Preconstruction Manager and Estimator - Planning, Design & Construction
About The Position
The PDC Preconstruction Manager / Estimator provides enterprise-level estimating, cost analysis, and preconstruction support for healthcare capital projects across the HonorHealth network. The role develops CSI-formatted estimates using internal historical data, maintains and improves the estimating database in Procore, and supports capital planning, budgeting, and procurement. The position collaborates with Project Managers, field teams, and leadership to define scope, validate assumptions, develop schedules of values, and support bid solicitation and evaluation. Success requires strong self-management, analytical discipline, and the ability to turn data into actionable decision support. The position reports into Project Controls and is based at HonorHealth, 8125 N Hayden Rd, Scottsdale, Arizona. It is a day-shift position in the Planning, Design & Construction department.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience in construction estimating, preconstruction, or cost management.
- Experience estimating healthcare or regulated-facility projects.
- Experience using Procore or similar platforms for estimating or cost management.
- Education in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Legal Studies, or a related field.
- Technical experience in AI.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting capital planning or multi-year forecasting.
- Certified Professional Estimator (CPE), CCM, PMP, or equivalent certification.
Responsibilities
- Prepare detailed, professional-level CSI-formatted cost estimates for healthcare capital projects at conceptual, schematic, design development, and construction document phases.
- Use HonorHealth historical cost data and internal benchmarks to produce consistent, defensible estimates across the capital portfolio.
- Validate scope assumptions, quantities, and pricing for accuracy, constructability, and healthcare operational requirements.
- Provide estimate reconciliation and validation support during bid and negotiation phases.
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve the enterprise estimating data set within Procore.
- Standardize cost assemblies, unit costs, and estimating structures to support repeatability and trend analysis.
- Ensure estimating data reflects market conditions, healthcare construction trends, and regional pricing.
- Support integration between estimating outputs and budget management processes.
- Facilitate development of project schedules of values aligned with approved budgets and scopes.
- Support bid package development, including scope definition, alternates, and phasing considerations.
- Assist with bid solicitation, bidder questions, and bid evaluation for design and construction services.
- Partner with Project Managers to align preconstruction assumptions with delivery strategies.
- Liaise with Project Managers, field staff, and stakeholders to clarify scope, sequencing, and constraints.
- Conduct site visits as required to verify existing conditions, constraints, and constructability considerations.
- Translate field input into estimating assumptions and cost impacts.
- Assist with evaluation of construction claims, change orders, and cost impacts using estimate-based analysis.
- Support leadership with factual cost-position development based on historical and project-specific data.
- Maintain and update the network’s multi-year capital project cost projection workbook.
- Support long-range capital planning, prioritization, and scenario modeling.
- Provide data-driven insights into cost trends, escalation, and risk exposure.
- Leverage industry contacts, publications, and market intelligence to inform estimating assumptions.
- Monitor material, labor, and market trends relevant to healthcare construction.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
