Director, Pre-Construction & Development

Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation is seeking a Director of Pre-Construction and Development to lead estimating, budgeting, scheduling, procurement planning, and client collaboration for strategic project execution. This role builds cost databases, partners with leaders across the organization, and guides multi-disciplinary teams from concept through delivery.

The candidate will manage a high-impact portfolio, develop standardized estimating tools, oversee vendor programs, and ensure accurate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture or related field required.
• 10+ years in Architecture, Engineering, Construction or Construction Management with large, diverse projects.
• 8+ years vendor management and/or supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead project feasibility, scope, schedule, and budget documentation for executive approval.
• Develop and maintain cost and schedule databases; create portfolio schedule templates.
• Direct pre-development activities and manage internal/external teams and consultants.
• Evaluate and onboard vendors; ensure contract requirements are understood.
• Develop standardized preconstruction templates and estimating tools.

Skills

Pre-construction leadership

Cost forecasting

Budgeting

Scheduling

Vendor management

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Team leadership

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture or related field

Tools

MS Excel

MS Project

Bluebeam

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Job description

The Director of Pre-Construction and Development will lead the department in estimating, budgeting, scheduling, procurement planning, and client collaboration to ensure projects are accurately scoped, competitively priced, and strategically positioned for successful execution. This role will be accountable for developing and maintaining a historical database to better provide cost and schedule estimates for future projects. This Director will have responsibility for establishing relationships with business leaders across the organization, understanding key business drivers and partnering with other stakeholders and development professionals to formulate financial and operational needs analysis in both short- and long-term construction-based plans.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Project Development: Responsible for delivering strategic documents on project feasibility, scope, schedule, and budget for executive leadership approval. Partners with Business, Operations, and Department teams, lead the development of scoping documents that clearly define goals, client needs, expectations, and restrictions to ensure successful project execution. When needed, perform value engineering to meet budgetary requirements set forth by leadership. Serves as primary liaison to stakeholders for project development, building strong relationships with leaders across the organization. Communicates with executive leadership teams of construction activities, results and developments that could have an impact on objectives and activities of other departments.
2. Cost and Schedule Database: Generates enterprise-specific cost and schedule databases, leveraging historical project information, and that integrates with department processes and templates. Creates schedule templates for portfolio scheduling, assisting project teams maintain actual durations through project life cycle. Responsible for analyzing trends by extracting cost and schedule data to create reports and dashboards with the intent of providing better information for future projects. Monitors regional pricing analysis information and update the cost database, as necessary.
3. Manage Pre-Development Activities: Directs day-to-day pre-development activities during conceptual phases of projects. Lead teams, both internal and external, of consultants, design professionals, project managers or contractor preconstruction support services. Leads project strategy discussions by evaluating potential project risks and opportunities. When required, engage with authorities having jurisdictions to determine potential constraints and solutions.
4. Vendor and Procurement Management: Evaluates and strengthens pool of vendors to use on various types of projects. Identify, interview, vet, and onboard qualified vendors and contractors in advance to project bid phase. Engages with new vendors prior to award, to ensure understanding of contract requirements, policies and procedures. Actively reviews vendor lists, and with feedback from the team, determine if new vendors are needed in specific scopes of work.
5. Templates, Tools and Standardization: Develops and maintains preconstruction document templates including but not limited to RFPs, scoping documents, schedules, estimating tools, etc. Established a standardized process with other departments to obtain budgetary costs for their work. Trains and guides project management teams in the cost database and other established estimating tools. Develops project standards, practices, and procedures and consistently enforce accountability with team.
6. Performs other duties as assigned to support the efficient operation of the department.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture or related field required. Minimum ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in Architecture, Engineering, Construction and/or Construction Management overseeing large, diverse construction developments. Minimum eight (8) years vendor management and/or supervisory experience required. Related, relevant, and/or direct experience may be considered in lieu of minimum educational requirements indicated above.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & REPSONSIBILITIES

Demonstrated experience leading pre-construction and/or project management of large-scale commercial, healthcare, retail, industrial, hospitality, municipal, tribal, or multi-site capital projects with a minimum value of $10 million dollars. Proficiency with reading blueprints, plans, specs, contracts, purchase orders, change orders, etc. Experience creating and maintaining cost databases, benchmarking systems, and forecasting tools Proven track record of partnering with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to develop and execute capital project strategies. Experience managing architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, and permitting authorities throughout project planning and development phases Effective at presenting information and responding to questions and/or concerns from management, staff, customers, public groups, regulatory agencies, and/or executive leadership. Must be knowledgeable about a wide variety of building systems, including shoring, foundation design, structural systems, exterior cladding, roofing, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, interior finishes, etc. Must be knowledgeable about construction techniques that can be used to obtain the desired aesthetic or functional building performance results. Organized and able to effectively manage multiple, diverse tasks and adhere to tight deadlines. Must be culturally competent and effective in a multi-cultural environment. Strong leadership and people management skills required with good motivational and collaboration emphasis; communicates change effectively, overcomes resistance, and builds commitment. Experience with organizational transformation, including the development and implementation of effective operating models in large-scale, complex organizations. Must be personable and professional, capable of using caution and discretion in communication. Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Project, Bluebeam (or similar), PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

LICENSES, CERTIFICATES AND REGISTRATIONS

At the discretion of the San Manuel Tribal Gaming Commission, you may be required to obtain and maintain a gaming license. Authorized Driver: Role requires operation or driving of Tribe-owned vehicles or driving patron vehicles. A valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record as determined by the insurance carrier is required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORKING CONDITIONS - ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and working environment described here are representative of those that an employee encounters and must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Primary work environment is in a climate-controlled office setting. Work requires travel to visit jobsites, attend meetings, trade shows, and conferences. Incumbents may be required to work evening, weekend and holiday shifts. Must be able to work in a fast-paced, high-demand environment. Strength sufficient to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects and/or move up to 40 pounds occasionally. Sedentary work: involves sitting most of the time. Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer. Physical activities that apply to the essential functions of the position are balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions. Hearing sufficient to hear conversational levels in person, via videoconference and over the telephone. Speech sufficient to make oneself heard and understood in person, in front of groups, in meetings, via videoconference and over the telephone. Visual acuity that meets the requirements of the position: The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; expansive reading and visual inspection of employees, visitors or facility. Mobility sufficient to safely move in an office environment, walk, stoop, bend and kneel, and enter, exit and operate a motor vehicle in the course of travel to promotional events, meetings, conferences, trade shows and San Manuel properties. Endurance sufficient to sit, walk and stand for extended periods, and maintain efficiency throughout the entire work shift and during extended work hours. The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles including secondhand smoke. Reasonable accommodation will be made in compliance with all applicable laws.

As one of the largest private employers in the Inland Empire, San Manuel deeply cares about the future, growth and well-being of its employees. Join our team today! San Manuel is one of the largest employers in California’s Inland Empire. Managing one of the world’s busiest casinos, our many restaurants, and a fully functioning tribal government means we can offer an incredibly wide range of professional and support positions. Each is an opportunity to learn, grow and contribute to a better future for all of us. Your commitment to San Manuel is matched by our commitment to you. We offer a Total Rewards package of monetary, benefits and development rewards to individuals who meet and exceed specific goals. These programs support our pay-for-performance philosophy.