Electrical Preconstruction Project Manager, SourceBlue
Position Overview
Division: SourceBlue | Project Location(s): Saddle Brook, NJ 07663, USA | Minimum Years Experience: Travel Involved: 10‑20% | Job Type: Regular | Classification: Experienced | Education: Bachelor’s degree | Job Family: Construction | Compensation: Salaried Exempt
Position Description
Manage and oversee on‑site security operations and team. Develop and implement security procedures to keep company, executives, employees, workers, visitors, guests, and assets safe.
Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities
- Accountable for preconstruction deliverables, including Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) and Lump Sum bids.
- Collaborate with Operations on project schedule, logistics, safety, constructability reviews, general conditions, and general requirements.
- Develop, review, and approve assumptions and clarifications.
- Develop and maintain relationships with clients, architects, design community, and trade partners to enhance future business development opportunities.
- Collaborate with Procurement regarding preconstruction estimates.
- Participate in hiring process, onboard and deliver timely performance feedback for direct reports; execute/contribute to performance appraisals, utilize talent management systems, and identify appropriate training.
- Develop and monitor preconstruction budget for project, focusing on recoveries, invoicing, and provide monthly financial updates.
- Lead review meetings with owner, architect, and engineer related to the preconstruction phase.
- Prepare comparison analysis to previous estimates and develop clear messages to explain variances for each stakeholder.
- Establish preconstruction quality control (QC) processes for scope and estimate reviews.
- Identify opportunities to improve preconstruction processes using Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), and other enhancements.
- Coordinate with Operations Lead to support Launch Matrix preparation, scheduling, evaluating, executing, and managing meetings for each estimate milestone.
- Participate and contribute to constructability reviews for milestone estimates per Launch Matrix.
- Coordinate with Lean Manager to develop and execute pull plans for design, estimate, and GMP schedules.
- Generate, coordinate, and manage Budget Control Reports (BCRs) between each milestone estimate to manage cost events and value‑engineering opportunities.
- Provide variance reports for each milestone estimate to communicate scope development.
- Lead Target Value Design process as appropriate for select projects.
- Perform other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field; minimum 10 years of building construction experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Experience with a variety of building construction types.
- Thorough understanding of drawings, specifications, contract documents, materials, means and methods.
- Knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing, engineering principles, and accounting.
- Ability to develop client relationships, identify sales opportunities, and collaborate on solutions.
- Extensive knowledge of regional market, competition, and industry trends.
- Strong qualitative and quantitative analysis skills for estimating documents.
- Advanced project management skills; ability to manage high volumes of work and move projects forward in a complex environment.
- Management experience required; ability to coach and mentor others.
- Negotiation skills with ability to influence and engage stakeholders.
- Executive‑level presentation skills; ability to anticipate audience needs and tailor communications.
- High energy, drive, and commitment to seeing initiatives through to completion.
- Process and critical‑thinking skills with sound judgment and decision‑making.
- Ability to leverage lean concepts and continuous improvement methods and tools.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands; talk; and hear. Frequent computer monitor viewing and keyboard use are required. Specific vision abilities include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment. The employee is occasionally required to be mobile, travel short and long distances, and work on‑site at construction sites, office locations, or off‑site venues. Regular lifting/moving of up to 20 lb and occasional lifting/moving of up to 50 lb is required.
Work Environment
The employee regularly works in an office setting with quiet to moderate noise levels. Occasionally, the employee may work at construction sites where exposure to moving mechanical parts, high places, fumes, airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock may occur. Noise in those environments can be moderate to loud. The employee must comply with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) plan, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account
- Wellness benefits and voluntary legal plan
- Identity theft protection, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage
- Paid vacation, wellness/sick time, holidays, paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee referral bonuses
- End‑of‑year appreciation pay
Compensation
- Salary range for NJ: $98,000 – $139,000 annualized
- Salary range for Seattle: $100,000 – $140,000 annualized
- Salary range for Denver: $90,000 – $138,000 annualized
- Salary range for California: $110,000 – $145,000 annualized
- Salary range for Chicago: $90,000 – $129,000 annualized
- Salary range for NY: $100,000 – $150,000 annualized