Preconstruction Coordinator: Bids, Budgets & Design

Layton Construction; Sandy (UT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Layton Construction is seeking a Preconstruction Assistant to provide administrative, analytical, and coordination support to the Preconstruction team through planning, budgeting, bidding, and design phases of construction projects.

This in-office role ensures project information is organized and subcontractor participation is effectively managed, supporting estimating and budgeting from pursuit through turnover to operations.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree or bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Champions “The Layton Way” by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
• Ensures that “Constructing with Integrity” is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.
• Maintain vendor and trade partner databases.
• Coordinate bidding activities by distributing bid invitations, communicating with subcontractors and suppliers, and tracking bid participation
• Support estimating efforts by organizing drawings, specifications, addenda, bid documents, quantity takeoffs, estimate packages, and historical cost information.
• Maintain project documentation and document control systems, ensuring accurate and up-to-date project records, correspondence, contracts, proposals, and preconstruction deliverables.
• Coordinate meetings with owners, architects, engineers, consultants, and internal teams, including scheduling, preparing materials, documenting meeting outcomes, and tracking action items.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and other materials to support preconstruction planning, budgeting, and decision-making processes.
• Ensure that our subcontractors are prequalified as required throughout the estimating and bidding process
• Help the team hire the trade partners with the best safety records and avoid partners with poor safety records
• Support the preconstruction team as needed or as otherwise requested

Skills

Organizational skills

Detail-oriented

Read drawings/specs

Written & verbal communication

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word/Outlook/Teams

Team collaboration

Analytical/problem-solving

Confidentiality

Education

Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management or related field

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Outlook

Teams

Job description

Layton Construction is seeking a Preconstruction Assistant to provide administrative, analytical, and coordination support to the Preconstruction team through planning, budgeting, bidding, and design phases of construction projects.

This in-office role ensures project information is organized and subcontractor participation is effectively managed, supporting estimating and budgeting from pursuit through turnover to operations.