Preconstruction Executive

GCS-SIGAL•Washington, DC

About The Position

The Preconstruction Executive at GCS-SIGAL utilizes their well-rounded construction experience to lead the development of potential projects from opportunity through signed contract and hand-off to our operations teams. The project development entails budgeting, both conceptual and trade-assisted, constructability reviews, schedule development, value engineering, design management, and effectively communicating these elements to clients, partners, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or related experience
5+ years of experience in estimating or preconstruction commercial construction projects
Deep understanding of Budget/Estimate organization and the project life cycle in the commercial construction market
Familiarity with the DC metro AEC market
Experience with broad range of project types including Base Building, Multifamily, K-12, and civic (libraries, recreation centers)
Experience with range of project delivery methods and contract types including Lump Sum, CMAR, Design-Build, and GMP
Able to quickly assemble Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) budgets for clients
Desire to build strong relationships with local trade partners and design consultants
Able to use quantity take-off software
Able to organize and lead productive meetings with stakeholders, design teams, and subcontractors to move projects forward
Strong attention to detail
Able to proactively identify and solve challenges
Highly organized with an ability to oversee multiple projects and ensure deadlines are met
Ability to work independently and collaboratively
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Leverage leadership skills to set strategies and drive projects to completion
Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Must be able to access and navigate active construction sites (PPE provided)

Responsibilities

Develop, from scratch, using the past ten years of historic data, a market pricing database
Lead the Guaranteed Maximum Price development for Design-build and Design-bid-build projects from inception to procurement
Candidate must excel at developing directionally accurate budgets at concept, schematic, and design development phases
Candidate must excel at communicating something to clients and architects
Candidate must posses the leadership skills to work with other departments to deliver a complete and accurate GMP with minimal oversight by senior leadership
Create a preconstruction data management process
Preconstruction budgeting template that integrates with estimating as the documents progress
Develop and maintain unit pricing for conceptual and schematic budgeting purposes across multiple project types
Assemble GMP and other owner deliverables
Review and evaluate the contents of the submission and adjust for risk to protect GCS-SIGAL
Create assumptions and qualifications to clarify scope included/excluded to protect GCS-SIGAL
Create and maintain a subcontractor pricing process that includes the following:
Prepare scope sheets for every pricing exercise. Scope sheets should contain enough detail for the stage of the construction documents
Develop a system for insuring adequate subcontractor participation in every pricing effort
Develop a system for organization and scope generation that is teachable and repeatable
Lead pursuits through the preconstruction process, from lead through contract, to turnover to operations
Coordinate RFP responses and pursuits with Estimating, Marketing, and Operations teams
Bring new pursuits to GCS-SIGAL
Provide value engineering suggestions and guidance to project teams
Lead collaboration with in-house and out-of-house subject matter experts
Prepare/Review detailed scope sheets for trade contractor bidding
Perform quantity take-offs for a variety of building components and systems
Review and analyze trade contractor proposals for price, scope, and fit for the project
Collaborate with estimating and operations teams to ensure complete and accurate budget development
Develop and/or QC project schedules during the preconstruction phase
Oversee preparation of owner deliverables (e.g. GMP summaries, Qualifications, Allowances)
Identify key decisions needed from project stakeholders to maintain project schedules
Understand and, where necessary, lead the permitting process