Pre-Construction Manager (TOC) – Ipswich, United Kingdom – Permanent. Bouygues Travaux Publics is a civil engineering leader committed to diversity. The role involves leading and managing Target Outturn Cost (TOC) activities for the civil works programme of Sizewell C. The Pre‑Construction Manager supports the strategy for delivering the scope safely, on time, within budget, quality and agreed constraints.
Key responsibilities
- Leading and coordinating TOC activities across the full lifecycle from launch through to settlement.
- Developing and managing TOC execution plans, deliverables, and governance gateways.
- Coordinating technical, planning, estimating, and risk functions to achieve TOC milestones.
- Supporting strategy development to deliver works safely, on programme, and within budget.
- Monitoring progress against milestones, deadlines, budgets, and reporting to stakeholders.
- Managing interfaces across wider project programmes and work packages.
- Identifying risks and opportunities, driving mitigation plans and issue resolution.
- Supporting readiness, mobilisation, and handover planning to delivery teams.
- Driving continuous improvement and applying lessons learned from Hinkley Point C and other major programmes.
- Maintaining strong communication with project leads, commercial teams, and delivery stakeholders.
Key competencies required
- Strong commercial and project management capability.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- Strong leadership and coordination skills across multidisciplinary teams.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Analytical mindset with strong numerical and problem‑solving skills.
- Strong communication and presentation capability.
- Collaborative approach with the ability to build trusted relationships.
- Resilient and adaptable within a fast‑paced, complex project environment.
- Commitment to safety, quality, and delivery excellence.
Skills and experience sought
- Proven track record delivering complex projects through the full lifecycle in regulated or high‑risk environments.
- Experience managing cost, risk, schedule, change, and contract strategy.
- Strong pre‑construction and project delivery knowledge within civil engineering or infrastructure.
- Experience managing subcontractors, consultants, and advisors on major programmes.
- Understanding of NEC contracts would be advantageous.
- Experience within nuclear, energy, or similarly regulated sectors would be beneficial.
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a once‑in‑a‑generation programme and play a key role in shaping the successful delivery of a nationally important project.
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