Preconstruction Manager - LCH

Layton Construction Company•Honolulu, HI

About The Position

The Pre-construction Manager has primary responsibility for the SBU’s (Strategic Business Unit) pre-construction activities. This role involves championing “The Layton Way” by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers, and ensuring “Constructing with Integrity” through honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work. The manager provides leadership for estimating and planning support personnel, monitors project budgeting and buy-out processes to ensure reliable information for estimates, and facilitates communication of cost history for better cost modeling. They also monitor planning support processes, interface with marketing, assist in evaluating new services and profit centers, and monitor productivity and cost control on SBU projects. The position requires attending project review meetings, facilitating solutions to budget problems, and planning and implementing training for SBU estimators and business development professionals. A key aspect is identifying and procuring profitable projects by overseeing all business development activities, including customer relationships, networking, public relations, client database maintenance, and executing client matrices. The manager also oversees all sales activities, such as identifying and pre-qualifying leads, working on procurement strategies, developing proposals, and responding to RFQ’s, SOQ’s, and RFP’s. They establish goals, procedures, systems, and tools for sales/marketing tasks and commit the company in the project procurement process for SBU projects. This position supervises Estimating and Business Development activities and personnel and collaborates with Business Unit Executives, Estimating and Planning Support Personnel, and clients.

Requirements

BS in Construction Management, Marketing and/or Communication or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Five years construction-related experience.
Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures and government regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and/or the general public.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
Proficient personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.
Prioritize, organize and delegate assignments.

Nice To Haves

Experience with CMiC preferred.
Knowledge of estimating software preferred.

Responsibilities

Champions “The Layton Way” by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
Ensures that “Constructing with Integrity” is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.
Provide leadership for estimating and planning support personnel.
Monitor project budgeting and buy-out processes to ensure reliable information is available for estimates.
Facilitate communication of cost history to ensure on-going evaluation of pricing information for better cost modeling and estimating.
Monitor planning support processes to ensure efficient and effective use of resources.
Interface with marketing to ensure consideration of all relevant information, issues, and brand name recognition.
Assist in the evaluation, planning and execution of new scope of services and profit centers.
Monitor productivity and cost control on SBU projects.
Attend project review meetings and facilitate solutions to budget problems as required.
Plan and implement training for SBU estimators and business development professionals.
Identify and procure profitable projects by overseeing all business development activities, including customer relationships, networking, performing public relations activities, maintaining client database and executing the client matrices.
Oversee all sales activities, including identifying and pre-qualifying leads, working on procurement strategies, developing proposals, responding to RFQ’s, SOQ’s and RFP’s.
Establish goals, procedures, systems and tools used to accomplish sales/marketing tasks for the SBU.
Commit the company in the project procurement process with respect to SBU projects.
Supervises Estimating and Business Development activities and personnel.
Work with the Business Unit Executives, Estimating and Planning Support Personnel, and clients.
Other related duties as assigned.