Pre-Construction Director in Oxford

100,000

–

130,000

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Pre-Construction Director

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced Pre-Construction Director to join a respected construction business renowned for delivering complex, high-quality projects across multiple sectors.

This strategic leadership role will drive the entire pre-construction function, overseeing bid management, estimating, design coordination, programme development, risk management and client engagement.

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in securing future workload, shaping project delivery strategies and leading a high-performing team through all pre-construction activities.

The Opportunity

This is an executive-level position suited to an ambitious and commercially astute construction professional with a proven track record of winning and delivering complex projects.

Working closely with the board and operational leadership team, you will lead the pre-construction strategy, improve tender success rates and ensure projects are positioned for successful delivery before entering the construction phase.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

  • Lead and develop the pre-construction function across the business.
  • Define and implement pre-construction strategy and best practice.
  • Drive business growth through successful tendering and client engagement.
  • Work closely with senior leadership to identify new opportunities and market sectors.
  • Contribute to overall business planning and operational strategy.

Bid & Tender Management

  • Oversee all PQQ, framework and tender submissions.
  • Lead competitive and negotiated tender processes.
  • Review and approve tender strategies, pricing submissions and commercial proposals.
  • Ensure tenders accurately reflect project risks, opportunities and delivery methodologies.
  • Improve bid conversion and success rates.

Client Management

  • Build and maintain relationships with existing and prospective clients.
  • Support business development and networking activities.
  • Lead pre-construction presentations, interviews and workshops.
  • Act as a trusted advisor during early project engagement.

Design & Technical Leadership

  • Oversee design management throughout the pre-construction period.
  • Coordinate consultants, architects and technical teams.
  • Ensure buildability, programme and cost considerations are embedded throughout project development.
  • Drive value engineering and innovation initiatives.

Commercial & Risk Management

  • Oversee estimating and cost planning functions.
  • Review project budgets and procurement strategies.
  • Identify commercial, design and programme risks at an early stage.
  • Ensure robust governance and decision-making throughout project development.

Essential Experience

  • Significant experience in a senior pre-construction, estimating or bid leadership role.
  • Proven track record of securing major design and build projects.
  • Strong understanding of construction delivery across multiple sectors.
  • Experience managing bid, estimating and design teams.
  • Extensive knowledge of tendering, procurement and project planning.
  • Strong commercial awareness and contractual understanding.
  • Excellent stakeholder, client and board-level communication skills.
  • Ability to influence and lead both internal and external teams.

REQUIREMENTS

Desirable Background

Experience within one or more of the following:

  • High-end residential construction
  • Education projects
  • Healthcare facilities
  • Commercial construction
  • Heritage or specialist projects
  • Framework procurement environments
  • Two-stage tendering and negotiated contracts

REWARDS AND BENEFITS

What’s On Offer

  • £100,000 – £130,000 basic salary
  • Executive bonus scheme
  • Car allowance or company vehicle
  • Enhanced pension contribution
  • Private medical insurance
  • Life assurance
  • 25+ days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • Professional membership support
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Genuine board-level progression opportunity

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About this Recruiter

Tommy McMullen
Consultant

A bit about me

Tommy has over five years of experience and works on our main contracting desk dealing with build, refurb and social housing contractors. He supports and supplies privately owned businesses and local authorities and prides himself on assisting with requirements from the beginning to the end of a project. Outside of work, Tommy enjoys going to the gym, playing football and golf and socialising with friends. He also openly admits to (unfortunately) supporting Tottenham Hotspur!
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Construction professionals,
looking for a career enhancing opportunity

Find your next construction job, today.

Are you looking for new construction job? If you are a skilled construction professional, we will have an opportunity for you. We are an experienced construction recruitment agency and have an impressive track record of sourcing the best opportunities for the professionals we work for.

Providing you with an in-depth insight of industry knowledge, we can help you make the most informed decisions about your next move, now and for the entirety of your career.

Helping to enhance careers and teams

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About Cityscape Recruitment

Cityscape Recruitment is not like any other construction recruitment agency. Our business does not have a sales-driven environment, instead, we reward quality over quantity.

