Job Description

Location: Geneva Way, Leads Road, Hull. HU7 0DG

Hours: 40 hours per week, 8.00am-5.00pm with 1 hour lunch break

Salary: Dependant on experience

Closing Date: 8 May 2026

The Pre-Construction Management Assistant will join an established Pre-Construction Management team, who are responsible for developing high quality and robust bid submissions and development proposals for our clients.

The role is suitable for someone with an outline understanding and background of construction, coupled with a passion for learning and development and will play a key role in the pre-construction phase of our projects, working closely with the commercial, operations, and design team to co-ordinate a comprehensive bid response.

The role offers an excellent opportunity for professional development and career growth within the company.

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Key Responsibilities

• Measure and quantify construction materials from project plans and specifications to support development and management of subcontractor tender packs alongside the Commercial Manager.
• Support development and monitoring of pre-construction programmes and key milestones alongside the Pre-Construction Manager.
• Support the Bid Management team to ensure all inputs are collated from a variety of stakeholders to ensure a robust technical and commercial submission is achieved.
• Support the Design Team to co-ordinate relevant design inputs, including implementation of company pre-construction processes throughout.
• Work with the Bid Management team to ensure a dynamic bid library is maintained to assist in future bid collateral and provide a clear demonstration of our Social Value offer.
• Work with the Operations team to support key pre-construction requirements, including co-ordination of survey works, supply chain inputs, logistics etc.
• Support development of a robust handover pack, giving the delivery team the best platform to deliver Construction Excellence on site
• Ensure an ethos of continual improvement to help drive the business forward, including contributing and developing improved systems and procedures where appropriate.

Requirements

As well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful candidates will have the following:

Essential:

• Have a baseline experience and knowledge of the construction industry
• Excellent communication skills to liaise with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and under strict deadlines
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Eagerness to learn and develop professional skills within the construction industry
• Ability to understand and implement internal governance procedures
• Be proficient in utilising Microsoft Office
• Have a full driving licence, valid in the UK

Desirable:

• Construction degree qualification (or equivalent)
• Proficient in using relevant software for take-offs and bill of quantities (e.g. Bluebeam or Conquest).

Sewell Group is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services.

As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary, Dependent on experience
• Annual Bonus opportunity
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
• Auto Enrolment pension
• Staff discounts
• High Street & Retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 Work Scheme
• Technology Scheme
• Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes

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