Job DescriptionSummaryThe Pre-construction Manager has primary responsibility for the SBU's (Strategic Business Unit) pre-construction activities.
Duties- Champions "The Layton Way" by delivering predictable outcomes for internal teams, external teams, and customers.
- Ensures that "Constructing with Integrity" is delivered by working with honesty, unity, safety, and quality of work.
- Provide leadership for estimating and planning support personnel.
- Monitor project budgeting and buy-out processes to ensure reliable information is available for estimates.
- Facilitate communication of cost history to ensure on-going evaluation of pricing information for better cost modeling and estimating.
- Monitor planning support processes to ensure efficient and effective use of resources.
- Interface with marketing to ensure consideration of all relevant information, issues, and brand name recognition.
- Assist in the evaluation, planning and execution of new scope of services and profit centers.
- Monitor productivity and cost control on SBU projects.
- Attend project review meetings and facilitate solutions to budget problems as required.
- Plan and implement training for SBU estimators and business development professionals.
- Identify and procure profitable projects by overseeing all business development activities, including customer relationships, networking, performing public relations activities, maintaining client database and executing the client matrices.
- Oversee all sales activities, including identifying and pre-qualifying leads, working on procurement strategies, developing proposals, responding to RFQ's, SOQ's and RFP's.
- Establish goals, procedures, systems and tools used to accomplish sales/marketing tasks for the SBU.
- Commit the company in the project procurement process with respect to SBU projects.
- This position supervises Estimating and Business Development activities and personnel and therefore takes on the successes and failures of the team.
- Employee will work with the Business Unit Executives, Estimating and Planning Support Personnel, and clients.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications - BS in Construction Management, Marketing and/or Communication or related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in healthcare construction required
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures and government regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and/or the general public.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
- Proficient personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.
- Prioritize, organize and delegate assignments.
- Experience with CMiC preferred.
- Knowledge of estimating software preferred.
Benefits - Layton Construction offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, Life & AD&D Insurance, Long-term Disability Insurance, Short-term Disability Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Family Support, Pre-tax Paid Parking/Public Transportation, Paid time off, Time Away Benefits, Paid Holidays, Group Legal, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Identity Theft Protection, Group Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
