Pre-Construction Development Manager
Business Area: Infrastructure
Place of Work: Waterloo - London
Contract Type: Permanent

Osborne is one of the leading construction businesses in the UK. As a family-owned business, we have the freedom and flexibility to take a different approach. We focus on creating structures and spaces that provide an environment for people to thrive in and solutions for our customers that provide a better experience during the creation. From rail to road, housing to healthcare, however large the project or contract, we know that it is always personal to the people who use it and those that are responsible for it.
We provide an inclusive environment which is aligned to our core values of Quality, Integrity, Openness, Caring and Progressive. We value everyone as an individual and provide the opportunity to influence and change the way that we do things to ensure that we progress and evolve as a business. As a responsible employer we are also committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of all our staff at all times.
The Opportunity
To support the growth of our rail business, we are currently recruiting for a Pre-Construction Manager. Based from Waterloo the role will lead on the successful development of a package of pre-construction works for both
Network Rail and Osborne, in line with the One Team Wessex Vision. Supporting the Package
Manager; you will be accountable for the development of schemes through design and other
pre-construction activities, to ultimately hand over the schemes to our Delivery teams to
construct. This entails working closely with our customers, stakeholders, our main design
partner, other designers, supplier partners, and our delivery teams to create solutions that
delight our customers, are of a high quality, within the financial targets set and in line with
agreed programmes.
You will lead by example by engendering the collaborative One Team Wessex culture
throughout the package team, including suppliers and customers, ensuring that everyone works
towards our common vision of a vibrant delivery mechanism that delivers on promises, chosen
by customers and has safety at its core.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for someone who has experience of Pre-Construction activities, ideally within a rail environment. You will have a good understanding of general civil engineering from a projects perspective and have managed design programmes and been responsible for
their delivery, in terms of quality, design assurance,
commercial performance, and meeting programme
constraints. You will be able to motivate people and
drive business performance, possessing good levels of personal energy and be comfortable operating in a
complex, fast paced environment.
You will have the credibility to establish customer and team
confidence whilst always looking at innovative ways to improve performance.
Our Benefits
- Competitive Salary and Company Car (dependent on position)
- Company Pension
- 25 Days Holiday
- Gift Day off for your Birthday
- Private Health Insurance (after qualifying period dependent on level)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- Trade Discount Cards
If this sounds a lot like you, and your approach to your work is the same as ours, we would love to hear from you. If we end up working together, we will give you a great environment to work in with real opportunities for you to shine, deliver great work and develop your career.
Please note that we would also make reasonable adjustments where possible to ensure that our places of work are inclusive and allow us to support the creation of a diverse and engaged business.
Due to the nature of the work that Osborne are involved in, additional criminal record checks maybe required to carry out particular roles. This will be clarified during the interview process.