Preconstruction Manager

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Description We are looking for a talented Preconstruction Manager to join the PROTECS team in our Corporate Team in our Plymouth Meeting, PA location.
Life Sciences experience is a must!

About Us PROTECS is a leading full-service design-build construction management and project management company with five US offices focused on serving the hi-tech regulated market sectors. For over 20 years, PROTECS has provided its clients with a broad range of leveraged services in a collaborative design/build and construction management approach by partnering with best-in-class architecture/engineering firms from project inception to occupancy.

Through PROTECS’ patented Target Costing delivery methodology, the company acts as a single point of contact and accountability for master planning, site selection, design, construction, commissioning, and validation. At the core of its delivery approach, PROTECS takes on the risk to guarantee performance, conformance, compliance, time to market and, above all, cost to ensure all its clients’ strategic objectives and goals are met.

About The Role The Preconstruction Manager position plays a key role in our organization as the company’s management representative leading key project(s) from masterplan, site selection and conceptual phases through pre-construction. This includes oversight and direction of the design team preconstruction consultants, project managers and project engineers and developing a complementary functional working relationship with the Project Estimator to provide our clients with projects that are safely planned within budget, on schedule, in accordance with quality standards and meeting the customer’s satisfaction.

General Role: Established skills at previous level, works independently and directs project staff. Can be senior level contact with client. Manages and executes from the onset of a project thru preconstruction until turnover to construction. Maintains client contact and development of work on future projects, can identify areas where PROTECS can assist / improve client operations and is ready to address PROTECS issues with the client and take appropriate action to resolve them / promote PROTECS services.

Typical Activities

• Responsible for project development from masterplan, site selection, conceptual and design phases through preconstruction
• Able to develop and foster the development of design documentation on design/build projects to suit the company and project objectives.
• Draft and issue proposals for all phases of a project
• Develop the project program and facility flows (i.e. material, personnel, etc.)
• Develop site masterplans.
• Complete test-fit layouts
• Complete site assessments and/or site feasibility surveys and reports
• Develop conceptual documentation including basic architectural and engineering documentation, basis of systems criteria (BOSC) and estimate based on a layout.
• Establish the initial project budget based on the project parameters, client’s requirements and existing conditions.
• Execute projects utilizing the PROTECS patented Target Costing process.
• Complete estimating activities including Rough Order of Magnitude ($ROM), Guaranteed Maximum Price ($GMP), Lump Sum (LS), Time and Material (T&M), etc., and continuously develop working knowledge of costs.
• Work with the project estimators to continuously update internal estimating documents.
• Responsible for managing the development of design documentation and developing the basis of systems criteria (BOSC) on design/build projects to suit the company and project objectives.
• Will provide evaluation of or check on subconsultant design solutions.
• Ensures the project team is executing its duties regarding technical deliverables.
• Confirms quality of design deliverables
• Ensures conformance of design documents with basis of systems criteria (BOSC) and/or owner program requirements
• Seeks to develop client relationships and project opportunities though technical capabilities.
• Track and maintain the project Event Log during the design process.
• Manage and develop commissioning and validation masterplans.
• Develop a detailed project…