Senior Director of Preconstruction

Wohlsen Construction•Berwyn, PA

About The Position

You will lead and manage the preconstruction and estimating team for the region. You will provide the preconstruction services to clients from the time Wohlsen is pursuing, awarded, or hired for a project until the GMP is signed, and construction starts. You will be responsible for client satisfaction. You shall deliver preconstruction services on all assigned projects while maintaining Wohlsen preconstruction practices and standards.

Requirements

Lead and manage the preconstruction and estimating team for the region.
Provide preconstruction services to clients from project pursuit/award until GMP signing and construction start.
Ensure client satisfaction.
Deliver preconstruction services on all assigned projects while maintaining Wohlsen preconstruction practices and standards.
Evaluate project risk and ensure profitable pricing.
Develop and implement pricing strategies aligned with company goals.
Coordinate bid and GMP preparation with operations, ensuring proper operational input.
Assist MEP & BIM Services with procedure and standard development.
Prepare conceptual, schematic, design development, and GMP estimates.
Maintain and adjust owner's budgets.
Monitor design scope changes affecting budget/schedule and advise client.
Keep client informed of preconstruction progress and technical issues/solutions.
Identify and promote solutions to project impediments.
Lead value engineering and value enhancement efforts.
Prepare or oversee preparation of all owner, architect, or engineer presentations.
Lead and perform constructability reviews.

Responsibilities

Management of the preconstruction and estimating team.
Regularly monitor success, efficiency and accuracy of the department’s budgets, bids and GMP’s. Review and implement strategies to sustain efficiencies and accuracy of department work.
Evaluate risk on projects when department is preparing bids or GMPs and ensure pricing is developed in a way to ensure costs are covered and the project can be profitable.
Develop, review, and implement pricing strategies with the input of business development, operations and the department that support the overall company’s goals.
Coordinate preparations of bids and GMPs with operations and ensure that proper operational input is provided with general conditions, logistics and planning of the projects.
Work with MEP & BIM Services to assist with the development of procedures and standards and implementation for these service teams.
Prepare conceptual, schematic, design development and GMP estimates to support preconstruction activities and clients.
Maintain and adjust to Owner’s budget as required to maintain project budget.
Monitor design scope for changes affecting budget and/or schedule; identify cause, advise client for client decision.
Keep client fully informed of preconstruction progress on the project and of any significant technical problems/solutions and their effect on design and/or costs.
Identify and promote solution to any problem, which might impede progress of the project or adversely affect client and architect relations.
Lead value engineering and value enhancement efforts to serve our clients including development of items and lists, compilation of ideas and presentation of information to the client.
Prepare and or oversee the preparation of all materials presented to the owner, architect or engineer on a project.
Lead and perform constructability reviews of all projects where designated the preconstruction manager.