Preconstruction Manager- Light Industrial, Design-Build

Preconstruction Manager – Light Industrial, Design-Build

Join to apply for the Preconstruction Manager – Light Industrial, Design-Build role at Cerris Builders. This position is open to candidates in any of our regional offices:
Austin, TX;
Kansas City, KS;
Dallas, TX; and Jacksonville, FL. It is an excellent opportunity to make an impact within a dynamic, forward‑thinking organization that values innovation and collaboration.

Relocation assistance available for the right candidate.

At Cerris Builders (formerly MW Builders), our culture is built on hard work – while also enjoying ourselves in the process. Our family of construction companies prides itself on our almost 90-year history, 100% employee ownership structure, competitive pay and benefits, and most importantly, our people. We truly believe that our people are our greatest asset, and that’s why we place a heavy emphasis on recruiting, training, and retaining the best and brightest talent in the industry.

Are you ready to become a part of the Cerris Builders family?

The Preconstruction Manager plans, coordinates, and supervises estimating functions for projects within assigned geographic or vertical markets. This role is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate service execution, and managing risks associated with project pursuits.

• Properly manage estimating team on projects to ensure timely delivery while implementing quality control measures to ensure accuracy.
• Oversee preconstruction efforts on managed projects; direct the efforts of the design team on design‑build projects.
• Responsible for training and development of direct reports.
• Perform cost and risk analysis on team's projects; present analysis and find a balanced approach to risk and reward, promoting these skills in direct reports and other team members.
• Actively seek to identify and resolve conflict within the team.
• Assist in the development and refinement of departmental processes; support consistency across departments by adhering to best practices and established policies and procedures.
• Lead presentations to clients and conduct internal presentations of projects and project handoffs.
• Manage and lead project handoff meetings; actively participate in the 360 review process; ensure that action items are properly addressed and lessons learned are captured.
• Support the business development program through championing relationships with clients as assigned and in conjunction with the business development plan.
• Update and manage the opportunity pipeline in CRM software; stay in tune with industry news and market trends; utilize professional network and actively look for project opportunities; submit project opportunities through the established opportunity assessment program.

• Exhibit high level of performance for all estimating and preconstruction administrative and technical skills.
• Subject matter expert for vertical and/or geographic market.
• Highly effective communicator – strategic in formulating and delivering messaging to achieve objectives.
• Present information professionally, and in confident and persuasive manner to support department goals.
• Routinely analyze and solve complex tasks and problems to provide solutions to their teams, company, and clients.
• Present project risk analysis along with balanced approach to risk and reward.
• Demonstrate sound team‑level leadership with 2‑4 direct reports.
• Adaptability – demonstrate flexibility while working effectively in ambiguous and evolving situations.
• Attention to detail – ability to complete highly complex and technical tasks, maintaining accuracy by installing processes for the team.
• Managing conflict – ability to maintain teamwork while facilitating conflict resolution.

• 12+ years of relevant work experience.
• 6+ years of preferred experience in the light industrial market and design‑build delivery.
• 1+ years of management experience.
• Experience with estimating light industrial construction projects.
• Proven experience leading design‑build projects and managing coordination of the design team.

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a four‑year college, university, or equivalent experience.

• Physical demands: moderate. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work, but there may be walking, standing, bending or lifting moderately heavy (25‑50 pounds) items.
• Availability to travel as needed.

Cerris and its subsidiary companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer – EEO/AA/M/F/D/V/VEVRAA.