Preconstruction Manager, Regions and Expansions

Position: Preconstruction Manager, New Regions and Expansions
Meta is seeking a construction professional to join our design, engineering, and construction organization as a Preconstruction Manager. You will collaborate closely with our leadership, site development and delivery teams to manage projects from site diligence to design kick off through break ground on site and GMP execution. The Preconstruction Manager will be extremely familiar with procurement, budgets, scheduling, constructability, and negotiation of large-scale mission critical projects.

Preconstruction Manager, New Regions and Expansions Responsibilities:

Responsible for successful execution of large-scale commercial agreements with external partners from Site invasive diligence off through construction start, including coordination of multiple team inputs, evaluation and allocation of risk, and incorporation of commercially responsible terms into construction contracts. Provide continued preconstruction subject matter expertise throughout life of the construction execution phase

Lead program management alignment of multiple projects in preconstruction phase, including programmatic cost, schedule, and risk comparison, and alignment of implementation and constructability approaches across several internal stakeholder teams

Manage reporting of project status, risk, budget, and schedule guidance including reporting key performance indicators for projects in the preconstruction / planning stage and presenting to leadership. This will also include the Provide scoping and “bid levelling” to analyze prospective external partner responses by analyzing proposal to ensure scope of work is complete and pricing information is accurate including providing recommendation of successful bidder

Interface with Design and Engineering to develop scope criteria, budgets and schedules for new products and projects

Support our build strategy including site diligence review, supply chain analysis, vendor selection and developing a roadmap for procurement and contracts models for new programs

Lead the development of new processes and tooling as required to support new or existing initiatives as required by the business and operationalize new processes to support new initiatives or improve existing workflows

Provide constructability perspective and input into new initiatives or ideas and influence implementation plan or provide critical considerations to be accounted for in TCO analysis

Maintain industry connections and develop database of prequalified external partners / potential new partners for design, engineering, and construction services

Fully account for implications of change management within our organization support execution team in change evaluation from a preconstruction and commercial accountability perspective. Drive feedback loop efforts to incorporate change mitigation strategies into future design or agreements

Partner with Contracts Management team to ensure partners are delivering under the proper agreements with the correct commercial terms

Lead and influence stakeholders on high impact initiatives across our delivery organization and broader design/engineering and construction teams to de-risk project delivery (i.e., labor availability / productivity, competition for talent.)Manage and respond to a high volume of daily interaction with cross-functional partners both inside and outside the company

Provide technical expertise to cross collaborative teams in the areas of cost, schedule, commercial accountability

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a directly related field, or equivalent practical experience

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, or equivalent technical degree and/or minimum of fifteen (15) years direct professional experience in Commercial Management, Construction Management or equivalent

Demonstrated communication and coordination skills to lead a team towards a single project outcome

Familiar with large capital programs, ground-up construction and greenfield site development as well as retrofit construction

Proficiency in all aspects of Preconstruction:
Site Development, Diligence Review, Budget Development, Scheduling, Change Management, Risk Management, Negotiation, etc…