Preconstruction Executive (Southern California)

Turner Construction•Los Angeles, CA

21h•$250,000 - $300,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Manage and oversee on-site security operations and team. Develop and implement security procedures to keep company, executives, employees, workers, visitors, guests, and assets safe. This position supports projects across Business Center 5 (west region).

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from accredited degree program in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field, and minimum of 25 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing and engineering principles and techniques, and accounting principles
Ability to develop client relationships, identify sales opportunities and collaborate on solutions to secure and win work
Extensive knowledge of regional market
Ability to read, understand and interpret contract documents, drawings specifications, scopes of work and project schedule
Extensive management experience required, ability to manage across regions, and coach and mentor others
Extensive negotiation skills with ability influence and engage others
Executive level presentation skills, anticipates needs of audience, and tailors communications appropriately
Pursues everything with energy, drive and sees initiatives through to completion
Effectively works across levels within organization, willing to help out in areas outside of direct responsibility
Champion of continuous improvement/lean efforts and actively listens to ideas, options, and opinions of others
Able to observe performance, identify areas of development, and effectively provide performance feedback
Advanced knowledge of leading-edge technologies such as BIM (Building Information Modeling) and lean

Responsibilities

May serve as Business Unit (BU) Preconstruction Department Head or in National Market Segment Preconstruction leadership role.
Develop and maintain long-lasting relationships with clients, design community, trade partners, and organizations to enhance future business development opportunities.
Lead and manage preconstruction phases of multiple projects.
Supervise one or more Project Preconstruction Managers.
Provide leadership in risk evaluation, contract negotiations, fee, and pricing decisions and participate in Project Profit Plan development.
Collaborate with Business Development (BD) on sales pursuits, including participation in engagement process, reviews of RFPs, and staff resources required to meet deliverables, sales presentations and client meetings, and engagement with national resource groups (e.g., Turner Engineering Group (TEG), Virtual Design & Construction (VDC), Turner Technical Services (TTS), and Market Segment leaders).
Manage, and coach Preconstruction teams. Participate in hiring process, onboard and deliver timely performance feedback for direct reports, execute/contribute to performance appraisals during annual performance cycle, utilize talent management systems, and identify appropriate training to help with development needs.
Serve as Development Partner to encourage and promote staff development and coach direct reports serving as Development Partners.
Collaborate and coordinate with Operations to develop and maintain Project Schedule, Logistics, Safety, Constructability Reviews, General Conditions and General Requirements Estimates.
Lead and collaborate with Operations Leader to develop and communicate company initiatives that foster project culture and environment for all staff, trade partners, and other stakeholders to be welcomed, supported, included, and represented.
Lead and collaborate with Operations Leader, local Human Resources, and HQ Employee Relations to swiftly address staff and project matters related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I), Bias-Motivated Events (BME), and any other staff or project sensitive situation.
Lead and collaborate with Operations Leader to develop Quality Control plan for project in accordance with Quality Playbook.
Participate and contribute to Constructability Reviews for milestone estimates per Launch Matrix.
Promote effective communication, collaboration, and alignment of Preconstruction and Procurement within business units, work closely with managers to effectively support projects, coordinate Subcontractor market engagement strategy, and SourceBlue optimization.
Co-lead and manage Project Launch in collaboration with Project Executive and General Manager.
Review and approve General Assumptions and Clarifications in alignment with CM Agreement and Profit Plan.
Review and approve Preconstruction budget for project, in alignment with RFP and CM Agreement, with emphasis on Preconstruction recoveries.
Participate in the execution of Preconstruction Pull Plans for design, estimate, and GMP schedules.
Promote opportunities to drive improvement within preconstruction process through Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), Target Value Design, and other process enhancements. as appropriate for select projects.
Promote initiation and management of Preconstruction Integrated Contract Items List.
May be required to perform Preconstruction Manager duties for business unit or project(s).