Preconstruction Manager

Job Description

At IPS, we are global leaders in developing innovative solutions for the consulting, architecture, engineering, project controls, procurement, construction management, and CQV of technically complex facilities, primarily in the life sciences industry. We are looking for a dedicated Preconstruction Manager to join our talented team at our office in Burlington, Massachusetts
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In this role, you will lead all activities before the start of physical construction, establishing a proactive framework to ensure the project is fully scoped, accurately budgeted, properly scheduled, legally permitted, and operationally ready. This role aligns stakeholders, mitigates risk, and drives decision‑making from project initiation through contract execution and construction readiness. You will also facilitate the handoff of all items to the execution team.

• Facilitate cross‑functional kickoff meetings; define project communications, roles, and escalation paths.
• Implement governance structure, approval workflows, and decision‑making hierarchy.
• Stand up project management tools and document control systems; train project teams.
• Develop the initial risk register and stakeholder map; integrate into planning tools.
• Develop the pre‑construction execution plan and the construction execution plan.
• Oversees completion of all pre‑construction‑related activities supporting project startup.

• Participate in milestone reviews (Concept, BOD, Detailed Design);
  Assist with tracking comments and resolution logs.
• Conduct constructability reviews at all phases, generate a log, issue to the team, and follow up on the closure of items.
• Facilitate value engineering (VE) workshops; maintain VE logs and coordinate cost impact estimates with estimators.
• Assist with coordinating design iterations across disciplines; review documents to ensure updates and issue resolution are documented.
• Validate evolving design against current budget and schedule; generate & publish alignment and impact reports.
• Engage with estimators for assessments of identified changes to include in reporting.
• Work with the design team on construction logistics plans that will result in a design conducive to the phasing of the project, equipment move‑in paths, staging areas, safe construction, etc.
• On projects utilizing TVD, lead the TVD effort to ensure the design team is designing to a budget.
• Present all construction‑related updates to the team and client as required.
• Help sell the construction phase of the project on design‑only projects.
• Challenge materials of construction and other design aspects where there are potential cost savings.

• Submit an estimate request to the estimating team for getting on the department schedule.
• Coordinate with design and estimating team to produce progressively detailed cost estimates (ROM, Concept, BOD,
• Detailed Design (RFP Response), including assumptions, allowances, contingencies, escalation, and market pricing validation.
• Generate the construction management staffing plan and general requirements estimate, which is aligned with the project schedule and logistics plan.
• Participate in the presentation of the estimate to the client, which will be led by the estimator.
• Review the estimate and BOE before publication to the client and make all changes necessary.
• Support all estimate review follow‑ups, bridging, justifications, adjustments, etc., in support of client approvals.
• Facilitate benchmarking feedback loop to the estimating team for as‑bought costs in detail.

• Works with Cost Manager through the budget and estimate development phases to support updates leading to baselining the budget at construction kickoff.
• Initiates and oversees setup of the change management process, collaborating with the client, design, contracts, PM, and controls.
• Works with Controls and Accounting to initiate PNR/BRRs and review cost coding for accuracy.
• Works with Cost Manager to perform commitment and spend plan development, analysis, and reporting up to handover to cost control at construction kickoff.

• Lead and work with the scheduler to…