Industrial Preconstruction Manager

Responsibilities

Brasfield & Gorrie has an exciting opportunity for an Industrial Preconstruction Manager to help lead our Industrial group.

Responsibilities and Essential Duties include the following (other duties may be assigned):

* 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, Building Connected, 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.

Education - Skills - Knowledge - Qualifications & Experience

* Bachelor degree in construction, engineering, or related field;
Or acceptable construction experience

* Minimum 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