Pre-Construction Project Manager
Harlow District Council
Temporary, Full Time
£450 per day umbrella
Location: Harlow
Closing Date: 9th February 2026
Essex County Council are pleased to be supporting Harlow District Council to recruit a temporary Pre-Construction Project Manager on a 12-month basis. Please note that this post requires the successful individual to be based on site a minimum of 2 days per week.
Harlow is a district of contrasts and an ideal location to both live and work. The town itself is thriving, with excellent shopping and leisure facilities for all ages. We have good road links to the M11 and M25 and excellent rail connections to London and Stansted Airport, just 35 minutes and 20 minutes away from Harlow respectively.
Harlow is an authority with big ambitions. Our Housing capital programme for investment work to occupied homes is in the region of £150m over the next 2 years. We are building a team of high calibre professionals and welcome applications from those with drive and experience who can help us meet the challenge.
The role:
Harlow Council is looking for an experienced Pre-Construction Project Manager to join its Pre-Construction team to manage the pre-construction phase of its capital works programme. The programme will deliver major refurbishment and component replacement projects at speed and scale to occupied council homes, including low- and high-rise blocks, some of which will be in scope of the Building Safety Act 2022. Partnering with internal and external stakeholders, the Pre-Construction team will develop and prepare the programmes of work for the next few years and ensure that projects are scoped, costed and viable. The role would suit Employer’s Agents, Contract Administrators and Delivery Managers for capital works and also Quantity Surveyors, Building Surveyors, Project Managers and Asset Managers with experience of capital works. The role would not suit project or site managers with solely New Build experience.
Key responsibilities:
The role will involve working closely with the Asset Data team to identify priority estates and buildings, the co-ordinating of site investigations, inspections and feasibility activities with the support of surveyors and also the scoping, designing and packaging the required work with the support of consultants. You will liaise with the Procurement team to ensure the work packages are tendered for accurately and promptly and with the Delivery team to ensure fully developed and compliant projects are handed over during the pre-start phase. You will also support leaseholder consultation activities throughout the programme.
The experience you will bring:
You must have demonstrable experience in the delivery or planning of capital works projects and programmes in occupied residential buildings
Previous experience gained within a Local Authority would also be advantageous or a similar Public Sector environment
Strong team player who can work at pace and manage multiple workstreams
What you should do next
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply via the Working for Essex website. If you have any queries relating to this post please email louise.butler@essex.gov.uk
