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M&E Pre-Construction Manager

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M&E Pre‑Construction Manager jobs in the North‑West

Permanent M&E Pre‑Construction Manager roles with building services contractors across the North‑West.

ravensearch is a specialist M&E recruitment agency working only on permanent roles in mechanical and electrical building services. We are based in Wigan and the contractors we work with are spread across the region, from Liverpool and Warrington through Manchester and out to Leeds.

This is the step most senior estimators are aiming at, and it is a genuine change of job rather than a bigger version of the same one. You stop pricing everything yourself and start deciding what gets priced, who prices it, and what the business is prepared to put its name to.

What the work involves

Bid strategy
Deciding which opportunities are worth chasing, and what the winning position on each one actually looks like.
Running the function
Managing estimators, planners and design staff, and keeping several tenders moving at once without any of them slipping.
Client and supply chain
Fronting the business with main contractors and clients, and keeping the supply chain engaged well before a tender lands.
Handover to delivery
Making sure the operational team inherits something they can actually build to the margin that was priced.

The projects behind these roles

Healthcare, education, defence, custodial and public sector frameworks, alongside commercial and industrial work. At this level the schemes are large, and the North‑West has a steady pipeline of major public sector work that keeps demand for the role consistent rather than cyclical.

What it pays

Permanent pre‑construction manager roles we have handled recently have paid between £55,000 and £70,000, with a car or allowance and package on top.

The range is wide because the job title covers quite different jobs. Managing two estimators at a regional contractor and running a full bid function at a national one pay very differently, so it is worth establishing which one you are being offered.

Every role here is permanent. We do not handle freelance or contract work, so nothing on this page is a day rate.

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One conversation, no obligation, and a straight answer on what is available and what it pays. Mike handles every role we take, so you are not being passed around.

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