Director, Preconstruction

Description

• Maintain close alignment with operations teams during project handoff to confirm scope, assumptions, and risk items.
• Manage the estimating pipeline to ensure balanced workloads and timely delivery.
• Maintain strong relationships with subcontractors and suppliers to stay current on market pricing and escalation trends.
• Foster a culture of accuracy, responsiveness, collaboration, and professional growth within the team.
• Serve as a working leader, actively contributing to estimating deliverables while overseeing team performance.
• Lead preconstruction meetings, bid strategy sessions, and risk reviews.
• Set the Standard: Be a role model for professional behavior, fostering a workplace culture that motivates and inspires others.
• Step in as lead estimator on complex or high-priority pursuits, ensuring accuracy and competitiveness.
• Model best practices in estimating methodology, documentation, and communication to set the standard for the department.
• Collaborate with clients, architects, engineers, and subcontractors to develop accurate pricing and identify value-engineering opportunities.
• Support business development and proposal teams in RFP/RFQ pursuits, including conceptual pricing and technical narratives.
• Audit all estimates to ensure completeness, accuracy, and proper documentation of assumptions.
• Support team members with technical guidance, scope review, and cost validation on active bids.
• Support Development of Top Brands: Opportunity to work behind the scenes supporting efforts for industry leaders like McDonald’s, Starbucks, and 7-Eleven.
• Lead, train, and mentor the estimating team to deliver accurate, timely, and high-quality estimates and proposals.
• Set clear performance expectations, manage workloads, and establish accountability for deliverables and deadlines.
• Implement and manage estimating technology and software (ProEst, Bluebeam, Procore, etc.).
• Partner closely with operations leadership to align estimating practices with project delivery goals.
• Establish and enforce company-wide estimating procedures, templates, and cost databases.
• Produce detailed quantity take-offs, conceptual and hard-bid estimates, and pricing proposals for select projects.
• Oversee the full estimating lifecycle—from conceptual budgets and schematic estimates to GMPs and hard bids.
• Champion Key Initiatives: Play a vital role in driving Sevan-wide initiatives like Safety and Sustainability, ensuring positive impacts for our people and the planet.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of commercial construction means and methods, cost structures, and market dynamics.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and personalities under pressure.
• Proficiency in ProEst, Procore, Bluebeam, OST, and Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with Revit, Smartsheet, and related software a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field.
• Strategic thinker who balances cost accuracy with business objectives.
• Exceptional communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Solutions-oriented, able to handle aggressive expectations in a professional manner.
• 15+ years of progressive commercial construction experience, with at least 10 years in estimating/preconstruction.
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and process-driven.
• Experience with federal and state government, DoD RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and related solicitation documents.
• Willingness to relocate or commute daily to the Dallas, TX office.
• Collaborative leader with the ability to develop and retain a strong, motivated estimating team.
• Operates with urgency and precision under demanding deadlines.
• Proven experience leading preconstruction/estimating for quick-serve restaurants, retail, or commercial projects (tenant improvement and ground-up).

Benefits

• Grow With Us: Take charge of your personal and professional growth through hands-on experience, engaging training programs, and opportunities to mentor interns and co-ops.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance