Preconstruction Executive

At CMC Development & Construction, working together on Developing Tomorrow is our motto. Founded in 2016, CMC is a full-service General Contractor firm which provides services such as construction management, design-build, and project management and manages projects with industry-leading innovation. Ranked in the Top 25 General Contractors that are minority, CMC is responsible for over $50 million in construction in a variety of projects including commercial, civil, and development in Texas.

The
Preconstruction Executive provides overall leadership, accountability, and strategic direction for CMC’s preconstruction function. This role is responsible for building and leading the department while remaining actively involved in estimating, pursuits, and preconstruction execution. The Preconstruction Executive oversees projects from initial opportunity through turnover to Operations, ensuring estimates are accurate, risks are identified, pursuit strategies are competitive, and preconstruction commitments align with CMC’s operational capabilities and financial goals.

As the department grows, this role will recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing preconstruction team while establishing consistent processes and standards across all CMC regions.

• Provide overall leadership and accountability for CMC’s preconstruction and estimating functions across all regions.
• Establish and continuously improve departmental standards, estimating procedures, workflows, templates, and quality-control processes.
• Develop the organizational structure and staffing plan necessary to support CMC’s growth and pursuit volume.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop estimators and preconstruction professionals as the department expands.
• Manage department workload, pursuit assignments, deadlines, and resources to ensure timely and accurate deliverables.
• Establish and monitor departmental KPIs, including estimating accuracy, pursuit volume, hit rate, subcontractor participation, and preconstruction performance.
• Maintain and develop historical cost data, estimating benchmarks, and lessons learned to improve future pricing.

• Personally lead estimates, hard bids, CSP/RFP pursuits, CMAR proposals, Design-Build pursuits, JOC opportunities, and negotiated projects as required.
• Lead conceptual estimating, budgeting, design-phase estimating, GMP development, and final pricing.
• Review drawings, specifications, scopes, and other contract documents to identify project requirements, risks, exclusions, and opportunities.
• Lead estimate reviews and ensure pricing is complete, competitive, properly scoped, and consistent with CMC standards prior to submission.
• Develop value engineering alternatives and cost-saving strategies without compromising project quality or owner requirements.
• Lead constructability reviews, logistics planning, phasing evaluations, and preconstruction scheduling.
• Evaluate project risks related to scope, schedule, pricing, market conditions, subcontractor coverage, and contract requirements.
• Present final estimates and recommendations to executive leadership for review and approval.

• Collaborate with Procurement and Operations to develop project-specific procurement, bid packaging, and buyout strategies.
• Lead subcontractor outreach and market engagement to ensure adequate and competitive bid coverage.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key subcontractors, suppliers, and trade partners across CMC’s markets.
• Review subcontractor proposals, scope coverage, qualifications, exclusions, and pricing to ensure complete and accurate comparisons.
• Identify long-lead materials, escalation risks, and early procurement…