Construction BID Manager

The Bid Manager main responsibility will be to leads multiple projects’ preconstruction budgets, schedules and deliverables simultaneously through entire preconstruction phase from conception through to contract and handover to construction team. He/she keeps providing supports as requested during construction.

• Actively participates in all OAC, coordination, design … meetings with owners, architects, consultants and engineers during development of the design; provides feedback to stakeholders during the design process to enhance the cost, schedule, quality, and constructability of the project
• Follow-up, with the support of the estimating and design team and involving external stakeholders (subcontractors, Design team) the RFI process
• Assists involved parties in evaluating different materials and methods to meet budget objectives; leads the document review and coordination process to ensure that all parties involved deliver quality documents that mitigate risks and challenges later on in project
• Organize and participate as needed to meetings with subcontractors and, when relevant, with Owner, for the purpose of levelling and negotiating the bids and ultimately select subcontractors with the Owner’s approval
• May be required to propose, with the support of dedicated estimators, in-house self-performing solutions in order to improve efficiency of the company
• Works closely with selected subcontractors to develop detailed cost estimates, tendering and procurement strategies; evaluates subcontractor proposals relative to the scope of work. Actively participate in the elaboration of bidtabs with proper levelling of subcontractors offers and make recommendations accordingly
• Will support the business development and contract departments in the elaboration of construction contract documents once cost, schedule and other characteristics of the project are agreed with the Owner and other stakeholders (Partners…)
• Work collectively and actively with the estimating, design and scheduling departments as well as with production teams (when applicable) and external shareholders such as subcontractors during preconstruction to prepare estimates, schedules, means and methods for all stages of design from conceptual through to final construction documents
• Works closely with all team members including business developers, estimators, project managers, superintendents and other selected professionals during preconstruction to ensure the necessary resources (e.g. estimating, design assist, site planning, logistics, development of general requirements…) are committed to complete the required preconstruction service
• Monitors, with the support of the design team, design development in order to detect over-runs and constructability issues and properly communicate potential risk factors with all stakeholders involved

• Able to read and understand design drawings and specifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Building or Civil Engineering, or Architecture or Construction Management
• Candidate must have at least ten years in the construction industry, preferably in the US and in South Florida and/or the Caribbean, and at least five years of experience performing duties similar to the ones described above
• Experience working, in this role, in the major building construction industry and worked on projects with recognized architects and designers.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft office, and Excel in particular, is a must
• Be proactive in proposing value engineering, added value for cost