Director of Pre-Construction - Chicago, Illinois, US

Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day operations of the pre-construction team in the achievement of its objectives.
• Provides oversight of the estimating and design processes including:
• Submission of system designs and workflow configurations.
• Estimating of all transport related projects including construction and modernization.
• Review of engineering reports, technical specifications, contractual documentation, project qualifications and/or other documentation required to support the system design, estimate(s) and sales proposals.
• Preventive Maintenance Agreement (PMA) and Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA) estimates.
• In addition to standard department KPIs, creates and manages KPIs that revolve around estimating, pre-construction and quality activities. Complete additional reporting as required for senior leadership.
• Maintains workload balance of team members to ensure timely delivery of services, and reviews their work.
• Drafts and ensures adherence to, department budget.
• Manages the team and is responsible for generating estimate and design requests as part of the workload distribution to the team, monitoring workload capacity and demand.
• Oversees the Estimate and Risk Review process to ensure compliance and appropriate costing as it relates to the scope of work.
• Plans, schedules, and provides resource training for both new and existing staff to maintain a high-level of system design, estimating, buying, and product application quality.
• Represents the department, as appropriate, at sales presentations.
• Provides direction, guidance and training to the team on the proper application, design and cost estimating for Swisslog’s pneumatic tube systems.
• Defines and enforces department operating policies and procedures.
• Acts as the product manager and guides development of the Engagement estimating tool.
• Executes the company’s performance management process including writing performance appraisals, recommending salary increases and delivering performance appraisals to staff.
• Travels as needed to assist with remote employee development, and to participate in customer meetings and/or internal company or team meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 3-5 years of experience managing a team of technical/engineering personnel or demonstrated project leadership managing client project teams.
• Experience and knowledge of construction processes and procedures.
• Self-starting individual who has proven track record and will thrive in a team environment.
• Organizational knowledge of hospitals and the hospital market.
• Good interpersonal, presentation and written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong computer and organizational skills.
• Must be willing to travel as needed to assist with remote employee development, and to participate in customer meetings and/or internal company or team meetings.
• Master’s degree in a technical field or MBA.
• 3-5 years of pneumatic tube industry experience.
• CAD and/or BlueBeam experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a technical field or MBA preferred.
• 3-5 years of pneumatic tube industry experience preferred.