Project Manager Preconstruction Lead

7 days ago


Hitchin, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Willmott Dixon Full time
Project Manager Preconstruction

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager Preconstruction to join our dedicated team at Willmott Dixon, focused on winning and developing education projects for the Department for Education across England.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead project tenders successfully to maintain PITT and increase ITT success rates.
  • Bid to win – minimum 6nr projects per year or circa £100m - £150m/annum.
  • Bid Strategy – set and communicate the strategies for individual project tenders, focussing on bid-winning approaches that deliver the customer vision.
  • Project Leadership – Represent Willmott Dixon as the leader of our DfE tenders. Assign roles and responsibilities to project team members, planning resources and programming to ensure projects can be delivered on time. Identify and mitigate risks.
  • Interview Preparation – lead the strategy and preparations for Client Engagement Meetings.
  • Commercial – integrate commercial strategies on DfE project tenders, collaborating with Local Team commercial people.
  • Supply Chain – collaborate with Local Teams to identify the right Supply Chain partners and engage them in the preconstruction process at the right time. Engage supply chain and design partners such that they become integral to our team.
  • Customer – Create and manage the stakeholder engagement plan, provide regular, accurate feedback to the customer and support contractual negotiations alongside our Local Team. Champion Willmott Dixon standards, values, culture and behaviours.
  • Work with regional Preconstruction Managers – to share process, collateral, and win strategies for overflow projects where no capacity within the National Team.
  • Growth (team and turnover) – Identify areas for evolution of the service aligned to the strategic direction of the business (growth and efficiency) and implement associated change.
  • Ongoing review/adaption – of DfE bidding best and next practice and development of the skills to align. Constantly learning from results/feedback/analysis to refine process and standards for continual improvement and greater success.
  • Framework renewal – contribute to positioning and structuring for framework renewal bid and future live framework service offering.
  • Training & Development – attend/undertake regular training courses.
About Us:

Willmott Dixon is a leading construction company with over 170 years of rich history. Our purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. We are a disability-confident employer and embrace diversity in the workplace.



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