Builders - Preconstruction Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : About the Company

RNGD (a Palmisano Company) is a rapidly scaling organization emerging as a nationally recognized leader in construction through our unique Renegade mindset focused on innovation, creativity, and culture. The team is made up of a highly engaged group of seasoned professionals and emerging leaders. We are creators who believe that what we build drives the growth of our cities and that to fulfill our mission, we must constantly challenge the old way of doing things.Headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, we thrive on building communities, building teams, building leaders, and growing the business throughout the Southeast region with additional teams currently in Nashville and Huntsville.

About the Role

The Preconstruction Manager leads, directs, and coordinates the preconstruction phase of construction projects to achieve their budget and constructability goals by collaborating with internal and external teams, being customer-focused, and driving value.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create cost efficiencies through process improvement.
• Manage projects, from the initial conceptual phase to turnover and through startup with Operations.
• Support and drive the utilization of various company initiatives and technologies.
• Coordinate bid solicitation effort.
• Identify key subcontractors necessary for success, as well as unique subcontractor trades for project, and ensure they are part of the solicitation.
• Compile bid packages for complicated scopes that accurately convey the desired bid scope and requirements to subcontractor trade and adjust the bid package scope during the bid process to ensure level bidding from all interested parties.
• Formulate take-off plan for the project.
• Convey to other team members take-off responsibilities and expectations for completion to ensure seamless estimate compilation.
• Manage and develop project clarifications / qualifications and apply critical thinking procedures to mitigate risk.
• Prepare a detailed estimate of the entire scope of assigned trades, building system, and overall project costs.
• Obtain and evaluate subcontractor proposals relative to their scope of work, determine if scope is covered, and manage risk of scope-gaps.
• Identify apparent, high risk construction activities during bid process.
• Communicate key project requirements with outside departments, such as insurance, bonding, bid submission protocol, bid day activities, schedule submission requirements, and the like.
• Develop value analysis by defining alternatives to the proposed scope that are more cost efficient and drive the value-engineering process.
• Create and manage preconstruction process schedule.
• Create, manage, and report monthly preconstruction job budgets.
• Coordinate meeting agenda and meeting minutes.
• Lead field coordination for early work execution.
• Ensure preconstruction progress meetings are on-time, effective, and informative and provide management an accurate overview of project at all required progress meetings.
• Solicit design team members through request for proposal (RFP) process and make evaluation and recommendation.
• Assist design efforts by participating in constructability reviews at design milestones.
• Lead execution of action items to achieve stated objectives and key performance indicators (KPI).
• Compile turnover matrix, identify selected subcontractors, identify scope gaps, and identify buyout opportunities.
• Provide design pricing feedback and constructability feedback for design decisions.
• Reinforcement of the companys core values and manifesto, leading by example.
• Promote and enhance the companys image, brand, and reputation.
• Maintain a positive attitude, a firm commitment to the project and the companys overall objectives, and a strong work ethic, always taking the initiative.

Qualifications

RNGD is an equal employment opportunity employer.