering tender responses in line with CMDP's brand and governance processes. You will work closely with sector and capability leads to translate winning strategies into smart, concise, and compelling documents and presentations, ensuring bids are submitted on time and ultimately, place Costain in the best possible position for success.
Key Responsibilities
Lead in the development of winning tender solutions
Review clients EWI and supporting information
Engage with supply chain, estimating, design, delivery and wider Costain business to establish clear win strategy, facilitate flow of information and develop associated indirect estimates
Provide a central framework and client account function to receive all works order enquires and Invitation(s) to Tender (ITT)
Lead proposal kick-off sessions involving all required parties
Ensure clear and timely communication is maintained with client representatives through collaborative working and formally via the client procurement portal
Coordinate close-out of all governance actions on behalf of accountable parties
Facilitate technical queries &/or Requests for Information to the client (via the client procurement portal), Suppliers and other internal/external stakeholders
Ensure Compliance, Risk and External constraints elements are documented and factored into estimates
Work with the delivery team to identify, plan and manage site surveys required in support of each tender
About you
Degree level qualified/equivalent in an Engineering or Commercial related discipline
Experience of working within a multi-discipline engineering environment
Proven experience in tender/bid management
Significant post-graduate experience of pricing medium to large value contracts preferably in the water/utilities sector
Customer focused, open and honest, safe and environmentally aware, team player
Excellent communication skills
Able to manage administration support and other members of the team to ensure successful delivery of the tender
Commercially aware and a lateral thinker
Able to manage and prioritise a high volume of work
High level of competence using MS Word, Excel. PowerPoint and Teams
Full UK driving licence
For a full job description, please contact careers@costain.com quoting the vacancy number.
About Costain
At Costain, we help to improve people's lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive.
We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK's infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.
Your application
Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us: careers@costain.com
We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.
We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.
To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:
https://www.costain.com/our-culture/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/
Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we'll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.
For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.
Closing date
Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
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Location: Burham, GB
Posted Date: 10/1/2024
CMDP is a joint venture between Costain and MWHT and delivers a range of schemes to maintain and improve Southern Water's water supply and wastewater treatment works in the eastern half its region (Kent & Sussex)
The Role
As our new Preconstruction Manager, you will be the dedicated focal point for all opportunities, drawing on input from the CMDP Project Delivery & Commercial teams, Supply Chain, estimating resource and wider Costain business.
You will support the business by planning and managing the bid process and delivering tender responses in line with CMDP's brand and governance processes. You will work closely with sector and capability leads to translate winning strategies into smart, concise, and compelling documents and presentations, ensuring bids are submitted on time and ultimately, place Costain in the best possible position for success.
Key Responsibilities
Lead in the development of winning tender solutions
Review clients EWI and supporting information
Engage with supply chain, estimating, design, delivery and wider Costain business to establish clear win strategy, facilitate flow of information and develop associated indirect estimates
Provide a central framework and client account function to receive all works order enquires and Invitation(s) to Tender (ITT)
Lead proposal kick-off sessions involving all required parties
Ensure clear and timely communication is maintained with client representatives through collaborative working and formally via the client procurement portal
Coordinate close-out of all governance actions on behalf of accountable parties
Facilitate technical queries &/or Requests for Information to the client (via the client procurement portal), Suppliers and other internal/external stakeholders
Ensure Compliance, Risk and External constraints elements are documented and factored into estimates
Work with the delivery team to identify, plan and manage site surveys required in support of each tender
About you
Degree level qualified/equivalent in an Engineering or Commercial related discipline
Experience of working within a multi-discipline engineering environment
Proven experience in tender/bid management
Significant post-graduate experience of pricing medium to large value contracts preferably in the water/utilities sector
Customer focused, open and honest, safe and environmentally aware, team player
Excellent communication skills
Able to manage administration support and other members of the team to ensure successful delivery of the tender
Commercially aware and a lateral thinker
Able to manage and prioritise a high volume of work
High level of competence using MS Word, Excel. PowerPoint and Teams
Full UK driving licence
For a full job description, please contact careers@costain.com quoting the vacancy number.
About Costain
At Costain, we help to improve people's lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive.
We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK's infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.
Your application
Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us: careers@costain.com
We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.
We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.
To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:
https://www.costain.com/our-culture/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/
Right to Work & Security Checks
Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we'll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.
For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.
Closing date
Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign
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Location: Burham, GB
Posted Date: 10/1/2024
Contact Information
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