Pre-Construction Manager

Pavilion Construction•Carrollton, TX

About The Position

At Pavilion, we embrace "BUILDING YOUR VISION." This translates into both building the physical assets our clients envision and developing the careers of our employees. In joining Pavilion, you are joining a family of dedicated, hard-working professionals looking to advance their individual achievements in a forum where mentorship and achievement are rewarded with opportunity. As a Senior Pre-Construction Manager, you will lead the front-end strategy for multi-family projects, partnering directly with developers, architects, and key trade partners across Texas. You will drive budgeting, procurement strategy, and design-phase decision-making, ensuring Pavilion delivers competitive, intelligent, and executable project plans. You are not just pricing work-you are influencing outcomes, strengthening client relationships, and helping secure Pavilion's position as a trusted builder in the Texas market. As the Pre-construction Manager, you will be the face of Pavilion to the client and ensure success for the operations team, ensuring all project documents are in line with our pricing, value engineering, and schedule. Additionally, you will aid in contract execution with the subcontractors to ensure that their proposal is reflective of the subcontract; this is a crucial role to mitigate change orders and scope gap.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in pre-construction or estimating, with a strong focus on multi-family construction
1-2 Years of Field Experience (project management or superintendent)
Deep knowledge of the TX construction market, subcontractor base, and multifamily pricing
Proven ability to lead and manage high-level client relationships
Ability to mentor and coach team members
Experience with wood-frame, podium, and/or mixed-use multi-family projects
Strong leadership presence with the ability to mentor teams and influence stakeholders
Strong communication skills
Proficiency in estimating tools, Procore, Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Project
Ability to confidently present budgets, strategies, and recommendations to ownership groups
Entrepreneurial mindset with a focus on winning work and building long-term partnerships

Responsibilities

Lead all pre-construction efforts for multi-family developments (wrap, podium, garden-style)
Serve as a trusted advisor to developers, ownership groups, and design teams throughout early project phases
Develop conceptual and construction budgets with a strong understanding of current market conditions, pricing trends, and trade availability
Drive value engineering and cost optimization without compromising design intent or project quality
Build and execute strategic procurement plans leveraging strong subcontractor relationships in the Texas market
Lead, mentor, and elevate estimating team members
Identify project risks early and provide proactive, solution-oriented recommendations
Collaborate closely with operations to ensure seamless turnover and project execution
Play a key role in client development, repeat business, and pursuit strategy
Manage and Lead an Estimating Team
Estimating Resource Management
Buyout management
Pre-construction management