Join Ferrovial: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity
Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in infrastructure solving complex problems and generating a positive outcome on people’s lives? At Ferrovial, we are not just a company; we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. Listed on Nasdaq, Euronext Amsterdam and IBEX 35, and a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good, we operate in more than 15 countries with a workforce of over 24,000 professionals worldwide, including Highways, Airports, Construction and Energy.
Ferrovial Construction is internationally recognised for designing and building civil engineering and construction projects, mainly in large transportation infrastructure. Its track‑record to date includes more than 304 miles of tunnels, 11,930 miles of roads (including 2,485 miles of highways), 2,920 miles of railroad lines (including 434 miles of high‑speed railroads) and 16,994 miles of road maintenance and repair.
Why Ferrovial?
- Global presence, local impact: Be part of a company that is shaping the future of infrastructure worldwide, with challenging roles and projects that make a real difference.
- Collaborative excellence: Work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
- Inclusive culture: Thrive in an innovative and respectful workplace that values every voice, celebrates what makes us unique and turns differences into innovation.
- Career growth: Benefit from global and cross‑business unit mobility, with development processes designed to ensure your professional growth.
- Compelling benefits and employee wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that rewards your hard work and dedication and take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.
- Productivity tools: Utilize cutting‑edge tools like Microsoft Copilot to enhance your productivity and efficiency.
Job Description
Tender Phase
- Establish the internal project bid process with the Tendering and Commercial team, ensuring that Operations and project delivery team interface is established.
- Manage any (internal) joint venture operating protocols and processes to create communication, collaboration and information flow efficiencies.
- Lead and manage the full bid lifecycle, from win strategy and scheduling through to production and submission with peers. This includes taking a critical and primary role in client‑facing initiatives.
- Drive consistency, compliance, and quality across the TDRA tender.
- Mentor other team members, peers and stakeholders by sharing best practice to lift performance across the tender function.
- Analyse bid outcomes from previous tenders and provide insight and recommendations that improve processes and success rates.
- Develop the winning strategy for the tender opportunity.
- Develop and implement integrated project controls system, reporting strategy and communications protocols.
- Support in/monitoring of the implementation of Bidding procedures in the UK & Ireland projects.
- Mentor UKIE bidding team members and manage the project team staff, including setting targets and reviewing performance.
- Coordinate with Spain Bidding Team and JV Partners where applicable.
- Identify complex construction and associated risks / opportunities and assist in resolving any problems.
- Promote company values in all dealing with other employees, clients, subcontractors and other stakeholders.
- Submit construction and project planning proposals that will eventually inform the project and construction management during construction and delivery once TDRA is awarded.
- Contribute to the formation of the joint venture operating agreement and commercial arrangements.
- Review and approve design and engineering variations and proposal modifications throughout tender and handover phases.
Post‑Award / Delivery Phase
- Lead the project delivery team, ensuring that the contract deliverables are achieved on time and within budget.
- Set up the handover plan, prepare project mobilisation plans and manage the holistic process in accordance with Operational project improvement processes.
- Implement best‑in‑industry initiatives and processes to develop and maintain workplace standards that reinforce a culture of risk‑management, compliance, integrity, quality, and responsibility across the project.
- Accountable for consistently analysing the engineering, quality and construction processes and methodologies across the project and identifying opportunities to improve and enhance project outcomes.
- Lead and develop the engineering and construction project team, supporting employees with their performance and development activities.
- Support the design and technical engineering team with the synthesis and calibration of information as required to evolve water treatment practices and processes.
- Develop the Infrastructure capability and expertise of the UK&I business.
Qualifications / Experience
- Tertiary qualifications in an engineering discipline.
- Post‑graduate qualifications in business, science or management desirable.
- Extensive post‑qualification experience in a major projects and infrastructure environment, both on the bidding and operations sides.
- International project management experience in hydraulics, water treatment or infrastructure preferred.
Relevant Skills and Competencies
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a strong technological ability to work proactively with all types of stakeholders.
- Collaborative and positive communication and interaction style.
- High attention to detail, analytical and numerical skills.
- Professional written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to deal confidently with all technological and digital platform mediums.
- Highly motivated and professional attitude with visible, constructive self‑awareness and emotional intelligence.
- Confident leader and negotiator with an excellent understanding of construction principles and the relationship between delivery teams and commercial functions.
- Contractual and legal acumen to interpret and negotiate terms pre‑contract with clients and post with supply chain, supported by legal.
- Experience in dealing with multiple project stakeholders including design teams, quality, H&S, Project Controls, client, client advisors etc.
- Ability to lead client & protect Ferrovial's interests through varying RIBA stages of a project(s), including identifying scope maturity & risks.
- To have strong awareness of the scope and importance of the following Technical Competencies being required, including:
- Contract administration, including discharge of obligations and data management;
- Planning and programming techniques and processes;
- Industry technologies and techniques including CDM, SHE standards, Quality Assurance;
- Project controls systems within a major civil engineering project.
- Knowledge of construction scheduling using Primavera P6.
- Experience using Power BI.
- Excellent knowledge on how to measure civil engineering works.
- Good understanding of NEC contracts.
- Good IT skills and adaptability.
- Excellent knowledge of documentation systems.
- Sound interpersonal skills and ability to interact collaboratively with the supply chain, colleagues and client.
- Ability to manage a team and deliver timely high‑quality reports.
Responsibilities and Duties
- General Responsibilities
- Continuously maintain knowledge of, and comply with, all relevant Ferrovial Construction (FC) policies and procedures and contribute to revisions as required.
- Take a lead role in driving the Ferrovial Leadership model and values across teams.
- Represent Ferrovial Construction’s interests professionally and through compelling, evidence‑based arguments that demonstrate insight and business value.
- Always represent FC and its associated entities professionally, positively and respectfully, ensuring that market currency is enhanced.
- Visible demonstrate corporate values and ethics in all interactions with stakeholders and at all client‑interface opportunities.
- Participate proactively and positively in safety activities including forums, drills, trials and inspections.
- Take appropriate care of FC property including documents and data and ensure that confidentiality and security requirements are maintained at all times in accordance with information management and cyber security requirements.
- Ensure own fitness for work at all times in accordance with FC’s policy and support colleagues, in particular direct reports, in ensuring they are always fit to work safely.
- Please note that this job description does not represent a comprehensive list of activities and employees may be requested to undertake other reasonable duties.
Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovative, creative, respectful, and diverse are some of the ways we describe ourselves. We are motivated by challenges, and we collaborate across our business units to move the world together. Your journey to a fulfilling career starts here!
Ferrovial is an equal opportunity employer. We treat all job applications equally, regardless of gender, colour, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, covered veteran status or protected genetic information (each, a “Protected Class”), or any other protected class in accordance with applicable laws.
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