Preconstruction Director

Description

• Build strategic and effective relationships with customers, project teams, specialist contractors, vendors, suppliers, user groups and others that reflect and support the company’s core values and meet or exceed the customer’s expectations.
• Determines which projects to pursue, based upon operational capacity, opportunity for cross-selling, strategic geographic opportunity for future growth.
• Ensures preconstruction management team partners with design department on design/build and design/assist projects to assure the project is designed to optimal achievable cost within the allotted budget. Manages preconstruction managers project workloads/specializations and provides problem resolution advice for preconstruction managers. Performs regular project risk assessment and mitigation.
• Provides regular and high-quality hiring, communications, mentoring, coaching, problem-solving and training for staff and other co-workers at all levels as needed. Advises and coaches employees and provides performance feedback regularly.
• Supports preconstruction managers in planning, reviews, and helps coordinate all assigned preconstruction deliverables to maximize time and efficiency while delivering promises to customers and co-workers.
• Directs and supervises the preconstruction managers who are responsible for each opportunity for quality and accuracy of work. This includes all preconstruction deliverables including estimates, design assistance, engineering, scope development, constructability, scheduling, overall execution strategy, JV creation, UBE plan, subcontractor solicitation, contract terms negotiations, long lead procurement, and initial billing performing estimates and bidding, assisting with establishing goals and communicating expected standards of performance and quality for others. Manages the interview procurement process.
• Works with preconstruction managers to determine general expenses, labor rates, scope and other elements associated with the opportunities. Provides a detailed and comprehensive value analysis to the project team. Responsible for ensuring that all preconstruction deliverables are written appropriately and fulfilled to the customer’s and/or the company’s conditions for timing and quality satisfaction.
• Creates and manages an annual Get and Complete budget and maintains some level of responsibility for companywide backlog.
• Develops and maintains exemplary client and subcontractor relationships and conducts high-quality business development activities regularly. Supports the preconstruction managers who provide incremental cost analysis and scope updates for clients during the preconstruction phase. Maintains confidentiality of all client pricing and intellectual property.

Requirements

• Exceptional ability to coach, mentor, motivate and develop front line and senior level management, providing support to build highly performing, highly engaged teams and providing organizational and leadership guidance through periods of significant transition. Strong collaboration, teamwork, and interpersonal skills. Ability to work with and facilitate diverse work teams.
• Is a proven leader, able to hire, coach, and develop a strong team of high performers.
• Extensive experience with value analysis in all market segments and in-depth trade knowledge. Experience with computerized estimating software, preferably Accubid. Strong conceptual estimating skills, and experience in reviewing estimates for accuracy and completeness. Experience and skill in establishing budgets, business negotiation and vendor communication.
• Minimum 10+ years of electrical construction experience in estimating, common code requirements, and design/build estimating and preconstruction with a concentration in large commercial construction projects. Previous experience with field installation helpful. Minimum 5 years of experience directly managing people.
• Has strong negotiation, conflict management, and persuasion skills, able to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Preferably 4-5 years of experience in hands-on project management. Extensive skills and experience in project management leadership. Thorough understanding of the project life cycle.
• Strong visionary strategic leadership and communication skills for employee groups at all levels, customers, subcontractors, vendors, and other community leaders. Exceptional business development, relationship building and client communication skills.
• Approximately 50% of travel is expected and required.
• Knowledge of building construction, materials, costs, systems, market conditions/trends, trade practices and regional differences. Must have extensive knowledge of the electrical code and skills to read, interpret and understand electrical contracts, plans, drawings, blueprints and specifications and financial documents. Strong technical understanding of electrical systems.
• Excellent written, verbal, listening, presentation, negotiation, conflict management and persuasion skills, and the ability to influence employees at all levels, including senior management.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in engineering, construction management, building construction, architecture, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Is an exceptional communicator, able to build strong internal and external business partner relationships while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• $152,500 – $198,200 annually, based on experience and qualifications.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance