Assistant Preconstruction Manager

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.; California; On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is seeking an Assistant Preconstruction Manager to participate in all aspects of bid and estimating activities.

You will review plans, solicit pricing, and negotiate with contractors and suppliers, handling complex trade packages and self-perform work. The role requires taking-off quantities, scoping, and assembling estimates for presentation to owners, with strong collaboration across architects, consultants, and internal clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong math and analytical skills with the ability to synthesize cost data from multiple sources.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities with a self-starter mindset.

Responsibilities

• Assist in pricing and bidding of projects, handling complex trade categories.
• Lead preconstruction and estimating activities on small projects.
• Document assumptions during early-design estimating and apply to takeoffs.

Skills

Math skills

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Engineering

Tools

OST

WinEst

Bluebeam

BIM software

Job description

The Assistant Preconstruction Manager will participate in all aspects of the bid and estimating process from review of plans and specs to soliciting and negotiating pricing from contractors and suppliers through completion of bid/estimating effort including closeout. Performs quantity take-offs, scoping, and bidding of construction projects involving more complex trade packages and self-perform work.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists in the pricing and bidding of construction projects, handling key/complex trade categories.
• Leads preconstruction and estimating activities on small projects.
• Develops and documents logical assumptions during early-design estimating activities and applies these assumptions to takeoff tasks.
• Communicates with architects and consultants to clarify scope of work, materials, and schedule requirements, and documents these clarifications.
• Conducts reviews of milestone documents for the development and pricing of value alternative opportunities.
• Actively participates in the internal estimate review process.
• Assists with final assembly of estimate for presentation to owner.
• After the bid, collects and organizes all bid information for future reference.
• Directs, coordinates and provides information and documents to subcontractors.
• Prepares contractual exhibits for scope of work for subcontracts.
• Participates in hard bid/estimating and GMP budgeting activities by soliciting subcontractor support and evaluating bids.
• Build and maintain relationships with owners, subcontractors, vendors, internal clients and other key stakeholders in the community and at industry events.
• Builds and maintains relationships with internal McCarthy clients.
• Keeps current with latest estimating technology and techniques.
• Demonstrates basic conceptual estimating skills by interpolating data.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management or Engineering and/or minimum 3 years of equivalent experience required.
• In-depth knowledge of construction principles and processes.
• Proven experience managing complex work categories and/or entirety of preconstruction process for small projects.
• Ability to synthesize cost data from a wide range of sources into a conceptual estimate.
• Experience dealing with subcontracts, subcontractors and/or self-perform work
• General knowledge of negotiated bids, hard bids, and GMP processes.
• Working knowledge of estimating technology and tools such as OST, WinEst, Bluebeam and BIM related software.
• Strong math and analytical skills.
• Solid interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-starter, highly motivated

Demonstrates behaviors consistent with McCarthy core values.

McCarthy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veteran status.