PreConstruction Manager

Description

As a Pre-construction Manager at RK, you’ll guide early project strategy, develop conceptual designs, lead budgeting and estimating efforts, and collaborate closely with Sales, Engineering, and Operations. This role offers the opportunity to shape project outcomes early, mentor a skilled preconstruction team, engage directly with customers, and influence high-value decisions that set projects up for success. If you thrive in a fast-moving environment where your ideas and expertise directly impact winning work, this is the place to make a meaningful impact.

Position Summary

Lead the Preconstruction process for new and developing sales opportunities. Manage the preconstruction team as assigned, including preconstruction engineers and estimators. Guide the opportunity intake process, budgeting, estimating, value engineering and conceptual design processes. Participate in preconstruction, sales, estimating, and closing meetings as a key contributor.

Role Responsibilities

• Work closely with Sales team on open opportunities to understand the opportunity, scope of work and generate timely estimates for sales proposals.
• Evaluate project opportunities for technical, financial and logistical risks.
• Manage the preconstruction team as assigned, including preconstruction engineers and estimators.
• Guide the opportunity intake process, budgeting, estimating, value engineering and conceptual design processes.
• Create conceptual designs and rough order of magnitude estimates to meet customer requests.
• Lead, train, and develop the Preconstruction team members.
• Develop schematic design and design development estimates with Sales and Preconstruction team members.
• Lead and perform opportunity intake and documentation functions.
• Guide scope and bid development through bid closing functions.
• Ensure plans and specifications comply with budget and accepted VE and Trends.
• Document opportunity scope of work and ensure compliance with budget, value engineering, and trends.
• Key contributor for estimating meetings.
• Drive estimates to completion to meet bid due dates.
• Keep records of meeting minutes for opportunity development, design and preconstruction phases.
• Help manage CRM data for open opportunities.
• Ensure sales opportunity plans and specifications are updated and complete on the company server.
• Work with external stakeholders during the preconstruction phase.
• Take a lead role in the formulation of scope narratives.
• Manage customer feedback and interaction during proposal phase of project.
• Provide engineering assistance as requested to the Operations team during construction.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Preconstruction Manager 1: College/university graduate in business, engineering or science or 5+ years equivalent combination of skills and experience generally required. 3+ years leading estimating and/or preconstruction projects in a mechanical, plumbing or water treatment environment. Participates in company business strategy development and execution. Participates in decisions and recommendations having impact on preconstruction related activities of the company. Demonstrates creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing and guiding the preconstruction process.
• Preconstruction Manager 2: College/university graduate in business, engineering or science or 7+ years equivalent combination of skills and experience generally required. 5+ years leading estimating and/or large-scale preconstruction projects in a mechanical, plumbing or water treatment environment. Participates in business related issues with top-level employees and officers. Strongly participates in company business strategy development and execution. Participates in decisions and recommendations having impact on preconstruction related activities of the company. Demonstrates creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing and guiding the preconstruction process.
• Preconstruction Manager 3: College/university graduate in business, engineering or science or 10+ years equivalent combination of skills and experience generally required. 7+ years leading estimating and/or large-scale preconstruction projects in a mechanical, plumbing or water treatment environment. Engages and negotiates critical business-related issues with top-level employees and officers. Participates at a senior level in company business strategy development and execution. Makes informed decisions and recommendations having significant impact on preconstruction related activities of the company. Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing and guiding extensive preconstruction programs and activities of high importance.