Electrical Preconstruction Manager

Clayco; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Annual Bonus

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Flexible spending accounts

Paid holidays

Learning & development

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking an Electrical Preconstruction Manager to oversee the preconstruction process of electrical systems. This role involves developing accurate cost estimates and collaborating with various stakeholders on industrial and commercial projects. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in relevant fields and experience in construction estimating. Strong leadership, teamwork, and technical skills are essential. This position requires travel across the U.S. and offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in construction with 3+ years estimating electrical systems.
• Ability to read and understand electrical drawings and blueprints.
• Understanding of complex electrical systems and pricing.
• Ability to read electrical drawings and models; strong math and writing.
• Proficiency in BlueBeam, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; Trimble experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all aspects of the preconstruction process for electrical systems.
• Review project documents to determine material, equipment, and labor requirements.
• Assist in preparing written scopes of work for subcontracts.
• Support pricing documents for conceptual estimates during pre-proposal design meetings.
• Perform quantity surveying of electrical systems using digitized software and standard labor rates.
• Evaluate vendors/subcontractors for conformance and identify best value.
• Assist in preparing estimate recaps for senior management.
• Support project management tasks: budgeting, scheduling, change orders, procurement.
• Coordinate with teams to evaluate productivity and cost forecasting.
• Survey completed designs for historical cost data collection.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Technical writing

Mathematical skills

Computer proficiency

Team collaboration

Reading drawings

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Tools

BlueBeam

Microsoft Excel

Estimating software (preferred Trimble products)

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $7.6 billion in revenue for 2024, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects.

The Role We Want You For

The Electrical Preconstruction Manager will participate in all aspects of the preconstruction process for electrical systems to develop accurate, detailed cost estimates with a focus on heavy/ advanced manufacturing, industrial and mission critical projects. This role will be expected to interact with engineers, architects, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, a multi-discipline estimating team, project supervision, and field personnel.

The Specifics of the Role

• Periodically attend pre-bid meetings to become familiar with unique project requirements and analyze existing site conditions to determine required scope that is not already indicated.
• Review and interpret project documents to determine job-specific material, equipment, and labor requirements for scope development.
• Assist in preparing written scopes of work for subcontracts and suppliers and coordinating electrical scopes with the work of other trades (e.g., civil, structural, architectural, mechanical etc.).
• Participate in pre-proposal design coordination meetings to support the development of pricing documents for conceptual estimates.
• Perform quantity survey of electrical systems and components using digitized software, and apply industry standard labor rates (e.g., MCAA, PHCC, etc.) to support the development of accurate cost estimates.
• Evaluate vendor and subcontractor for conformance with proposal requirements; level scopes and identify low cost/ best value responses while capturing assumptions, rationale, inclusions, exclusions, etc.
• Assist in the preparation of estimates used for bidding and budgeting purposes (including self-performed work); participate in internal estimate review process and assist with final recap of estimate for presentation to senior management.
• Support project management tasks, including budgeting, schedule development, interim design review, change order pricing, procurement, value engineering, and vendor selection based on proposal development.
• Coordinate with project teams to evaluate productivity for historical data and schedule/ cost forecasting purposes.
• Perform quantity survey of completed designs and/ or past projects to support historical cost data collection and analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or related field, or a combination of education (including trade schools) and professional experience.
• 5-10 years of experience in construction with 3+ years of experience estimating electrical systems.
• Exhibits inclusive leadership and teamwork behavior, and values diverse perspectives from team members.
• Demonstrated experience in the successful management of bidding process with a preferred emphasis on heavy/advanced manufacturing, industrial and mission critical markets.
• Understanding of complex electrical systems and how to price and schedule them.
• Ability to read and understand electrical drawings and blue models.
• Possesses strong technical writing, math and computer skills with proficiency using standard office software applications such as BlueBeam, Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint to support estimating efforts.
• Experience using estimating software with a preference for Trimble products.

Some Things You Should Know

• Our clients and projects are nationwide – Travel will be required.
• No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does.
• We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs.
• The pace is fast!

Why Clayco?

• 2024 Best Places to Work – Crain’s Chicago Business, St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, and Phoenix Business Journal.
• 2024 ENR Midwest – Midwest Contractor (#1).
• 2024 ENR Top 100 Design-Build Firms – Design-Build Contractor (Top 5).
• Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company and individual performance.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!

Compensation

• The salary range for this position considers a wide range of factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to: Education, qualifications, skills, training, experience, certifications, internal equity, and location. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.