Willmott Dixon

A leading construction firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Manager (Preconstruction) to join their Southern regional team. This influential position will manage the entire preconstruction bid process, ensuring alignment with customer expectations and profitability. The role involves overseeing design processes, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, and requiring strong communication skills. Experienced candidates with a background in stakeholder management and commercial understanding are encouraged to apply. This position supports hybrid working, combining office and home work.

A leading construction firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Manager (Preconstruction) to join their Southern regional team. This influential position will manage the entire preconstruction bid process, ensuring alignment with customer expectations and profitability. The role involves overseeing design processes, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, and requiring strong communication skills. Experienced candidates with a background in stakeholder management and commercial understanding are encouraged to apply. This position supports hybrid working, combining office and home work.

An experienced Site Manager with an internal or finishing trade background is required by Willmott Dixon to initially work on an £82m new build scheme before moving onto other projects in the Coventry area thereafter. Reporting to the Construction Manager the successful candidate will manage the delivery of projects safely, on time, within budget and to the highest quality. Key responsibilities Maintain the highest standards of health, safety and environmental management. Implement project strategies in order to achieve the company's sustainability objectives. Establish standards of quality on site and ensure delivery of a quality build in accordance with the project specifications and project requirements. Understand the client priorities and adopt a professional and considerate approach to maintain good working relations. Implement the supply chain policy. Adopt the principles of the Considerate Constructor's Scheme and manage community relations. Ensure appropriate site image is maintained to encourage repeat business. Produce and develop project programmes and control operations to achieve delivery of the project on time. Organise the works and supply chain to provide the right working environment to avoid disruption between trades. Undertake the works in the most economic manner to eliminate waste and avoid non recoverable costs and preliminaries losses. Monitor and work to agreed preliminaries budget. Comply with standard procedures Manage project handover and ensure defect / snag free completion. Support the strategy for the closure of defects during defects period and obtain certificate of Making Good Defects within targets set. Proven track record of successful delivery of projects. Use of Microsoft suite of Office programmes; inc. Excel, Word, Outlook and Project/ASTA The ability to read and accurately interpret programmes, drawings and technical specifications. Understanding and appropriately sharing build programmes. Managing the supply chain, direct employees and consultants. Proactively liaising with customers and the supply chain. Internal trade/finishing background Appropriate CSCS card. SMSTS certificate. First Aid at Work certificate. Valid driving licence. Additional Information 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 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. We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme. About Us With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive. Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe's 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development. Search for available opportunities with Willmott Dixon

A leading construction company seeks an experienced Site Manager with an internal or finishing trade background to manage project delivery on a high-value new build scheme in Coventry. The successful candidate will ensure projects are completed safely, on time, and within budget while adhering to quality standards. Key responsibilities include managing site safety, community relations, and supply chain operations, with a competitive benefits package emphasizing sustainability and employee well-being.

A leading construction firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Manager (Preconstruction) to join their Southern regional team. This influential position will manage the entire preconstruction bid process, ensuring alignment with customer expectations and profitability. The role involves overseeing design processes, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, and requiring strong communication skills. Experienced candidates with a background in stakeholder management and commercial understanding are encouraged to apply. This position supports hybrid working, combining office and home work.

We're looking for a Project Manager (Preconstruction) to join our Southern regional team, based in either our Weybridge, Farnborough or Dartford offices. We support hybrid working with three days in the office and two days at home each week, depending on team needs. Reporting to a Preconstruction Manager, you'll lead the entire preconstruction bid process, managing internal and external partners to develop high-quality, well-coordinated bids that meet our customer expectations and support profitable project delivery. Working across sectors including Education, Leisure, Health, Blue Light, Defence, Transport and Science and Technology, you'll shape solutions, manage the design and pricing process, and guide projects from successful tender stage to signed construction contract. This is a highly influential role where your leadership will help bring major projects into the business, while ensuring our customers feel supported, informed and confident throughout early project development NB. We're also open to experienced Project Managers who bring the right blend of stakeholder management, technical appreciation, leadership and commercial understanding. Key Responsibilities: Lead the Preconstruction Process Manage the full two-stage and negotiated tender process from successful tender phase through to construction contract. Coordinate the core preconstruction team (Planner, Estimator, Design Manager, MEP Manager) to ensure bids are robust, well-coordinated and aligned to customer priorities. Present schemes to the board, ensuring proposals meet profitability expectations and quality standards. Drive Quality & Commercial Outcomes Oversee design development during preconstruction, ensuring compliance with design process requirements. Shape solutions and challenge assumptions to ensure bids are competitive, deliverable and aligned with programme and budget expectations. Bring a commercial mindset to all stages, supporting informed decision-making throughout. Work collaboratively with customers, consultants and partners to develop clear briefs and realistic expectations. Navigate challenging conversations around cost, programme or design constraints when required. Maintain strong communication with PCM colleagues, senior operational leaders and commercial managers. Proven experience leading preconstruction, bid management or two-stage tender processes. Strong background in commercial management, design management, project management or a related discipline. Proven ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams. Confident communicator with experience handling challenging client conversations. Accreditation with RICS or a Project Management body is advantageous. About Us With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive. Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe's 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development. Search for available opportunities with Willmott Dixon