Pre-Construction Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

The Pre-Construction Manager is responsible for business development, marketing, finding, and obtaining bid opportunities. Develops accurate, competitive, and profitable bid proposals for a variety of complex and large projects. Calculates the cost of electrical construction based on reviewing and evaluating available documents, develop strong relationships with clients, vendors and subcontractors. Sets goals for the marketplace and forecasts market conditions. Ensures that the company’s best interests are represented including regional workforce stability, regional profitability, and cost control.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for business development and product-services marketing.
• Reviews bid opportunities to determine competitive advantages.
• Finds and selects jobs to bid utilizing Go-No / Go process. Evaluates bid documents to determine profitability to the company. Reviews bid documents and communicates consistently with clients. to define scope of work. Prepares bid documents including specific scope letter for each project.
• May oversee and manage estimating staff.
• Attends estimating / sales meetings, project meetings, meets with customers / clients to discuss bid status, present proposals, negotiate bids, and present / solve problem issues. Performs job walks to observe any field conditions that may affect the construction, impact the prospective bid, and / or pre-construction designs and build services. Meets with general contractors and site personnel, as needed.
• Prepares bid documents, “Blue Sheets” and “Evaluations” estimate recapitulations with adjustments for buy-outs, labor rate, productivity, etc. Prepares project specific bid proposals describing scope and other requested information such as qualifications and exclusions. Provides “Value Engineering” cost savings suggestions and alternatives. Prepares budget pricing. Ensures Company policies and guidelines are followed.
• Manages preconstruction activities during the design phase on design-build & design-assist projects.
• Reviews and evaluates bids prepared by others.
• Reviews and evaluates project plans and specifications, bid documents, and other relevant project documents to identify what is needed for a project and to create a bid proposal.
• Analyzes project for value engineering options while considering specific job conditions that may affect labor and material to be purchased and installed.
• Identifies any inconsistent issues, conflicts, and other problems in the bid documents. Prepares “RFI” questions to resolve conflicts and problems and ensures RFI responses, or lack thereof, are contemplated in the final proposal accordingly.
• Requests material and equipment quotes from vendors and equipment suppliers. Reviews the quotes to confirm adherence to quote request and accuracy. Develops and maintains a positive relationship with vendors. Stays current with new products, means, and methods.
• Designs electrical service systems for projects including building and pre-construction services.
• Attend various industry related networking events, client activities, charitable functions, etc. which may take place at varying times of the day and / or days of the week.
• Prepares project teams and market collateral (e.g. PowerPoint presentations, printer collateral, etc.) for project interviews and leads presentations in the project interview process.
• Maintains Accubid ensuring that pricing and labor units are up to date.
• Facilitates turnover meetings to operations team upon award of a project.
• Manages design process for design / build and design assist projects.
• Develops relationships with industry professionals to assist in our regional exposure and sales effort.
• Works closely with operations team to assist in the smooth transition of information from preconstruction to construction activities.
• Follows up with clients to ensure commitments are being met.
• Completes prequalification packages.
• Assembles technical proposal, including but not limited to narratives, project experience, resumes, project approaches, etc.
• Assists project team in the preparation and participates in project interviews.
• Active role in Industry related events and organizations to help further Bergelectric’s relationship with industry partners
• Keeps Company management, project management, clients, general contractors, and all others involved in projects current on bid progress.
• Maintains personal relationships with peers and key decision makers at clients, architectural and engineering firms and trade partners to support the successful outcome of pursuits.
• Manges some aspects of design during design build / design assist process.
• Manages budget updates during design build / design assist process.
• Controls cost during design process on design build / design assist process.
• Work with RVP to establish set goals.
• Plans and executes marketing of clients and engineers.
• This role may be required to travel up to 50% of the time, depending on the needs within the region.

Qualifications