Senior Pre-Construction Manager
METCALF BUILDERS INC•Reno, NV
10h
About The Position
The Senior Preconstruction Manager is a strategic leader responsible for managing complex pursuits and high-impact preconstruction services for commercial projects. This role leads teams, mentors staff, sets estimating strategy, and serves as a key partner to executives and business development in securing work. The Senior Preconstruction Manager owns cost certainty, risk management, and constructability outcomes through project award and handoff.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in commercial construction (Precon/Estimating/PM)
- Proven leadership experience managing estimating/preconstruction teams
- Strong market awareness of labor/material trends and subcontractor availability
- Expertise in conceptual estimating and guiding clients through cost decisions during design
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, Bluebeam, estimating platforms, and cost modeling
- Ability to manage multiple pursuits, deadlines, and stakeholder groups simultaneously
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field
- Experience with negotiated work, design-assist, and alternative delivery (CMAR, Design-Build)
- Strong client-facing and presentation skills; trusted advisor mentality
Responsibilities
- Lead preconstruction strategy for large, complex, or high-profile commercial projects
- Manage and mentor estimators and preconstruction team members; provide oversight and quality control
- Partner with business development and leadership to support pursuit strategy, interviews, and client engagement
- Direct budgeting and estimating processes from conceptual through final GMP
- Lead trade partner strategy, including early engagement, buyout sequencing, and procurement planning
- Drive constructability and logistics planning; coordinate schedule and phasing strategies with operations
- Facilitate value engineering workshops, scope alignment, and cost risk mitigation strategies
- Develop risk logs, contingency planning, escalation tracking, and market condition impacts
- Present estimates, budgets, and recommendations to owners, architects, and internal leadership
- Oversee proposal development and ensure pricing narratives are complete, accurate, and professional
- Ensure proper handoff to operations, including buyout plans, bid tabs, scope sheets, and cost breakdowns
- Support continuous improvement of preconstruction tools, standards, templates, and processes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
