Utilities Preconstruction Manager

• Multiple years of experience in managing the construction or estimating construction costs for water and/or waste water treatment plants or similar facilities.
• Knowledgeable about construction approach of building water and/or waste water treatment plants or similar facilities.
• Experience in leading estimates or major components of estimates.
• Experience in developing costs for self-perform work including, but not limited to, cast-in-place concrete, structure excavation and other earthwork scopes, above and below ground piping systems, and process equipment installation.
• Experience in working in a team of estimators and managing a team of estimators.
• Compile conceptual estimates, including project benchmarks and details.
• Willingness to leverage experience to support the department in other related markets and work types.
• Understand and work in a team to execute multiple delivery methods, including hard bid, negotiated GMP, Design Build, and Construction Management at Risk.
• Work with operations teams on general requirements, including fees, financials, staffing of jobs, and construction schedules.
• Understand pro-forma targets and anticipate unique factors for each job.
• Foster collaboration regarding resources and ideas for continuous improvement with other departments, offices, and regions.
• Partner with associated division/market to assist in managing and forecasting pursuit costs.
• Drive projects forward and understand efforts needed in order to achieve desired results.
• Research, discover, and leverage strategies to win projects.
• Strategically apply preconstruction resources for greatest return on investment.
• Proficiently utilize estimating software tools: P6, BuildingConnected, Procore, Agtek, Hard Dollar, and others.
• Collaborate with clients to understand and extract their true needs.
• Allocate and forecast personnel needs and department capacity.
• Navigate client, designer, and estimating team through budget review.
• Lead teams (designer/client/trades) from design to a target budget.
• Represent the estimating team at job interviews and clearly present estimates to clients.
• Understand federal requirements and their effect on the estimate, i.e. Davis Bacon wages, Buy American, etc.
• Manage, mentor, coach, and develop all estimators on assigned projects. Conduct annual performance reviews.
• Establish and maintain relationships with architects, owners, engineers, subcontractors, designers, clients, and others for potential business development.
• Research emerging trends in preconstruction and apply innovative strategies to continuously improve performance of department.

• Bachelor degree in construction, engineering, or related field; Or acceptable construction experience
• Minimum 10 years of construction experience with 5 years of experience managing progressively larger and more complex estimates/teams
• Proven experience delivering successful results at Senior Estimator level
• Understanding of all aspects of preconstruction
• Proven leadership ability with particular focus on mentoring, training, and motivating teams
• Ability to develop and maintain key long-term relationships (clients, subcontractors, partners, etc.)
• Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills
• Technical writing skills
• Conflict resolution skills and experience with successfully resolving disputes
• Ability to multitask and prioritize resources
• Superior organizational skills
• Self-perform production knowledge
• Construction scheduling experience
• Quantity survey experience
• Proficient knowledge of estimating software
• Experience representing company with industry and community organizations

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