Senior Preconstruction Lead: Bids, Proposals & Value Engineering

The Austin Company; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental

Life Insurance

401K with match

Job summary

The Austin Company in Irvine, CA seeks an accomplished Preconstruction Manager to coordinate design-build and hard-bid proposals, manage buyouts, and provide cost-control guidance across sales, estimating, construction, and management.

You will lead a cross-disciplinary team through RFP responses, read drawings, assemble bid packages, negotiate subcontracts, and develop value engineering ideas to maximize profitability while ensuring scope coverage and schedule adherence.

Qualifications

• 4-year degree in Construction Engineering, Construction Management, Construction Estimating or similar and 10+ years of experience in commercial/industrial construction
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are mandatory
• Experience with multitasking and delegating tasks
• Experience leading bids / proposals in value from $5 Million to $200 Million+ is required
• Experience with the conceptual phase of proposal assembly is required
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills including compound formulas, linking sheets and workbooks, vertical look ups, horizontal look ups, circular reference calculations, concatenate function, etc. are necessary
• Strong web-based computer skills required
• Strong understanding of construction processes including on site experience
• Strong presentation skills within the organization and to individuals outside of the organization

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers, designers, constructors, and executives through the technical proposal / bidding process including internal reviews and owner presentations
• Read, interpret, and provide technical (non-marketing) response to requests for proposals including assembling documents to fulfill necessary requirements
• Read, understand, and communicate drawings and specifications requirements to ensure complete scope coverage
• Attend pre-bid walkthroughs
• Write overall project summary for delegation of tasks to team members
• Write scopes of work for all CSI divisions / bid packages based on review of project documents
• Fill in scope gaps conceptually based on prior experiences
• Utilize online bidding tools to solicit subcontractor bids
• Assemble comparison spread sheets for subcontractor bid evaluation
• Compose the technical section of proposal including a Basis of Estimate, clarifications, exclusions, bonding, insurances, construction execution approach, etc.
• Generate Value Engineering ideas to maximize cost position and profitability
• Working with construction staffing, build general conditions estimates to execute the project in the field and assemble project schedules utilizing standard construction scheduling software
• Read, understand, and apply terms and conditions of both an owner’s contract and subcontracts and make recommendations for revisions
• Negotiate subcontracts for scope, cost, and schedule and ensure compliance with internal terms and conditions
• Write bid tabulations and present to Project Management for approval
• Write subcontract agreements including the coordination of site-specific requirements
• Distribute drawing package updates for pricing by subcontractors
• Assemble change order pricing utilizing subcontractors and/or internal estimating staff

Skills

Communication skills

Multitasking

Bid/proposal leadership

Proposal assembly

Excel skills

Web-based computing

Construction process knowledge

Presentation skills

Education

4-year degree in Construction Engineering/Management/Estimating or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Online bidding tools

Construction scheduling software

Job description

The Austin Company in Irvine, CA seeks an accomplished Preconstruction Manager to coordinate design-build and hard-bid proposals, manage buyouts, and provide cost-control guidance across sales, estimating, construction, and management.

You will lead a cross-disciplinary team through RFP responses, read drawings, assemble bid packages, negotiate subcontracts, and develop value engineering ideas to maximize profitability while ensuring scope coverage and schedule adherence.