Preconstruction Manager: Lead Budget, Schedule & Design-Build

Metric DCX; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vision benefits

Dental benefits

Bonuses

401(k) match

ESOP

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Car allowance

Job summary

Metric DCX is seeking a Preconstruction Manager to lead internal and external project teams through preconstruction on multiple projects at once. You will keep preconstruction organized—resolving open items, maintaining schedules, and continually reviewing budget, and you will develop conceptual cost models to assist owners and architects with early planning.

A four‑year degree and 8+ years of estimating experience are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of vertical commercial building estimating experience.
• Experience in hospitality, higher education, mixed-use, office, or multi-family.
• Proficiency with bid preparation — quantity surveys, sub-trade procurement, pricing, and bid closing.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple projects simultaneously through the preconstruction phase.
• Keep preconstruction organized — resolving open items, maintaining schedules, and continually reviewing budget.
• Present preconstruction progress to teams clearly, surfacing challenges and offering solutions.
• Develop conceptual cost models to help owners and architects with early planning.
• Prepare preliminary estimates and studies, and monitor design-development cost trends to catch overruns early.
• Participate in value engineering as a solution provider.
• Support business development — proposal presentations, and building relationships with clients and architects/engineers.
• Review and advise on estimates prepared by other estimators; maintain current estimating records, studies, and unit prices.
• Manage design-build projects to keep scope aligned with budget.
• Lead design-team and client management through the process.
• Develop, manage, and award design/build and design/assist trade selections.
• Support Project Managers in evaluating subcontractor proposals.

Skills

Estimating experience

Leadership

Budget management

Client relationship building

Risk assessment

Team mentoring

Education

Four-year degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, or related field

Tools

On-Screen Takeoff

iSqft

Bluebeam

MS Office

Job description

Metric DCX is seeking a Preconstruction Manager to lead internal and external project teams through preconstruction on multiple projects at once. You will keep preconstruction organized—resolving open items, maintaining schedules, and continually reviewing budget, and you will develop conceptual cost models to assist owners and architects with early planning.

A four‑year degree and 8+ years of estimating experience are required.