Preconstruction Manager | Healthcare

CORE•Tucson, AZ

78d

About The Position

CORE is seeking a Preconstruction Manager to support its Healthcare Team in Tucson/Southern Arizona. The role oversees the full preconstruction phase of complex healthcare projects, ensuring accurate cost estimates, trade partner coordination, alignment with project goals, and a smooth transition into construction. The Preconstruction Manager leads project-specific preconstruction efforts, manages Assistant Preconstruction Managers, and collaborates with internal and external stakeholders. The role supports healthcare projects, including inpatient environments, while ensuring compliance with healthcare construction standards, ICRA requirements, and certified healthcare construction practices. The position leads project preconstruction communication, deliverables, options, estimates, bid processes, trade coordination, schedules, and risk mitigation. It manages estimating and design coordination, develops early cost models and conceptual estimates, evaluates value engineering options, and oversees scopes, including high-risk scopes. The manager works closely with clients and trade partners, assesses constructability and market trends, identifies long-lead items, leads preconstruction and design schedules using Lean practices, prepares estimates and presentations, and coordinates handoff to operations teams. The role reports operationally to the (Sr.) Preconstruction Manager for day-to-day operations and trade partner coordination, and is subject to strategic oversight and process alignment by the Director of Preconstruction.

Requirements

At least 5 years of preconstruction experience.
Healthcare construction experience.
Healthcare Construction Certification; the posting also specifies Certified Healthcare Construction certification.
ICRA certification and/or experience.
Experience supporting inpatient healthcare projects.
Proficiency with Bluebeam, Building Connected, and Construct Connect.
Strong leadership, organization, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Lead project-specific preconstruction efforts, overseeing communication, deliverables, options, and estimates.
Identify project challenges and develop mitigation strategies.
Coordinate with the Senior Preconstruction Manager and Assistant Preconstruction Managers.
Oversee bid processes, trade coordination, and project timelines.
Manage all scopes and directly oversee high-risk scopes.
Review quantity takeoffs (QTOs) and breakdowns prepared by Assistant Preconstruction Managers.
Conduct preconstruction workshops and training.
Manage daily preconstruction tasks, including design coordination, schedules, and estimating.
Take ownership of estimate development and delegate tasks at kick-off meetings.
Manage multiple projects concurrently.
Develop early-stage cost models using historical data.
Perform unit pricing, scope breakdowns, and conceptual estimates.
Support General Conditions and site logistics estimates.
Analyze conceptual cost options and develop value engineering strategies.
Lead risk assessment and mitigation planning.
Work with clients to align goals, budgets, and expectations; provide cost updates, value engineering options, and project adjustments.
Represent CORE professionally in meetings.
Maintain trade partner relationships, obtain pricing feedback and market insights, and review proposals for scope gaps.
Identify constructability issues and coordinate solutions.
Monitor market trends and cost escalation; identify long-lead items and develop mitigation strategies.
Lead preconstruction and design schedules using Lean practices.
Produce estimates, Basis of Estimate, and presentations; present deliverables to clients and stakeholders.
Coordinate handoff to operations teams.