Job Description

Location : Sceptre House Sceptre Way, Bamber Bridge, Walton Summit Centre, Preston PR5 6AW, Lancashire Role overview

The Eric Wright Group has a fantastic history. From our beginnings in construction to an award winning group of companies, our reputation is built on our Chairman\'s founding principles of a company that must be profitable, ethical and farsighted, as a result we have people, community and social value at our heart. As a multi award-winning leader in the UK civil engineering industry, Eric Wright Civil Engineering demonstrates a culture of excellence in the highways, structures, clean and waste water, energy, waste and industrial infrastructure sectors and that ensures long term relationships with our partners and clients.

This is an exciting time for Eric Wright Civil Engineering. If social value and profit for a purpose is important to you, as well as working as part of a wider Group with an experienced and supportive team then this is the role for you.

The role

We have an exciting and rare opportunity for a Preconstruction Project Manager to join our established team. We have an exceptional pipeline with recent projects consisting of road schemes, bridge works, public realm, reservoirs and general civil engineering schemes based predominantly in the North West with a value from \xc2\xa31m to \xc2\xa310m. Reporting to the Managing Estimator you will be an integral part of the preconstruction team, you will contribute to the team\xe2\x80\x99s goals of securing new work, by leading and contributing to bids, with focus on constructability, programme and quality deliverables.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Identify win themes, client drivers and barriers, SWOT analysis of Eric Wright and competitors, all with the aim of producing the highest quality bid submissions.
• Identify opportunities to protect and enhance margin through proposed design/methodology solutions, lead tenders involving a larger tender team.
• Produce tender stage construction programmes for schemes, incorporating estimating outputs, client constraints and subcontract input. Programmes produced in ASTA Powerproject are often required to be NEC Clause 31 compliant.
• Provide support to estimators to determine construction methodology Write original and review, edit and check bid responses for bid PQQ, tender and framework submissions.
• Support the operations team by providing scheme specific early pre-construction planning phase deliverables (including CPP, Quality Plan, Phase Plans, TW Register, Stakeholder Plan, CEMP) where appropriate to Quality submission for tender; providing support to Contracts Manager & Commercial
• Lead to transition to ownership of programme, CPP, resource plan and budget at first appraisal.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll be doing:

• Confirm the requirements of individual bids and ensure they are submitted within the deadline.
• Ability to lead bid kick-off, reviews and feedback meetings.
• Contribute relevant ideas for identifying win themes and developing bid submissions to the company\'s advantage in order to present the company\'s strengths.
• Present technical information in a user friendly way, such as Phasing Plans and Site Logistics Plans.
• Research about the client, sector, project, specialism or competitor strategies, where required.
• Gather internal evidence and collate data for bid content.
• Liaise with internal operational teams, subject specialists, estimators, planners and external consultants where required.
• Identify areas for team improvement and develop ideas for consideration.
• Prepare PowerPoint, PDF\xe2\x80\x99s and other visuals for tender interviews, etc

About You

Aligned to our ethos and values, you will be an integral part of our team who is passionate about Civil Engineering and has construction sector experience, across multiple Civil Engineering disciplines.

Ideally you\xe2\x80\x99ll have:

• Knowledge of Highways, Streetworks, Traffic Management, Structures and Water Industry would be beneficial.
• Ability to produce clear and concise written methodologies and explanation of technical solutions.
• Ability to analysis and evaluate bid requirements to create persuasive content.
• It is essential that you have excellent communication both oral and written and enjoy working as part of a thriving team.
• Exceptional attention to detail, confident in prioritising workload
• Advanced level skills in MS packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, it would be beneficial if you have worked with ASTA Powerproject.

In return we offer

Competitive Salary

Company Car / car allowance scheme - we are working towards 100% hybrid / electric vehicles.

Enhanced annual leave starting at 26 Days + bank holidays rising with service

Learning and development - we offer a range of learning opportunities to develop talent at all levels within our business focussing on technical competence, upskilling, compliance and governance and career development.

Pension \xe2\x80\x94 6.5% employer contribution of your salary into your pension to help you save for the future

BUPA - optional scheme and can include your family to the scheme (50% contribution)

Company sick pay scheme - Up to 20 days full pay in a rolling 12 month period

Group Income Protection \xe2\x80\x93 50% of your salary covered for 3 years for long term illness

Enhanced Paid Family Leave - maternity, paternity, adoption, fertility, compassion, bereavement, crisis, emergency dependants, and much more

Hybrid working - manage your own diary, working in the office, at home or out with clients

Onsite Nursery \xe2\x80\x93 Our Sceptre Nursery is discounted for our employees and based on site at Head office

Onsite gym \xe2\x80\x93 we have a gym on site at Head Office which is free to use

Company Doctor \xe2\x80\x93 for when you can\xe2\x80\x99t get to see your own or if you have any health concerns

Virtual GP - 24/7 access for when you need to speak to a GP

EAP \xe2\x80\x93 Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured, supporting you and your family with advice, guidance and counselling on a variety of areas such as health, fitness, home life, finances and much more.

Mental Health support \xe2\x80\x93 through the Thrive app, approved by the NHS, provides tools, to tackle, prevent and manage common stressors such as sleep, bereavement, work issues etc. Also provides relaxation, breathing and meditation techniques and measures impact.

Savings scheme \xe2\x80\x93 Put aside an affordable amount for a rainy day in the future

Recognition awards \xe2\x80\x93 awards for long service and special birthdays

A comprehensive health and wellbeing strategy focussed on physical, emotional, financial and career wellbeing

Our Ethos

Working at the Eric Wright Group of companies is truly special. Owned 100% by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, we are a commercially focused business with a social purpose, which means that after reinvestment in the business, our profit is donated to charity via the Trust. This ownership structure provides a high level of stability for the Group and supports longer-term commercial and charitable strategies. Our reputation is built on our Chairman\'s founding principles of a company that must be profitable, ethical and farsighted, as a result we have people, community and social value at our heart. The companies across the Group regularly collaborate to deliver outstanding results on bespoke projects for both public and private sector clients.

We are extremely proud of our dedicated, passionate and friendly colleagues who live our values and work hard to make a difference in communities every day.

The Eric Wright Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its employees, contractors and clients and expects its people to share this commitment. Successful applicants may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check or Disclosure Scotland check and to provide proof of their right to work in the UK. We are committed to equal opportunities, inclusion and fairness across all employment opportunities and service delivery. All managers and employees are expected to promote our values to ensure our workplaces and services are inclusive and accessible.

Hours 40
Department EWCE
Job Type Permanent
Contract Type Full time
Salary Competitive with excellent benefits

Eric Wright Group