Director of Preconstruction

Overview

Director of Preconstruction | Commercial Renovations & Interiors | Boca Raton, FL

$160,000 – $190,000 base salary range

Blayze Group is partnering with a national commercial construction and services firm delivering renovation, reconstruction, and capital improvement projects across healthcare, senior living, hospitality, multifamily, office, and retail environments. The business focuses on interior and renovation work executed within active, occupied facilities
, where scope clarity, pricing discipline, and operational coordination are critical to success.

To support continued growth, the firm is appointing a Director of Preconstruction to bring structure, consistency, and accountability to pre award decision making across its interiors and renovation portfolio.

This is a senior leadership hire supporting a business that operates exclusively on the general contracting side
, delivering high volume renovation and interior construction projects for repeat commercial clients. The company does not build subdivisions, tilt walls in cow fields, or chase speculative mega projects. This role exists to bring structure, discipline, and consistency to preconstruction for fast moving interior and renovation work.

The position is based in Boca Raton and will play a central role in improving pursuit quality, pricing accuracy, and execution readiness before projects are awarded.

Ground up only backgrounds will not align.

The Role

• Lead all pre award preconstruction activity for commercial renovation and interior projects
• Own estimating, budgeting, and pricing strategy from conceptual through final proposal
• Define scope, assumptions, exclusions, and risk clearly for every pursuit
• Coordinate subcontractor bidding, coverage, and leveling for interiors and renovation trades
• Oversee constructability reviews and execution planning for work in occupied facilities
• Lead pre award buyout strategy and early procurement planning
• Serve as the point of accountability for preconstruction handoff into operations
• Establish standardized preconstruction processes, tools, and expectations
• Act as a senior partner to operations leadership on pursuit selection and risk evaluation
• Mentor and guide preconstruction contributors without relying on title driven authority
• Commercial interior build outs and renovations
• Cap Ex and reconstruction work in active, occupied buildings
• Healthcare, senior living, hospitality, multifamily, office, and retail environments
• Fast turn scopes with evolving design and operational constraints
• Typical project values from $50K to $5M, with larger programmatic efforts

Background Sought:

• Senior level preconstruction leadership within a commercial general contractor
• Direct experience leading preconstruction for renovation and interior construction projects
• Hands on ownership of estimates, budgets, scopes, and subcontractor coordination
• Demonstrated experience working in occupied or operational facilities
• Credibility with both estimators and operations teams
• Experience building or formalizing preconstruction processes preferred
• Ability to operate effectively in organizations cautious about change
• Titles that typically align include Director of Preconstruction, Senior Preconstruction Manager, or senior level Chief Estimator with leadership responsibility
• Candidates without clear GC side renovations or interiors experience should not expect alignment

This is a rare opportunity to build and lead a preconstruction function focused entirely on renovation and interior work. The business offers a consistent pipeline of repeat client work, a leadership team that understands the value of disciplined preconstruction, and the mandate to say no to bad pursuits before they become expensive lessons.

If you are a renovation or interiors focused preconstruction leader operating on the general contracting side
, please submit your resume for confidential consideration.