Senior Preconstruction Manager — Estimating & Bids

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company match

Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

Daily pay

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated in Menlo Park, CA, is seeking a Preconstruction Manager to transform project briefs into viable proposals and build-ready bid packages. You will lead estimating, bid packaging, and constructability from pursuit through award, ensuring pricing, scope, and fundability align before construction begins.

You will develop estimates using COSTX, manage vendor strategies with the Project Manager, and assemble comprehensive proposal packages.

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 technology like COSTX or equivalent.
• Lead vendor strategy with the Project Manager: share documents, schedule walks, issue RFIs, and collect bids.
• Assemble the full proposal package with detailed scope, procurement plan, exclusions, and safety plans.
• Support Target Value Design and translate construction documents into bid packages and work packages.
• 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 with coverage and schedule assumptions.
• Remain available after handoff to resolve re-bid or scope questions.

Skills

Estimating

Vendor management

Bid packing

Schedule development

Exclusions & assumptions

Leadership & communication

Education

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

Tools

COSTX

Job description

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated in Menlo Park, CA, is seeking a Preconstruction Manager to transform project briefs into viable proposals and build-ready bid packages. You will lead estimating, bid packaging, and constructability from pursuit through award, ensuring pricing, scope, and fundability align before construction begins.

You will develop estimates using COSTX, manage vendor strategies with the Project Manager, and assemble comprehensive proposal packages.