Preconstruction Support Lead

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Koninklijke BAM Groep is seeking a Preconstruction Support Lead in Wellingborough to bolster the energy pre-construction team. The role is based in Wellingborough with a hybrid model and covers marketing, pre-qualification and tender support, planning client conversations, producing collateral, and coordinating knowledge management, evidence capture, and SharePoint, plus regional awards and meeting logistics. You need strong editorial and writing skills, data literacy, and proficiency in Microsoft Office and InDesign, plus willingness to travel across northern England. Highlight cross-functional collaboration, bidding support, and evidence-based storytelling in your application. Send a concise note with relevant work samples to Monica Curl, BAM UK & Ireland, and show how you fit BAM’s inclusive culture.

Building a sustainable tomorrow

The energy sector is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in its history.  Across the UK and Ireland, electricity networks are expanding at an unprecedented pace to support decarbonisation, energy security, and economic growth, connecting new offshore wind, interconnectors, storage, and low-carbon technologies to homes, industry, and communities. This transition is driving major investment in grid infrastructure, new delivery models, and digital innovation, while placing people, safety, and collaboration at the heart of delivery. For those looking to work on complex, nationally important projects with long-term purpose and impact, the energy sector offers a unique opportunity to help shape a more resilient, sustainable future while developing skills that will be critical for decades to come.

At BAM, we are currently recruiting a Preconstruction Support Lead to join our team. The role is based in Wellingborough with a hybrid working model offering flexibility between home, office.

Making Possible

• Work with the energy pre-construction team as required to support marketing, pre-qualification, and tender activities
• Work with the Pre-Construction team and Client Account leads to plan, record, and monitor conversations with clients, designers, and strategic supply chain.
• Researching future opportunities
• Produce a range of client and business-facing collateral, including case studies, presentations, and proposal documents
• Assist with creating and distributing prepositioning documentation
• Providing support and assistance to bids as required, cascading the prepositioning strategy and knowledge
• Liaise with the project and pre-construction teams to capture social media updates to feed into our corporate accounts
• Engage with our project teams to produce high-quality case studies and collate evidence data to contribute to our central Knowledge Management System
• Helping to identify and source evidence across the Region including setting up and managing a SharePoint space for each project to capture and collate evidence throughout the project lifecycle  
• Maintain a regional awards programme and log to identify opportunities across projects in the North, including the preparation of persuasive award submissions through collaboration with site, client and stakeholder teams
• Support to arrange internal and external meetings

What do you bring to the role?

• Experience of a variety of sectors, particularly organisations with dispersed, customer-facing teams (construction / civil engineering not essential)
• Data literate and able to identify and adapt to emerging trends
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Adobe InDesign.
• Able to travel to projects which may include remote locations within northern England.
• Proficient editorial and writing skills
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Able to identify and respond to colleague’s needs
• Enjoys collaborating with others to achieve results
• Ability to work with complex technical subject matter

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Monica Curl, Recruiter, BAM UK & Ireland | Infrastructure, Email: [email protected]

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.