Project Management Lead

2 weeks ago


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

This exciting opportunity has been created to join a dedicated team at Willmott Dixon focused on winning and developing education projects for the Department for Education across England. The position will form part of a tight-knit, creative, and fun team, who are eager to push the boundaries of what is possible alongside this like-minded customer, through the latest approaches to innovation, education, and sustainability.

The team works from a base at our Hitchin office 2 days per week with the opportunity to work from our Central London office and home on other days in the week.

The role comes with an attractive rewards package, leading benefits, and career development with one of the UK's leading construction companies, known for its industry-leading sustainability strategy and award-winning diversity approach.

Key Responsibilities

Lead project teams on the DfE Construction Framework (High Value Band) in collaboration with the SAS Bid Service and our Local Teams to achieve a minimum 50% win rate.
Develop our project management approach in line with our growth and efficiency goals.
Manage projects from bid to end of RIBA stage 3, handing over to the Local Team.
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, focusing 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.
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.
Customer - Create and manage the stakeholder engagement plan, provide regular, accurate feedback to the customer, and support contractual negotiations alongside our Local Team.
Work with regional Preconstruction Managers - to share process, collateral, and win strategies for overflow projects where no capacity within the National Team.

Requirements

DfE Project Management Experience
Schedule (Resource/Time) Management Platforms

About Willmott Dixon

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

Our values, people, innovation, partnerships, and focus on sustainability have allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive. Willmott Dixon was awarded No 1 in the Best 'big' Companies (2022) to work for and the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 and is the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.

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