Overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for an established Pre-Construction Director to join our Advanced Manufacturing Construction team on a national basis with a hub based in our Sunderland office. As a Senior Business Lead in Wates Construction, this role comes at a perfect time, where the successful candidate can take full accountability to shape, grow and develop the pre-construction strategy with the support of the newly formed leadership team. As a work winning pre-construction specialist, we require someone who can embrace the Wates Pre-Construction Transformation Programme from pre bid through to the successful conversion of the second stage. The successful candidate will align with the business plan as well as ensuring compliance with governance and process to enable the business unit to achieve sales budget. There is also a requirement to support business development activity to ensure future pipeline and actively participate in external networking. This is an exciting time to grow our strategy, engage and motivate our teams to achieve success through excellently executed and considered bids. As this role is pivotal to the success of the business unit we require:

Responsibilities

• Excellent value-added customer relationships and management leading to ongoing work
• Exceptional stakeholder management working in collaboration with our wider group and framework teams
• A passion for work winning
• A detailed strategic approach – through to execution in both work winning and PCSA conversion
• Leading by example supporting and upskilling the team where appropriate, driving continuous improvement in performance
• Resilience and adaptability responding to the business and customer needs
• Experience in winning bids on projects between 50-500m
• A portfolio, evidencing successful bids through to growing sales
• Excellently executed presentations
• A drive to win with a great team spirit

What We Offer

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• 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

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please consider our careers information and values as part of the application process. 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.

If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies, discuss career opportunities in strict confidence or need anything to make our recruitment process easier, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly or via recruitment@wates.co.uk and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.

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.

About Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment. 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.

Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family-owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity and strive to create a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. The Wates Group are committed to three environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste, and Zero Carbon, from our operations and Positive Nature Enhancement.

Seniority level: Director

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Management and Manufacturing

Industries: Construction