Preconstruction Specialist I

The Haskell Company • Charlotte, NC

13h • Hybrid

About The Position

At Haskell, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a nationally recognized Top Workplace where diverse perspectives and inclusive thinking drive stronger outcomes. Whether you’re starting out, growing your expertise, or leading the way, you’ll find a culture grounded in trust, driven by excellence, and built to support your goals. Here, you’ll have the opportunity, flexibility, and sense of belonging to grow your career your way—while making a real impact.

Scope of Position
Aids team of preconstruction professionals to develop an internal estimate, engage subcontractors, analyze bids, and compile an estimate.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in accredited construction related curriculum, such as Civil Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent or 5 years of relevant experience in the construction industry.
• Ability to understand owner/engineer requirements with conceptual ability to work with minimal information.
• Knowledge of construction, materials system, market conditions and trade practices.
• Knowledge of estimating software (preference for Beck Destini, Accubid, Bluebeam, InSite, etc.)
• Excellent computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office suite programs
• Detailed and deadline oriented, well-organized and ability to prioritize.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent oral and written skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal clients, external clients, and subcontractors.
• Accountability: Accepting responsibility that results in anticipation/prevention of problem areas from actions, and problem solving inside and outside the department/organization.
• Customer Focus: Makes service to internal and external customers a priority; focuses on exceeding customer expectations, not just meeting them; recognizes and values all key stakeholders; applies and develops service excellence skills.
• Effective Communication: Listens for understanding and appreciation, encourages open feedback; presents clearly and effectively one on one, and in small and large group settings; considers the audience in preparing messages and in choosing the appropriate communication channels; creates and encourages open channels of communication.
• Execution/Empowerment: Demonstrates the ability to get results; manages competing demands in fast paced environment with effective results; identifies and creates contingency solutions to ensure timely execution.
• Learning & Development: Learning new skills and increasing capabilities a high priority; takes action to address development needs in self and others, if applicable; identifies gaps and learning opportunities to ensure complete technical job proficiency; takes responsibility for own development and skills improvement.
• Team: Collaborate and demonstrate respect for team members, partners and everyone with whom we do business; open communication.
• Excellence: Strive for quality and safety; executed best in class; creative and innovative; dedicated for continuous improvement.
• Service: Passionate about customer service internal and external and to the community; and creates superior value.
• Trust: High standards of ethics and personal accountability; transparency; credibility; fairness
• While performing the duties of this job, this position is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (life, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The associate frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.

Nice To Haves

• May create and lead the Estimate Plan meeting with the oversight of the lead estimator.
• Ability to lead an estimate with minimal supervision.
• Transitions from a support role to a lead role.
• Develops general conditions estimate with the oversight of the lead estimator.
• Participates in design review meetings. Reviews and monitors scope, cost, and constructability during design development.
• If information is lacking, then is responsible for communicating the need to the proposal leader, design team, or customer, as required for that proposal.
• If in the lead estimator role, assists with the development of lessons learned for the preconstruction phase.

Responsibilities

• Participates in Estimate Plan meeting and aids the preconstruction team as assigned.
• Participates in pre-bid meetings and site visits.
• Helps in compiling work products from multi-disciplinary estimators into a single complete estimate.
• Helps ensure that the estimating team has the necessary information to develop the estimate. If information is lacking, then is responsible for communicating that need to the estimate lead.
• Assists or manages RFI lists (subcontractor, internal, and/or owner), as required per proposal.
• Assists with the appropriate resources to determine the project specific tax and insurance requirements.
• Helps ensure that clarifications are complete and compiled into a single document.
• May assist with owner bid form and coordinates with marketing for inclusion in the formal proposal.
• Reviews RFP requirements to help determine compliance. Responsible for communicating to estimate lead when deviations exist.
• During estimate review, leads discussion on scopes-of-work estimated.
• Helps build and maintain subcontractor relationships.
• Helps develop subcontractor search and communication strategy and helps ensure that the sub engagement team adheres to that strategy.
• Helps, manages, or participates with the development of the subcontractor/vendor bid list.
• Helps ensure only qualified subcontractors receive bid documents.
• Meets with local subcontractors as needed.
• Organizes and leads pre-bid meetings, if required.
• Helps develop and distribute subcontractor bid packages, including but not limited to, NDA’s, RFP, drawings, scopes-of-work, bid forms, contract attachments, schedules, and site logistics plans. Coordinates with operational resources, as needed, to ensure completeness of bid packages.
• Works with the Business Diversity Coordinator when proposing on federal or public sector agency projects to develop a Small and/or WMBE business participation engagement plan that complies with project requirements.
• Receives quotes and conducts subcontractor analysis. Organizes and leads scope review meetings for scopes of work estimated by Precon Specialist. Makes recommendation for selection.
• Helps submit project budget to accounting.
• Participates in scope review meetings, if applicable.
• Assists in subcontractor selection.
• Assists Project Management team with compiling scope-of-work documents for contractual agreements.
• Assists with compiling lessons learned for the precon phase, if applicable.
• Participates in lessons learned meeting at project close. Helps understand budget underruns and overruns, and communicates those lessons learned to the precon department.
• Helps maintain preferred subcontractor database.
• Helps maintain bid forms and bid packages database.
• Helps maintain cost history database.
• Helps maintain estimating database.
• Helps maintain lessons learned database.
• Meets with local subcontractors, attends bid walks and attends conferences as necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level