Director of Preconstruction & Strategy

Green Key Resources; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Green Key Resources is assisting a confidential Indianapolis contractor in finding a Director of Preconstruction. The role focuses on leading front-end planning, with collaboration across clients, architects, engineers and operations to move projects from concept to construction-ready budgets and GMPs.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in preconstruction/estimating, strong budgeting, constructability and leadership capabilities. Relocation to Indianapolis is expected for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of commercial construction preconstruction and/or estimating experience.
• Experience with conceptual estimating and early-stage budgeting.
• Ability to manage design development and preconstruction processes with owners, architects and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead preconstruction from conceptual design through final pricing and turnover.
• Develop conceptual estimates, budgets and milestone estimates.
• Partner with architects, engineers and clients to manage design development.
• Provide constructability analysis, value engineering and alternative solutions.
• Evaluate building systems, materials, logistics and procurement strategies.
• Lead subcontractor outreach, bid strategy, scope evaluation and trade partner engagement.
• Participate in project pursuits and client meetings.
• Collaborate with operations to transition from preconstruction to construction.
• Mentor and develop preconstruction and estimating team.
• Help establish best practices and strategy across preconstruction.

Skills

Conceptual estimating

Early-stage budgeting

Design development collaboration

Constructability analysis

Value engineering

Subcontractor outreach

Bid strategy

Client-facing communication

Leadership and mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Green Key Resources is assisting a confidential Indianapolis contractor in finding a Director of Preconstruction. The role focuses on leading front-end planning, with collaboration across clients, architects, engineers and operations to move projects from concept to construction-ready budgets and GMPs.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in preconstruction/estimating, strong budgeting, constructability and leadership capabilities. Relocation to Indianapolis is expected for the right candidate.