Pre Construction Director

2 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Wates Full time

SES are seeking a talented Pre-Construction Director to join our SES South team to deliver the SES Pre-Construction Strategy on high profile, technically complex projects across multiple sectors.

If you are passionate about the construction industry with proven skills and looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry then join us and help to create tomorrow together.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As part of the London Senior Leadership team you will be accountable for ensuring all pre-construction activities across the Regional Business unit align with the business plan and functional priorities set by Group Head of Preconstruction, as well as ensure compliance with governance to enable the business unit to achieve sales targets.

AS OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION MANAGER YOU WILL:

- Set bid strategies for all bids with local team and implementation for winning
- Ensure regional pipeline & bid strategies are robust and will achieve sales targets
- Lead, manage and develop team of bid managers, estimators, cost planners and proposals teams
- Support business development activity to ensure future pipeline and actively participate in external networking whilst building effective relationships with customers
- Promote continuous improvement in performance in approach to business development, bidding and conversion of second stage deals.

IWHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive salary & profit share scheme
- Flexible working
- Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more
- Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
- Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

SES Engineering Services (SES) is recognised as one of the leading M&E partners in the UK. Specialising in the design and installation of building services and infrastructure solutions, SES covers all aspects of M&E engineering.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
**Thriving places** - working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
**Thriving planet** - protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
**Thriving people** - creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

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