Director of Estimating and Preconstruction

Director of Estimating and Preconstruction

Job Category :
Estimating and Preconstruction

Requisition Number : DIREC
001549

Posted :
December 18, 2025

Full-Time

Hybrid

Showing 1 location

Wixom, MI 48393, USA

Travel Required :
Yes

Who we are:

Build your career with Boldt. As a member of the Boldt team, you’ll collaborate with some of the most knowledgeable professionals in the construction industry. You’ll have the chance to learn new skills and seek greater responsibilities with a team that builds real value in the world around you. You’ll succeed in a workplace culture that recognizes, respects, and values differences.

Boldt’s focus on innovation, collaboration, and employee development provides an opportunity for all our employees to Build Boldly.

How your role fits into Boldt:

As Director of Estimating & Preconstruction you will work to support the enterprise, to include operating groups, project management, estimating and support staff. To ensure standard process and deliverables across the organization, this position will collaborate with the corporate leader of Estimating & Preconstruction. This role will provide preconstruction and estimating leadership based on Lean principles that support a collaborative and integrated project delivery.

Responsibilities include directing and overseeing the preparing, planning, and evaluating of estimates with the goal of returning planned profit to the company, along with being engaged in the Target Value Design process. This position will be responsible for directing the oversight of internal and external estimating resources.

What you get to do:

• Oversee or lead a project from the first estimate to subcontract formalization. Support all estimating functions for projects including establishing reporting formats, assignment of areas of estimating responsibility, compiling estimates, preparation, and oversight. For large pursuits or projects, may complete full spectrum of estimating duties.
• Lead the design to budget approach in preconstruction. Work with design and project management teams to find alternative solutions to budget challenges, analyze maintenance costs and life cycle costs to achieve a valuable solution to the client.
• Present or participate in project estimates and budgets to project Owners and other partners.
• Assist in the development and implementation of estimating and cost modeling with designers, architects and engineers using a model-based process for projects that are designed from a model.
• Provide alternative means and methods during the target value design process.
• Manage the procurement and buyout of projects and associated processes. Turn-over to project leaders and ensure subcontractors are prequalified prior to bidding and contracting with Boldt.
• Review proposal specifications and drawings and attend pre-bid meetings to determine scope of work and required contents of estimate.
• Oversee the bidding process including bid solicitation and documents, bidders’ instructions and communications, proposals evaluations, bid tally sheet preparation and bid analysis.
• Oversee the preparation of studies for proposed materials and method solutions, generate recommendations and cost estimates as required.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure all pre-construction requirements are met for individual projects.
• Assist as needed in project planning before a construction project begins, and coordinate handoff of project from preconstruction to the operation teams.
• Assess subcontractor bids and proposals to ensure appropriate evaluation of scope to mitigate risks associated with estimating costs.
• Assist project and financial managers in the continuous assessment of project risks as it relates to the overall project cost. This includes assisting project and financial managers in reviewing monthly trade partner cost reports and labor reports and identify variances from the original estimate.
• Consult and provide leadership on scope changes when teams need assistance.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships and the highest ethical standards with clients, and other customers. Communicate with customers openly and honestly, while maintaining…