Preconstruction Manager- Electrical​/Controls

About Us

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients.

Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology. Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries.

By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Preconstruction Manager
- Electrical/Controls

You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world‑class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as a Preconstruction Manager, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Construction Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

Develop and maintain an effective preconstruction program to produce conceptual and preliminary budgets and schedules, establish and maintain a list of prequalified vendors and subcontractors, develop and maintain master bid documents and scopes of work and participate in procurement of major project scopes of work and equipment.

• Develop and maintain master project estimate data base
• Maintain master project cost data base
• Develop and maintain a master list of prequalified vendors and subcontractors
• Develop and maintain master bid documents and scopes of work
• Develop project schedule templates

• Participate in developing initial project estimates (including conceptual estimates) and schedules in consultation with the responsible Partner or Director
• Develop a preliminary project schedule.

• Participate in developing and/or review project bid list
• Participate in developing and/or review subcontractor scopes of work
• Participate in and/or review project managers analysis of contract documents and proposed subcontractor selections
• Participate in and/or review project managers major material purchase recommendations.

• Update project estimate based on review of 30/60/90 percent drawings
• Review and establish with the project manager critical dates prior to proceeding with detailed scheduling
• Advise project manager of procurement activities
• Participate in post project review with key project personnel

• Monitor quality control program activities
• Monitor actual verses budgeted cost for major procurement items
• Monitor actual verses projected project durations

• Conduct annual performance evaluation of direct reports
• Provide periodic reports on workload and department accomplishments
• Participate in the development and maintenance of an updated company operations manual