Preconstruction Lead — Estimating & Bid Strategy

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

Parental leave

Paid time off & holidays

Daily Pay

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. seeks an experienced Preconstruction Manager in Mountain View, CA to drive estimating, bid packaging, and constructability from pursuit through award.

You will lead detailed take-offs, vendor strategy, and a comprehensive bid package with safety and logistics plans. Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in commercial preconstruction, hands-on estimating, and the ability to craft exclusions and procurement plans for compliant reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in commercial preconstruction, estimating, or bid packaging on lump-sum and GMP work.
• Hands-on estimating experience and the discipline to maintain basis-of-estimate files that survive a handoff.
• Proven vendor coverage practices: walks, RFIs, apples-to-apples scopes, no single-source surprises on bid day.
• Ability to write exclusions, assumptions, and a procurement plan that holds up in compliance review.

Responsibilities

• Develop estimates, bid templates, and detailed take-offs using estimating and takeoff technology (e.g., COSTX or equivalent).
• Lead vendor strategy with the Project Manager: share documents, schedule walks, issue RFIs and clarifications, and collect and level bids.
• Assemble the full proposal package: detailed scope, procurement plan, exclusions/qualifiers/assumptions, safety and logistics plans, critical-path schedule, lump-sum vs. GMP recommendation, resource plan, design and permit strategy, commissioning plan, equipment/move lists, and finishes plan.
• Support Target Value Design and translate construction documents into a formal bid package, scopes of work, and bid-form structure.
• Feed Go/No-Go and compliance review with commercial backup and client-ready deliverables.
• Hand off the baseline to the Construction Manager at Move-to-Construction: scopes, vendor coverage, long-lead list, exclusions, and schedule assumptions.
• Remain available after handoff to resolve re-buy or missed-scope questions.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Project management

Vendor management

Education

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

Tools

COSTX

Takeoff software

Job description

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. seeks an experienced Preconstruction Manager in Mountain View, CA to drive estimating, bid packaging, and constructability from pursuit through award.

You will lead detailed take-offs, vendor strategy, and a comprehensive bid package with safety and logistics plans. Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in commercial preconstruction, hands-on estimating, and the ability to craft exclusions and procurement plans for compliant reviews.