Traveling Senior Project Preconstruction Manager - ATG

Turner Construction Company; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Company is seeking an experienced leader to manage and oversee on-site security operations for critical facilities—data center projects in the USA. You will lead the security team and drive preconstruction deliverables, budgets, and GMP considerations to protect personnel and assets.

You will collaborate with operations, designers, and vendors to optimize schedules, costs, and constructability, while advancing VDC/IPD-based improvements and performance feedback for staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with extensive building construction experience (12+ years)
• Strong understanding of drawings, specifications, costs, scheduling, and procurement
• Proven leadership and ability to develop and mentor teams
• Excellent negotiation and executive presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Oversee on-site security operations and team for data center projects
• Lead preconstruction deliverables, budgets, GMP/lump-sum considerations
• Coordinate with operations, design partners, and vendors to drive preconstruction success
• Develop and implement security procedures to protect people, assets, and project integrity
• Drive process improvements using VDC/IPD and other workflows
• Prepare and present variance analyses and maintain clear communications with stakeholders

Skills

Project management

Executive communication

Leadership

Client relationships

Education

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

Job description

Job Details

• Division: Critical Facilities-Data Centers
• Project Location(s): USA
• Minimum Years Experience:
• Travel Involved:
• Job Type: Regular
• Job Classification: Experienced
• Education:
• Job Family: Construction
• Compensation: Salaried Exempt

Position Description

Manage and oversee on-site security operations and team. Develop and implement security procedures to keep company, executives, employees, workers, visitors, guests, and assets safe.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for Preconstruction deliverables for complex mega projects or portfolio of large projects, including but not limited to Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) and Lump Sum bids.
• Collaborate with Operations on Project Schedule, Logistics, Safety, Constructability Reviews, General Conditions and General Requirements.
• Lead development, review and approve Assumptions and Clarifications.
• Develop and maintain relationships with clients, architects, design community, and trade partners to enhance future business development opportunities.
• Collaborate with Procurement regarding Preconstruction estimates.
• 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.
• Lead development and monitor Preconstruction budget for projects, with focus on Preconstruction recoveries, including invoicing, and provide monthly financial updates or as requested.
• Lead review meetings with owners, architects, and engineers related to Preconstruction phase.
• Oversee and/or prepare comparison analysis to previous estimates and develop clear and concise messages to explain variances for each project stakeholder.
• Lead Preconstruction Quality Control (QC) processes and develop standards for scope and estimate reviews.
• Identify opportunities to drive improvement within preconstruction process by using Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and other process enhancements.
• Coordinate with Operations Lead to support Launch Matrix preparation, scheduling, evaluating, executing, and managing meetings for each estimate milestone.
• Participate and contribute to Constructability Reviews for milestone estimates per Launch Matrix.
• Coordinate with Lean Manager to develop and execute Pull Plans for design, estimate and GMP schedules.
• Manage Budget Control Reports (BCRs) between each milestone estimate to manage cost events and value engineering opportunities. Provide variance reports for each milestone estimate to communicate scope development.
• Lead Target Value Design process as appropriate for select projects.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited degree program in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field, and minimum of 12 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
• Thorough knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing and engineering principles and techniques, and accounting principles
• Extensive client relationships that generate leads and sales opportunities
• Extensive knowledge of regional market, competition, and industry trends
• Extensive experience analyzing estimating documents
• Advanced project management skills, able to manage high volumes of work and ability to move projects forward in a complex environment in a timely manner
• Extensive management experience required, and coach and mentor others, observe performance, identify areas of development, and effectively provide performance feedback
• Seasoned negotiation skills
• Executive level presentation skills, anticipates needs of audience, and tailors communications appropriately
• Pursues everything with energy, drive and sees initiatives through to completion
• Effectively works across levels within organization
• Advanced process and critical thinking skills with sound judgement decision-making

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands, talk, and hear. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and frequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is occasionally required to be mobile, and the employee occasionally travels both short and long distances via a variety of conveyances. The employee occasionally performs work on-site at construction work sites, office locations, and/or off-site venues. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office setting. The noise in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate in an office setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally work at construction work sites where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The noise in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.