Senior Preconstruction Manager

Job Description

Adolfson & Peterson Construction, one of the nation’s top contractors, is recruiting for an experienced Senior Pre‑Construction Manager.

• Take personal responsibility for working safely within an Incident and Injury Free (IIF) culture.
  • Be a champion to support IIF efforts for working safely and building a culture of care and concern within the organization that reinforces the behavioral aspects of working and living safely.
  • Maintain a relationship with safety to hold responsibility for personal safety, the safety of each person in the company, and the IIF performance of the entire workforce.
  • As a leader, consistently communicate and reinforce the tenets of an IIF workplace. Be willing to discuss a personal commitment and desire for all employees to work safely and attain an IIF workplace.
  • As a leader, ensure that processes and procedures that support an IIF culture are maintained and reviewed for continuous improvement.
• Prepare and/or oversee preparation of conceptual cost models, budgets, and proposals; perform quantitative analyses of construction documents and project program requirements.
  • Proactively manage pre‑construction activities on multiple projects involving multiple estimating personnel, owners, city, and architect/engineers. Manage preparation by support team members of all cost models, milestone estimates, and GMP packages to ensure compliance with contract, scope, and budget requirements.
  • Execute strategies on awarded projects to ensure proper scope and budget for each assigned project.
  • Review item quantities/take‑offs, comparison reports, material pricing, labor production analysis, equipment pricing, general conditions, direct job expenses, and any other cost elements.
  • Prepare the order of magnitude, cost models, and conceptual estimates as required.
  • Ensure the files of ongoing projects such as Bid Book, Addenda, Bid Documents, and/or Pre‑construction Guide are maintained on assigned projects. Prepare, review, and input data to be used in our historical cost database.
• Provide consultative guidance on constructability, scheduling, phasing, and staffing.
  • Identify differentiating factors concerning approach, design, and constructability.
  • Review contractual requirements to determine contractual scope of work and potential conflicts; communicate potential pitfalls and risk management strategies with assigned estimating team members.
  • Act as chief strategist for value engineering studies, system analysis, constructability reviews, and schedule analysis. Develop parameters for these studies to stay within project scope and budget.
• Build and facilitate collaborative team processes among project participants.
  • Supervise and develop staff by establishing expectations, providing positive and constructive feedback, determining training and development needs, and conducting on‑the‑job training.
  • Actively participate in Market Sector(s) business development efforts in support of the strategic plan. Track project leads; maintain open communication with the client throughout the project life cycle and deliver a consistent message. Actively review and exchange information with operations for all current projects.
• Build and manage subcontractor relationships; facilitate bids and presentations.
  • Develop and maintain relationships with the principals at key subcontractors, architectural, and engineering firms for business development purposes.
  • Monitor the purchasing plan to ensure subcontracts are being produced in accordance with the project schedule.
  • Participate in the development of proposals to ensure all materials are client ready.
• Act strategically to help drive innovation and new business.
  • Support company efforts to obtain new work by remaining alert to business opportunities and sharing information with appropriate company personnel. Report business development activities and progress to management on a systematic basis.
  • Participate in activities to support the company’s strategic planning efforts and/or improve specific business or construction processes.
• Other duties as assigned.

• History of progressively more responsible leadership experience and proven results…