We use our specialist industry knowledge to help introduce and guide construction professionals into companies that best suit their desired career aspirations and personal goals. From Quantity Surveyors to Site Managers to Civil Engineers, we work to the same objective of helping to enhance their careers.

And our relationships don’t end on day one of a new role – we pride ourselves on our ability to build long-lasting relationships with both clients and construction professionals. And we are fortunate enough to work with many leading construction companies and professionals in London and throughout the rest of the UK.

SUPPORTING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Clients we work for

Our clients range from small, privately owned specialist contractors right up to top-tier PLCs responsible for shaping our country’s landscape.

What our clients say

We have worked with Alex Wallace and the Cityscape Recruitment team for a number of years now and find their service excellent.

They supply well matched and vetted candidates and very quickly understood all our requirements. They have always demonstrated good market knowledge and an ability to deliver to our requirements.

Commercial Director,
Main Contractor

I have used Cityscape Recruitment multiple times over the last 5 years. Very pleasant to deal with and all candidates put forward for interview are well suited to the position and well vetted by the team, so there is no time wasted with unsuitable applicants. I would highly recommend Cityscape. I intend to use them again in the future should any vacancies become available.

Operations Director,
Platt and Reilly Ltd

The Cityscape Recruitment team has always been great to deal with. Always ready to listen to our needs and requirements, a quality some recruiters do not appreciate or have, then advising where they can assist in our staff procurement. We look forward to working with Laura and Cityscape in the coming years.

Director,
Soilfix

Construction Recruitment FAQs

Here are answers to some questions that you may have.

At Cityscape Recruitment we have teams of consultants who find opportunities for construction professionals in the following sectors:

  • Main Contractor – Build
  • Fit Out and Refurbishment
  • Residential Development
  • Specialist Contract
  • Civil Engineering
  • Consultancy

Read more about our company here.

Our Residential Development team recruits for the very broad range of roles available in the Construction and Civil Engineering industries. From Quantity Surveyor to Technical Coordinator to Project Manager.

They can also recruit for the complete range of seniorities within these specialist areas. From Graduate roles, up to Heads of Departments and Managing Directors. 

To view all our live roles, click here

Our clients range from small, privately owned specialist contractors right up to top-tier PLCs responsible for shaping our country’s landscape. 

Some of our key clients are Statom Group, 8Build, AJ Morrisroe and Sons, VolkerFitzpatrick, Troy Group and Bellway Homes. 

Whatever your career aspirations may be, we will have the opportunities and the industry knowledge to share with you.

Our office is in Rickmansworth, West Hertfordshire. We are, therefore, best placed to provide recruitment services for London, the Home Counties, and the Southern Region of the country. However, we can and do recruit for the whole of the UK and have made many successful placements for construction professionals in the Midlands and the North and West regions of the country. 

To view all of our live roles, click here

When you first contact us, be that through direct contact, responding to an advert or applying through our website, we will connect you with a consultant who works in your specialist area. 

Initially, they will arrange a meeting to talk through your CV and career history. They will encourage you to go into detail about your background and experiences, capabilities and responsibilities, personal circumstances and any other factors they feel are relevant to help them build up a well-rounded profile of you. 

We take extraordinary care in matching professionals to an opportunity – one that will help enhance their careers and a clients’ team. We therefore also use this meeting to empower you in your career. Using our extensive knowledge of the construction industry, we would provide in-depth overviews of businesses, projects and available roles, and guidance on where your strengths will add the most value and career potential. 

After this meeting, the consultant will speak to a number of their clients about you and your CV. Who they speak to can be either jointly agreed upon or you can trust the judgement and expertise of the consultant to contact clients they feel are the best fit for your experience and goals.

If any clients are interested in meeting with you, the consultant will manage the interview process, coaching you before any interviews if required. (Further guidance can be found here.)

If you are successful in receiving an offer(s), our consultant will communicate this with you and help to negotiate the offer(s) and any other terms of employment. 

Finally, we will support you in resigning from your current role, navigating potential counter offers and starting your new role.