Preconstruction Bid & Estimating Lead

NewGround; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Sabbatical program

Job summary

NewGround in St. Louis, MO seeks a seasoned Preconstruction Manager to lead bid development, risk review, and value engineering.

You will manage Procore bid packages, coordinate with design teams, and ensure complete, accurate scopes for competitive submissions. With 5+ years in construction/project management and a bachelor’s in construction management, you’ll build budgets, takeoffs, and supplier lists while guiding estimating and permitting tasks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in construction or project management.
• Experience estimating in commercial construction.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and issue bid packages and addendums through Procore, managing the process.
• Review bid submissions, create bid tabs, perform bid leveling, and present results to the team.
• Read construction documents for constructability and provide feedback to design team.
• Prepare Supplement documents for signature and filing of documentation and other admin tasks.
• Develop project budgets, quantity takeoffs, and cost analyses for the estimating team.
• Research, qualify and source general contractors to develop bidder lists for projects.
• Maintain and update project tracker, Procore bidding tool and databases.
• Assist with permits and builder’s risk insurance.

Skills

Bid management

Procore

Estimating

Cost analysis

Reading plans

Excel

Microsoft Project

Bluebeam

Smartsheet

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management

Tools

Procore

Bluebeam

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Excel

Job description

NewGround in St. Louis, MO seeks a seasoned Preconstruction Manager to lead bid development, risk review, and value engineering.

You will manage Procore bid packages, coordinate with design teams, and ensure complete, accurate scopes for competitive submissions. With 5+ years in construction/project management and a bachelor’s in construction management, you’ll build budgets, takeoffs, and supplier lists while guiding estimating and permitting tasks.