Pre-Construction Manager

Pre-Construction Manager 

£45,000 to £60,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 5)  

Manchester City Centre, hybrid  

 

Were looking for a Pre-Construction Manager to join our property team at Co-op. In this role youll work in a hybrid way, splitting your time between home, office and site visits (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).  

 

Well look to you to make sure that all projects that come through to pre-construction are delivered to the latest safety standards, fit for our strategy and safe for our colleagues and communities. Youll lead the delivery of all enabling work and budget costing on projects or construction workstreams, providing support in the transition to our construction teams.  

 

What youll do 

Manage and deliver the activity for projects across the food, funeralcare and non-trading estates   Be responsible for supporting project and programme governance meetings with senior management, and reporting on your workstream  Make sure that the accurate risk, compliance, health and safety, and local authority planning procedures are in place   Input and quality check information in business cases, lead end to end delivery, and maintain costs throughout  Be accountable for making sure all projects are delivered to the latest safety standards and agreed ways of working  Advise relevant partners on any issues or inherent risks within their portfolio, proactively looking for solutions or alternate choices  Look for ways to continuously improve the way we deliver projects, and influencing future programmes to make sure we have the best engagement from conception to delivery 

This role would suit people who have 

 

Experience in construction delivery or previous pre-construction management  Good understanding of CDM regulations and obligations  Commercial acumen with a background of demonstrating commercial benefits   The ability to manage work demand in a fast-paced environment   Experience in managing and influencing key senior colleagues and external partners   The ability to analyse, interpret and draw key insights from data and being able to translate this for a non-technical audience  

 

  

Why Co-op?  

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). 

 

An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)  28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays   A pension with up to 10% employer contributions  Private healthcare for you  Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)  Coaching and training to support your career development  Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn 

 

At Co-op, were proud to do things a different way. As one of the worlds largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, weve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.  

 

Building a diverse environment 

Were actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. 

 

We'll ask whether youd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply. 

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, well ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate. 

 

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process 

 

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co-op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Diversity and Inclusion

 

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.