Assistant Preconstruction Manager — Estimating Team Lead

Responsibilities

Brasfield & Gorrie has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Preconstruction Manager in Orlando, Florida.

Responsibilities and Essential Duties include the following (other duties may be assigned):

• Multiple years of experience in managing the construction or estimating construction costs for healthcare, commerical, water or medical projects.

• Knowledgeable about construction approach of building commerical, healthcare, medical or water facilities.

• Experience in leading estimates or major components of estimates.

• Experience in developing costs for self-perform work including, but not limited to, cast-in-place concrete, structure excavation and other earthwork scopes, above and below ground piping systems, and process equipment installation.

• Experience in working in a team of estimators and managing a team of estimators.

• Compile conceptual estimates, including project benchmarks and details.

• Willingness to leverage experience to support the department in other related markets and work types.

• Understand and work in a team to execute multiple delivery methods, including hard bid, negotiated GMP, Design Build, and Construction Management at Risk.

• Work with operations teams on general requirements, including fees, financials, staffing of jobs, and construction schedules.

• Understand pro-forma targets and anticipate unique factors for each job.

• Foster collaboration regarding resources and ideas for continuous improvement with other departments, offices, and regions.

• Partner with associated division/market to assist in managing and forecasting pursuit costs.

• Drive projects forward and understand efforts needed in order to achieve desired results.

• Research, discover, and leverage strategies to win projects.

• Strategically apply preconstruction resources for greatest return on investment.

• Proficiently utilize estimating software tools: P6, Building Connected, Procore, Agtek, Hard Dollar, and others.

• Collaborate with clients to understand and extract their true needs.

• Allocate and forecast personnel needs and department capacity.

• Navigate client, designer, and estimating team through budget review.

• Lead teams (designer/client/trades) from design to a target budget.

• Represent the estimating team at job interviews and clearly present estimates to clients.

• Understand federal requirements and their effect on the estimate, i.e. Davis Bacon wages, Buy American, etc.

• Manage, mentor, coach, and develop all estimators on assigned projects. Conduct annual performance reviews.

• Establish and maintain relationships with architects, owners, engineers, subcontractors, designers, clients, and others for potential business development.

• Research emerging trends in preconstruction and apply innovative strategies to continuously improve performance of department.

• Bachelor degree in construction, engineering, or related field;
Or acceptable construction experience

• 2-5 years of construction experience with 5 years of experience managing progressively larger and more complex estimates/teams

• Proven experience delivering successful results at Senior Estimator level

• Understanding of all aspects of preconstruction

• Proven leadership ability with particular focus on mentoring, training, and motivating teams

• Ability to develop and maintain key long-term relationships (clients, subcontractors, partners, etc.)

• Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills

• Technical writing skills

• Conflict resolution skills and experience with successfully resolving disputes

• Ability to multitask and prioritize resources

• Superior organizational skills

• Self-perform production knowledge

• Construction scheduling experience

• Quantity survey experience

• Proficient knowledge of estimating software

• Experience representing company with industry and community organizations