Senior Preconstruction Manager

Brinkman Construction Inc•Golden, CO

10d•$125,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Senior Preconstruction Manager leads and guides the Preconstruction team and has overall responsibility for the preconstruction/estimating effort for large and complex projects or multiple projects concurrently. This role involves leading preconstruction efforts for projects ranging from $10M to $100M, cultivating relationships with owners, developers, designers, subcontractors, and vendors, and demonstrating the value-add of the preconstruction department through RFP and RFQ response preparation. The position requires organizing and delegating responsibilities for project pursuits, soliciting pricing proposals, performing value engineering and life cycle costing, and inputting/evaluating costs during bid analysis. The Senior Preconstruction Manager is responsible for developing bid packages and subcontractor scopes of work, providing clients with accurate estimates and value engineering, and demonstrating proficiency in scheduling the complete preconstruction effort. Collaboration with project management and field staff for estimates at all design stages, managing the project hand-off process, and ensuring estimate accuracy, risk mitigation, and departmental consistency are key. This role also involves coordination of department capacity, internal processes, and strategic planning with other Senior Preconstruction Managers, as well as mentoring, conducting check-ins, performance reviews, and fostering career growth for direct reports.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, related field, or equivalent experience.
12+ years of relevant experience in the construction industry.
Extensive knowledge with major market segments such as, commercial, healthcare, municipal, higher education, industrial, and advanced manufacturing.
Extensive knowledge of regional market, competition, and industry trends.
Prior supervisory role within preconstruction department, acting with minimal oversight.
Familiarity with design/build, design/assist, lump sum and GMP delivery methods.
Knowledge of contractual risks linked to Owner-Subcontractor Agreements.
Proficiency with Sage Timberline Estimating, BuildingConnected, Bluebeam, and MS suite.

Nice To Haves

Background in project management focusing on procurement, buyout processes, and scheduling.

Responsibilities

Lead preconstruction efforts and direct reports for projects ranging from $10M to $100M.
Cultivate relationships with owners, developers, designers, subcontractors, and vendors.
Lead RFP and RFQ response preparation and demonstrate value-add of preconstruction department.
Organize and delegate responsibilities for each project pursuit and ensure responsibilities and deadlines are clearly communicated to assigned team members.
Solicit pricing proposals from subcontractors and vendors.
Perform value engineering and life cycle costing.
Input and evaluate all costs during the bid analysis process.
Develop and write all bid packages and subcontractor scopes of work.
Provide the client with accurate estimates and value engineering.
Demonstrate proficiency in scheduling complete Preconstruction effort including all estimate milestones, durations and identifying long lead items and other needs.
Work collaboratively with project management and field staff to prepare estimates for all stages of design, from conceptual through final construction documents (design/build, guaranteed maximum price and hard bid diversity).
Manage project hand-off process in a manner that ensures the success of the project.
Ensure estimates, risk mitigation, and departmental consistency has been met.
Coordination of department capacity, internal processes/procedures, and strategic planning with other Senior Preconstruction Managers.
Mentor and conduct monthly check-ins with direct reports.
Conduct annual performance reviews and foster career growth of direct reports.