Assistant Preconstruction Manager

Batson-Cook Texas, LLC.•Dallas, TX

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About The Position

Batson-Cook is seeking an Assistant Preconstruction Manager to join its team in Dallas, Texas. The company specializes in general construction across commercial markets, including healthcare and wood-frame construction. The role supports preconstruction and estimating activities, including preparing and reviewing estimates, evaluating design and value-engineering options, coordinating with clients, subcontractors, vendors, and internal teams, and maintaining documentation that supports estimate figures. Travel is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university and six years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Must be willing to travel.

Responsibilities

Performs additional assignments as directed by a supervisor.
Prepares estimates by completing scope-of-work takeoffs and pricing work items.
Reviews design options and recommends solutions based on cost, engineering quality, or material availability.
Participates in client presentations when required.
Reviews all pricing with the Preconstruction Lead.
Uses historical unit-price and productivity data.
Participates in project hand-off meetings and attends meetings with suppliers and subcontractors as needed.
Visits project sites to observe construction methods.
Reviews proposal specifications and drawings and attends pre-bid meetings to determine the scope of work and required estimate contents.
Reviews and incorporates historical data from purchase orders, subcontracts, and productivity analysis reports into unit and man-hour figures.
Determines the critical-path schedule and sequence of work.
Investigates the site before bidding, identifying waste areas, borrow areas, and dump sites.
Updates skills related to the software tools and technology used.
Reviews subcontractor and vendor quote terms and conditions and serves as a liaison with subcontractors and vendors during bidding.
Provides technical support to personnel preparing estimates for assigned bids.
Travels as required.
Investigates value-engineering options.
Maintains working-document files as backup for estimate figures, including current and accurate supplier price information.
Ensures working documents and data are maintained to support estimate figures.