Preconstruction Lead: Estimating & Bid Strategy

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching company

Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid parental leave

Paid Time Off and Company Holidays

Daily Pay

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated is seeking a Lead of Preconstruction to transform project briefs into signed proposals and complete bid packages for the Build team. You will oversee estimating, bid packaging, and constructability from pursuit through award, with responsibility for one or two preconstruction managers and a strong MEP cost estimating/engineering background.

You will coordinate vendor coverage, lead the bid package development, and ensure compliance and timely handoffs to

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.
• Experience building a critical-path bid schedule and work-package structure a Construction Manager can inherit.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills.

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/qualifications/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

Organization

Communication

Estimating

Vendor management

Project management

Education

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

Tools

COSTX

Job description

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated is seeking a Lead of Preconstruction to transform project briefs into signed proposals and complete bid packages for the Build team. You will oversee estimating, bid packaging, and constructability from pursuit through award, with responsibility for one or two preconstruction managers and a strong MEP cost estimating/engineering background.

You will coordinate vendor coverage, lead the bid package development, and ensure compliance and timely handoffs to