Working for a long-established building services contractor that delivers mechanical solutions across commercial buildings, education, government, and large refurbishment and fit-out projects. They have a strong reputation for engineered solutions, repeat builder relationships, and reliable delivery across projects up to $5m.
They’re now looking to appoint a Pre-Contracts Manager to support their HVAC construction division.
The Role
You’ll sit at the front end of the business, overseeing the full pre-construction process and ensuring the division has clear visibility across tenders, pricing, pipeline health, and client engagement.
Working closely with the Senior Estimator, you’ll coordinate incoming opportunities, manage bid timeframes, maintain compliance across internal systems and workflow platforms, and ensure clients receive organised, accurate, and timely responses. While the Senior Estimator leads the technical pricing and complex bid strategy, you’ll own the communication rhythm, stakeholder alignment, and day-to-day momentum of the bidding lifecycle.
You’ll also be hands-on with estimating when required to help the team meet budget commitments and keep submissions moving efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and coordinate all tender and pre-contracts activity for HVAC construction projects up to $5m
- Maintain pipeline visibility, bid tracking, and CRM hygiene
- Drive internal communication between Estimating, Engineering, Project Management, Admin, and Business Unit leadership
- Support estimating efforts, contributing to pricing and submissions where needed
- Ensure compliance with internal systems, digital workflows, and pre-construction processes
- Maintain strong, consistent engagement with builder clients and consultants
- Oversee document control, submission quality, and tender schedules
- Background in HVAC construction, estimating, or pre-contracts
- Strong commercial awareness and confidence dealing with builders and consultant stakeholders
- Highly organised, with the ability to keep multiple bids and deadlines moving
- Comfortable working with digital systems, project workflows, and cloud-based platforms
- Excellent communicator who enjoys a relationship-driven environment
- Able to navigate internal teams and keep everyone aligned through the bid cycle
- Work with a respected mechanical contractor with a strong pipeline
- Broad exposure across estimating, pre-construction, clients, and operations
- Key role with genuine influence over how the business converts work
- Stable company with a supportive leadership team
- Salary range up to $160k + super
