We9re looking for a Preconstruction Manager who enjoys leading complex opportunities, influencing outcomes, and finding better ways to build.
If you9re energized by solving difficult challenges, enjoy competing to win projects, and naturally step into leadership when others need direction, this may be exactly the opportunity you9ve been looking for.
Who Thrives Here
This role is designed for someone who naturally:
- Takes ownership rather than waiting for direction
- Enjoys solving complicated problems with practical solutions
- Thinks several steps ahead and anticipates challenges before others see them
- Is energized by competition and finding ways to win
- Builds credibility quickly with clients and design professionals
- Makes confident decisions using both analysis and experience
- Enjoys variety and can successfully manage several moving projects simultaneously
- Wants the freedom to improve systems instead of simply maintaining them
- Leads through influence, competence, and decisive action
Why You9ll Love This Role
- You are at your best when you are trusted with meaningful challenges.
- Here, you9ll have the freedom to make decisions, influence major projects, solve problems that matter, and continuously pursue better ways of delivering value to clients.
- Every project is different.
- Every challenge is new.
- Every win is earned.
- If you9re looking for a career where your leadership, competitiveness, and strategic thinking directly impact the success of projects before they ever reach the jobsite, we9d like to meet you.
What You9ll Do
You9ll lead every phase of the preconstruction process, serving as the strategic leader who transforms ideas into executable projects.
Your responsibilities include:
- Leading estimating efforts from conceptual budgeting through final pricing
- Developing creative value engineering solutions that improve project outcomes
- Managing constructability reviews and identifying risks before construction begins
- Collaborating with owners, architects, engineers, and trade partners throughout design
- Building schedules and preconstruction strategies that position projects for success
- Presenting budgets, options, and recommendations to clients with confidence
- Mentoring estimators and preconstruction team members
- Supporting business development pursuits, proposals, and contract negotiations
- Managing multiple projects while maintaining exceptional client service
What Success Looks Like
Within your first year you will have:
- Built trusted relationships with owners, architects, and trade partners
- Delivered accurate budgets clients can rely upon
- Improved project planning through proactive risk identification
- Helped secure new work through outstanding preconstruction leadership
- Developed junior team members into stronger professionals
- Become one of the key strategic leaders influencing how projects are won before construction begins
Qualifications
- Bachelor9s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- Seven or more years of commercial construction experience
- Significant experience in preconstruction or project planning, estimating a plus
- Experience leading complex commercial projects
- Strong knowledge of construction methods, estimating, scheduling, value engineering, and constructability
- Experience with estimating software such as Sage, ProEst, Bluebeam, OST, Excel, or comparable platforms
- Knowledge of Design-Build, CM at Risk, or other collaborative delivery methods
- Experience presenting to clients and leading multidisciplinary teams
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off
- The opportunity to shape projects that strengthen communities throughout the region
