Technical Due Diligence Lead (Preconstruction & Estimating)

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with matching

Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid parental leave

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Daily Pay

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated seeks a Lead of Preconstruction to turn project briefs into proposals and bid packages. You will guide estimating, bid packaging, and constructability from pursuit through award, with oversight of one or two preconstruction managers and a strong MEP cost estimating background.

The role involves leading detailed take-offs, developing procurement plans, and coordinating with project teams to ensure bids are robust and compliant.

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.
• 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 and takeoff technology.
• 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.
• 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.
• Handoff the baseline to the Construction Manager at Move-to-Construction: scopes, vendor coverage, long-lead list, exclusions, and schedule assumptions.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Hands-on estimating

Vendor management

Education

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

Tools

COSTX

Construction management software

Job description

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated seeks a Lead of Preconstruction to turn project briefs into proposals and bid packages. You will guide estimating, bid packaging, and constructability from pursuit through award, with oversight of one or two preconstruction managers and a strong MEP cost estimating background.

The role involves leading detailed take-offs, developing procurement plans, and coordinating with project teams to ensure bids are robust and compliant.