Senior Preconstruction Manager: Strategy, Bids & Partnerships

Turner Construction Company; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company in Houston seeks an Experienced Estimating leader to oversee preconstruction and the BU Estimating department. You will allocate resources, manage G&A costs, and build critical client and design-partner relationships to pursue future projects.

The role requires extensive construction knowledge, senior-level negotiation, and strong leadership to guide teams through design reviews, bid development, and value engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited degree program in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field, and minimum of 10 years of Building Construction experience required, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Experience with variety of building construction types
• Thorough understanding of drawings and specifications, general contract and subcontract documents, materials, means and methods
• Ability to provide accurate qualitative and quantitative analysis of estimating documents
• Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing and engineering principles and techniques, and accounting principles
• Ability to develop client relationships, identify sales opportunities and collaborate on solutions to secure work
• Extensive knowledge of regional market, competition, and industry trends
• Advanced project management skills, able to manage high volumes of work and ability to move projects forward in a timely manner
• Management experience required, and coach and mentor others
• Negotiation skills with ability influence and engage others
• Executive level presentation skills, anticipates needs of audience, and tailors communications appropriately
• Pursues everything with energy, drive and sees initiatives through to completion
• Effectively work across levels within organization
• Process and critical thinking skills with sound judgement decision-making

Responsibilities

• Manage BU Estimating department and estimating functions during preconstruction phase and allocate appropriate resources for estimation of projects.
• Manage and accountable for reimbursement of Estimating staff and costs as related to General & Administrative (G&A) expenses.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients, architects, design community, and trade partners to enhance future business development opportunities.
• Participate in hiring process, onboard and deliver timely performance feedback for direct reports, execute/contribute to performance appraisals during annual performance cycle, utilize talent management systems, and identify appropriate training to help with development needs.
• Oversee and manage processes to review drawings, specifications, and other construction documents; inform senior management of design-related problems, completeness of documents, and other potential risks.
• Overall management of developing lump sum bids and review for senior management approval.
• Conduct market research information for upcoming work.
• Coordinate and review development of General Conditions/General Requirements (GC/GR) estimate.
• Maintain local and national historical estimating data and develop cost trends.
• Manage and oversee Value Engineering process during preconstruction.
• Collaborate with Business Development to prepare proposals and participate in sales and client presentations.
• Collaborate with Procurement to develop and evaluate procurement schedules and resources and analyze subcontractor proposals.
• Coordinate with Operations Lead to support Launch Matrix preparation, scheduling, evaluating, executing, and managing meetings for each estimating milestone.
• Participate and contribute to Constructability Reviews for milestone estimates per Launch Matrix. Work with Operations Lead to ensure timely and complete Constructability Reviews and incorporate into milestone estimates to extent required by contract.
• Coordinate with Lean Manager to develop and execute Pull Plans for design, estimate, and GMP schedules.
• Prepare comparison analysis to previous estimate and develop clear and concise message to explain variances for each project stakeholder.
• Generate, coordinate, and manage Budget Control Reports between each milestone estimate to manage cost events and value engineering opportunities. Provide variance reports for each milestone estimate to communicate scope development.
• Lead or support establishment of Target Value Design process as appropriate for select projects.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Executive level presentation skills

Negotiation skills

Advanced project management

Client relationship development

Leadership / mentoring

Communication skills

Education

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

Tools

Talent management systems

Job description

Turner Construction Company in Houston seeks an Experienced Estimating leader to oversee preconstruction and the BU Estimating department. You will allocate resources, manage G&A costs, and build critical client and design-partner relationships to pursue future projects.

The role requires extensive construction knowledge, senior-level negotiation, and strong leadership to guide teams through design reviews, bid development, and value engineering.