Remote Preconstruction Estimating Lead

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching

Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid parental leave

Paid Time Off and Company Holidays

Daily Pay

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated seeks a Senior Preconstruction Manager to transform project briefs into fundable proposals and bid packages. You will lead estimating, bid packaging, and constructability from pursuit through award, ensuring pricing and scopes are solid before construction begins.

With 7+ years in preconstruction, you will direct vendor strategies, develop detailed proposals, and ensure compliant, fully documented baselines for Move-to-Construction.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience building a critical-path bid schedule and work-package structure a Construction Manager can inherit.
• 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.
• 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/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

Estimating

Bid Packaging

Procurement Planning

Vendor Management

Project Coordination

Education

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

Tools

COSTX

Job description

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated seeks a Senior Preconstruction Manager to transform project briefs into fundable proposals and bid packages. You will lead estimating, bid packaging, and constructability from pursuit through award, ensuring pricing and scopes are solid before construction begins.

With 7+ years in preconstruction, you will direct vendor strategies, develop detailed proposals, and ensure compliant, fully documented baselines for Move-to-Construction.