Granite Construction

Design-Build Preconstruction Coordinator II (Federal Division)

Granite Construction$121K — $182K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS degree required, preferably in Civil Engineering or Construction Management
  • 7+ years of heavy civil construction experience
  • Experience with Alternative Procurement Delivery Methods (APDM) on projects over $100 million
  • Previous federal experience preferred
  • Familiarity with Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing work preferred

Responsibilities

  • Ensure project scope aligns with contract documents, budgets, and schedules
  • Act as Pursuit Manager during preconstruction for estimating deliverables
  • Evaluate construction and design options to reduce scope and risk
  • Coordinate constructability reviews and design improvements
  • Perform quantity take-offs to monitor project profitability
  • Facilitate interface between design, quality, and construction teams

Benefits

  • Paid holidays and sick leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans with premiums covered for eligible employees
  • 100% match on 401(k) contributions up to 6%
  • Flexible spending plans and health savings accounts
  • Programs for mental wellness and musculoskeletal health
Full Job Description

General Summary

This position is responsible for the coordination of the interface between the Designer’s Discipline Leads and the Construction Team during the Preconstruction (procurement proposal and design) and post-design services phases of an Alternative Procurement Delivery Method (APDM) Project to reduce construction scope, manage risk, and manage engineering budgets. APDM includes Design-Build (DB), Construction Manager/General Construction (CMGC), Construction Management At Risk (CMAR), General Contractor/Construction Manager (GCCM) and Public Private Partnerships (P3).

Essential Job Accountabilities

  • Ensure that project scope meets the project’s prime contract documents, schedule, design criteria, applicable codes, budget and agreements with designer (including design schedule and design budget) to ensure adequate preparation for efficient execution throughout all phases of the project.

  • Act as the Pursuit Manager during the preconstruction procurement phase of the project with development of estimating deliverables to ensure budgets and schedules are met.

  • Evaluate options for construction and design alternatives during the preconstruction phase to reduce construction scope and risk.

  • Coordinate and perform constructability reviews, development, and approval of design improvements through the use of task force processes to improve constructability, and reduce construction scope and project risks.

  • Perform and coordinate quantity take-offs as necessary to monitor scope growth, impact of design changes, and final quantities to ensure project profitability

  • Coordinate and track interface between the Designer, Quality, and Construction teams to insure that shop drawing reviews, design variations, information requests and non-conformance resolution are completed in a cost effective and timely manner.

Education

  • BS degree required, Civil Engineering or Construction Management preferred

  • Registered Professional Engineering preferred


Work Experience

  • 7+ years’ experience in the heavy civil construction

  • Previous experience on an APDM (DB, CMGC/CMAR, P3) Project required with a value over $100 million

  • Federal experience preferred

  • Experience with Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing work preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Proficiency with all MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

  • Working Knowledge of Modeling Software (such as Microstation, Geopak, Inroads, HEC RAS, etc.)

  • Knowledge of construction operations

  • Strong quantity take-off skills

  • Estimating skills sufficient to allow comparison pricing of design alternatives at a conceptual stage

  • Working knowledge of Cost and CPM Scheduling Systems

  • Strong written and oral communication skills

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate orally. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to operate a computer keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Subject to outside working conditions and at times will be working around large construction equipment, must be safety conscience.

Additional Requirements/Skills

  • Comply, understand, and support corporate safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment

  • Ability and willingness to abide by the Company’s Code of Conduct on a daily basis

  • Valid driver’s license and ability to drive for extended periods of time

  • Extensive overnight travel required

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Our Benefits at a Glance:

Building tomorrow starts with you, and Granite knows that you can excel only if we support you in and out of the workplace. That is why we offer a broad benefits package that includes paid holidays, sick leave, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending plans, as well as special programs for musculoskeletal health, mental wellness, and more.

Salaried employees may choose from two PPO medical plans through Anthem BlueCross, including our most popular plan, for which 100% of the premium is paid by Granite for eligible employees and dependents. Employees can also opt into a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

As part of our investment in your future outside of the workplace, Granite provides a 100% match on the first 6% of eligible compensation that salaried employees defer into their 401(k) plans, which vests immediately.

Benefits may vary for positions located outside of the continental United States.

Base Salary Range:

$121,754.00 - $182,631.00

Pay may vary based upon relevant experience, skills, location, and education among other factors. 

About Granite Construction

Granite Construction Inc. is an American company, a member of the S&P 600 Index based in Watsonville, California and is the parent corporation of Granite Construction Company. The company is both a heavy civil construction contractor and construction aggregate manufacturer, owning or leasing quarries in several Western states for extracting mostly sands, gravel, and crushed stone products. Incorporated in 1922 and publicly traded since 1990, Granite Construction Company is composed of a construction materials division, and two construction operating divisions. Under each Group are numerous regional offices, quarries, asphalt and concrete plants. Granite does work in both public and private sector transportation infrastructure projects that include: roads and highways, bridges, dams, water reservoirs, railroads, seaports and airports. The materials division produces construction materials such as sand, gravel, ready-mix and asphalt concrete. In 2021, Granite was ranked 25th on ENR's Top 400 Contractors.
Learn more about Granite Construction
Size
1,900 employees
Market Cap
$1.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$101.4 million
Founded
1922
5 Year Trend
+3.7%
Revenue
$3.5 billion
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