PreConstruction Manager

Summary

The Preconstruction Manager is responsible for monitoring the construction marketplace, determining costs associated with the building process, handling the bidding process, and managing various pre-construction functions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Maintains relationships with existing clients and monitors customer satisfaction.
• Continues prospecting activities with existing clients.
• Develops and nurtures business relationships with targeted prospective clients.
• Develops and submits customized proposals to address targeted opportunities.
• Affords assistance with negotiating business agreements into closed sales.
• Ensures consistency between proposals and final contractual agreements.
• Delivers, defines, and discusses the project and contracted agreements with operations and administration.
• Collaborates with the estimators to ensure a complete estimate, including:
• Assembling of quantities in pricing format to reflect bid form requirements.
• Creating baseline job duration.
• Determining what special equipment might be job specific.
• Applying the best value vendors/subs to the estimate.
• Identifying to whom we are bidding and prepares appropriate bid form, bid proposal letter and/or qualifications.
• Ensures “Standard Conditions” are included in every proposal.
• Packages and sends proposal on time.
• Communicates with clients during bid process to ensure appropriate BCCI positioning in the marketplace.
• Supervises, trains, evaluates, and develops direct reports to ensure maximum returns on investment.
• Addresses complaints appropriately.
• Provides guidance, direction, coaching, and support to direct reports to maximize individual and overall department performance.
• Responsible for holding timely performance appraisals and progress reviews.
• Aids direct reports in developing sort and long-term goals that align with department and Company mission and strategy.
• Ensures direct reports receive appropriate training that aligns with career development plans.
• Takes appropriate action to develop direct reports including, but not limited to, preparing and monitoring career development plans, promotions, demotions, lateral moves, corrective action, and progressive discipline.
• Recommends that direct reports receive timely and appropriate compensation.
• Collaborates with HR to ensure compliance with all employment laws, and related Company policies; may be responsible for conducting training or coordinating workshops related to such compliance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years’ related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Line and Grade experience ACI Finisher Technician.
• Proficiency with computers and Microsoft software programs such as Word and Excel.
• Vista, Timberline, and P6 preferred.

Competencies

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business documents, technical procedures, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures.
• Ability to understand and work with contracts, specifications, drawings, and scope of work.
• Strong financial, insurance, and bonding knowledge of the company.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Understanding of Cost Accounting financial and bonding documents.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of fellow co-workers and mesh them together to create successful teams.
• Ability to define problems, collect information, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to develop construction schedules via the critical path method.