Preconstruction Manager (Commercial Building)

Haydon•Tempe, AZ

About The Position

Responsible for assisting management with the company’s general business operations through daily management, supervision, and coordination of the preconstruction phase of projects, ensuring successful completion. The role leads preconstruction for multiple projects, serves as the primary client contact during preconstruction, and oversees estimating, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, and project buyout activities. The position works closely with clients, owners, designers, trade partners, estimating, and operations teams to develop competitive, accurate estimates and effective project solutions. The Preconstruction Manager prepares and presents estimates and project deliverables, manages client and design coordination, monitors budgets and schedules, and helps ensure compliance with contractual requirements and project goals. The role also represents the company in design and coordination meetings, maintains action and scope issue logs, and builds relationships with trade partners. The work environment is usually moderate in noise level.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or another engineering discipline.
10 years of related experience in the general contracting or specialty contracting industry, including significant expertise in estimating and managing commercial construction projects.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to lead a team and contribute as a team member under strict deadlines.
Proficiency in MS Office, spreadsheets, and specialty software such as OST, Building Connected, Bluebeam, and Procore.
Expertise in reading plans and specifications, preparing accurate and detailed takeoffs, administering contracts, and managing change-order procedures.
Strong leadership, estimating, client-relations, and subcontractor-relations skills.
In-depth knowledge of building systems and multiple project types, including civil and MPE scopes.
Knowledge of market costs, unit costs, and factors affecting construction costs.
Strong problem-solving, risk-management, organizational, and communication skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects and competing demands, adapt to changes, and work with minimal supervision.
Ability to use hands to type, handle, or feel and to talk or hear regularly; stand, walk, and sit frequently; and reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl occasionally.
Ability to frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary client contact during the preconstruction stage.
Lead and manage preconstruction for multiple projects and competitive bid pursuits.
Develop General Conditions estimates and present them to senior leadership.
Prepare and participate in detailed, accurate quantity takeoffs and scope reviews across trades.
Develop early cost models and conceptual estimates, including estimates based on incomplete or early-stage design documents.
Coordinate with operations teams to ensure estimates and assumptions meet project requirements.
Collaborate with design partners to develop effective design solutions and innovative approaches.
Assist with responses to RFPs and RFQs and participate in negotiated-pursuit interviews and interview preparation.
Develop Best Value Analysis solutions considering cost, schedule, maintenance, and life-cycle costs.
Oversee preparation of value alternatives by subcontractors and internal departments.
Ensure the estimating team has current design information.
Participate with the Preconstruction Director in reviewing or preparing owner agreement documents for legal and risk review.
Prepare estimate qualifications and assumptions that reflect project parameters and contractual requirements.
Assist with the prequalification process.
Oversee establishment and maintenance of preconstruction budget controls.
Prepare organized, professional deliverables and communicate and submit them clearly to clients.
Attend and represent Haydon at design and coordination meetings and lead meetings on some projects.
Maintain action and scope issue logs, assign action-item responsibility, and compile pricing for scope issues.
Coordinate preparation of preconstruction schedules with operations and internal departments; work with owners and designers to maintain schedules and inform internal departments of schedule changes.
Analyze and manage project risks and communicate them to the Preconstruction Director and executive team.
Lead, manage, and perform project buyout with estimating support.
Ensure contractual compliance and support project goals through understanding and application of preconstruction and construction contracts.
Track construction budgets between formal estimating periods and keep the owner and team informed about budgets and the impact of design decisions.
Serve as liaison among operations, estimating, and design management.
Represent Haydon to trade partners, manage preconstruction interactions, and build and maintain trade partner relationships.
Manage multiple projects, prioritize work, plan resources, and organize team members and tasks.
Apply business, cost, analytical, design, communication, leadership, adaptability, and job-knowledge competencies in performing the role.