Senior Preconstruction Manager - Water​/Wastewater

Senior Preconstruction Manager - Water/Wastewater

Job Location s:
Jacksonville, FL;
Frisco, TX;
Houston, TX;
St. Louis, MO;
Charlotte, NC;
Atlanta, GA;
Salt Lake City, UT;
Oklahoma City, OK;
Tulsa, OK.

Requisition  Category:
Estimating

In this role, you will lead all preconstruction activities on large volume water projects, including developing preliminary budgets, value engineering, preconstruction schedules, procurement plans, prequalification of subcontractors, detailed take‑off and estimating, definition of bid package scopes, the subcontractor/supplier bidding process, evaluation of bids, presentation of detailed estimates, evaluation of alternatives, and comparative studies.

• Pre‑Estimate:
  • Participates in design review meetings and reviews and monitors scope, cost, and constructability during design development.
  • Participates or leads the Estimate Plan meeting, ensuring the strategy developed in the Estimate Plan is achievable within the time and resource constraints, considers multiple viewpoints to generate a win‑strategy, and evaluates risks responsibly.
• Estimate Development:
  • Leads a team of estimators assigned to a proposal when in the lead estimator role.
  • Ensures the estimating team has the necessary tools, information, and resources to accomplish the goals of the estimate plan; fills any gaps before estimate submission.
  • Engages the proposal leader or design manager if design milestones are not met.
  • Engages in specific RFIs when the estimate lead requires support.
  • Identifies risk issues and their order of magnitude.
  • Creates conceptual estimates.
  • Conducts final review of the clarifications document.
  • Ensures the estimate complies with RFP documents.
  • Conducts pre‑con‑only estimate reviews prior to ops reviews.
  • Participates in ops estimate review meetings.
  • Assesses value‑engineering options based on cost, schedule, and constructability.
• Subcontractor Management:
  • Builds and maintains subcontractor relationships.
  • Develops an overarching subcontractor search and communication strategy and ensures consistency in sub‑engagement teams; ensures at least 3 quotes per bid package unless otherwise agreed to by the proposal leader.
  • Verifies that only qualified subcontractors are considered in the final subcontractor selection.
  • Meets with local subcontractors as needed.
  • Organizes, leads or participates in pre‑bid meetings.
  • Works with the Director of Preconstruction to develop process flows when necessary and ensures adherence by team members.
  • Manages the development of standardized documents and ensures their use.
  • Ensures the subcontract market has a positive experience with Haskell during the preconstruction phase and identifies opportunities for improvement.
  • Identifies subcontractors with a competitive advantage and builds key relationships to employ those advantages.
  • Works with the Business Diversity Coordinator to develop a small‑business or WMBE engagement plan for federal or public‑sector projects.
  • Ensures the selected subcontractor is a corporately responsible selection.
  • Assists the Project Director with the development of the risk register.
  • Assists with the contract manual/bid book development.
• Post Estimate:
  • Ensures the submitted budget complies with corporate cost‑coding standards.
  • Participates in scope review meetings.
    
    Assists in subcontractor selection.
  • Compiles lessons learned for the preconstruction phase.
  • Participates in lessons‑learned meetings at project close and communicates budget underruns and overruns to the preconstruction department.
  • Ensures a successful handoff from preconstruction to the project team.
  • May assist the Project Management team with buy‑out.
  • May assist the Project Management team with change orders.
• Database Maintenance:
  • Develops and ensures maintenance of the preferred subcontractor database.
  • Develops and ensures maintenance of the bid forms and bid packages database.
  • Develops and ensures maintenance of the cost‑history database.
  • Assists with the maintenance of the estimating database.
• Training:
  • Trains preconstruction staff, APMs, PMs, and other personnel as needed.
  • Develops and maintains the training program.
  • Conducts or assists with employee performance reviews and…