Preconstruction Manager

Description

• Oversees the value-added process for each project.
• Attends sales presentations and markets work to existing clients.
• Manages successful client relationships.
• Directs, reviews, approves the work of Estimating Engineers, Conceptual Estimators, and Senior Estimators.
• Drives cost leadership.
• Takes lead in preparing guaranteed maximum prices and brings guaranteed maximum prices to closure.
• Supports operation team during subcontractor negotiations.
• Continuously develops staff by mentoring, leading, motivating, and coaching (e.g., Ethics, Diversity, Quality, Development, Safety).
• Provides support to business sales, team sales, and presentations.
• Enforce and support project planning and logistics and scheduling with other teams.
• Recognizes problems or situations that are new or without clear precedent; evaluates alternatives and finds solutions using a systematic multi-step approach.
• Ensures accuracy of estimates produced.
• Drives deadlines and achieves results.
• Ensures client satisfaction during preconstruction.
• Creates a sense of belonging and ownership among team members; assembles teams with the right mix of skills; coaches and motivates team members; delegates responsibility; promotes mutual support and interactions.
• Risk management - ensures sound financial deals.
• Oversees and prepares estimates for projects at all stages.
• Ensures involvement of subcontractors for pricing.
• Develops a strategy for each assigned project.
• Responsible for preconstruction deliverables to clients.
• Responsible to ensure that the costing database is current and includes labor and material updates.

Requirements

• Ability to make decisions while analyzing the risks and future impacts of them. Understands how and when to make a choice and how and when to escalate issues to higher levels.
• Equivalent combination of the above education, training, and experience.
• Ten (10) or more years of experience in construction or related job field. -or-
• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related job field.
• Must have excellent written and oral skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills and ability to delegate tasks, motivate colleagues, and manage stakeholder's priorities in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Strong computer knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance