PRECONSTRUCTION MANAGER

Responsibilities

• Manage design-phase communication between RMCI, owners, and design partners.
• Lead constructability reviews, design coordination meetings, and technical evaluations.
• Track design evolution and communicate cost, schedule, and risk impacts to the Chief Estimator.
• Provide guidance on logistics, phasing, site constraints, and feasibility during design development.
• Support development of early schedules, general conditions, and procurement strategies.
• Align preconstruction strategy with estimating strategy to ensure consistent assumptions, scope clarity, and pricing logic.
• Review plans, specifications, and addenda to identify scope gaps, risks, and opportunities, coordinating with the Chief Estimator on pricing impacts.
• Support subcontractor outreach, prequalification, and pricing strategy in collaboration with Estimating Team.
• Participate in GMP development, cost trending, and buyout strategy discussions.
• Document all preconstruction documentation, ensuring accuracy and timely distribution.
• Review and approve meeting minutes, action logs, and document control outputs prepared by the Preconstruction Coordinator.
• Maintain alignment between preconstruction deliverables, estimating outputs, and project handoff requirements.
• Lead RMCI’s preconstruction efforts with strategic guidance from the VP of Preconstruction.
• Provide mentorship, direction, and workflow oversight to the Preconstruction Coordinator.
• Lead turnover meetings, ensuring assumptions, risks, and cost models are clearly communicated.
• Develop and refine RMCI’s preconstruction standards, templates, processes, and best practices as the department grows.
• Foster strong collaboration across Estimating, Project Delivery, Operations, Marketing, and Business Development.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with owners, designers, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Represent RMCI professionally at industry events, meet-and-greets, and preconstruction meetings.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in preconstruction, estimating, or design management within industrial construction or mission critical facilities.
• Strong understanding of estimating principles, design development, and alternative delivery methods (CMAR, Design-Build, Design-Assist).
• Skilled in conceptual estimating, cost modeling, and reviewing plans/specifications for scope gaps and risks.
• Strong communication and client-facing presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with Bluebeam, BuildingConnected, and estimating software preferred.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple pursuits in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience mentoring or overseeing junior team members.