Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Attributes of Overachievers
A. Problem Solving Never take “NO” for an answer
B. Next Level Always look for ways to improve
C. Excellence Strive for excellence in everything you do
D. Anticipate Look ahead for potential obstacles and prepare solutions.
E. Outcome Results measure success
F. Ambitious Go the extra mile
G. Team Player Forms great relationships
H. Enactment Facilitates conflict resolution
POSITION DUTIES:
Business Development Assist:
- Provide resources to maintain an increased opportunity pipeline and to efficiently advance preconstruction projects through it. Increase throughput.
- Travel to and participate in meetings with customers and/or design teams.
- Understand from the Business Developer the vision of the customer.
- Assist the project team in creating the business strategy.
- Assist in the strategy creation for all cost estimates.
- Prepare cost estimate and technical portion of a sales proposal.
- Manage and/or Prepare technical specifications for sales proposals.
- Assist Project Manager and/or Business Developer in maintaining accurate updates of opportunities/leads data in CRM as new information is determined and prior to the end of each month.
Preconstruction Services:
- Attend and actively participate in preconstruction and design meetings with major project stakeholders.
- Participate in the preparation of construction schedules for estimating purposes including staffing requirements and logistic plans.
- Coordinate and lead preconstruction kickoff and lean planning sessions with the design team and major stakeholders in order to develop the preconstruction schedule and project objectives.
- Manage and assist in the preparation of milestone budget deliverables.
- Facilitate weekly design meeting “team” calls with the project team during preconstruction.
- Participation in the preparation of General Conditions estimates and reviews with the Director of Preconstruction Services and any other senior project staff assigned to the project.
- Alert the Director of Preconstruction Services and members of our estimating and operational teams to potential constructability issues and potential risks involved in General Conditions and Supplementary Conditions.
- Responsible for the preparation of preliminary estimates and studies during pre-construction.
- Coordinate and participate in constructability analysis.
- Lead value engineering process while monitoring design development trends to identify potential cost overruns and problem areas.
- Actively participate in proposal presentations and relationship-building efforts with clients and Architect/Engineer relationships.
- Provide leverage for Project Execution resources during the preconstruction phase of any project.
- Travel to and inspect proposed job sites to evaluate existing conditions and construction risks and their potential impact on the design and/or budget.
- Assist in the strategy creation for all cost estimates.
- Collaborate with Project Manager on delegation of specific preconstruction responsibilities and ensure these roles are being executed.
- Manage and/or Prepare all cost estimates (conceptual and/or detailed).
- Provide value-added services to customers including value engineering, life cycle analysis, and/or alternate solutions in keeping with industry best practices.
- Manage and/or Prepare bid documents (ITB, SOW, Bid Forms, etc.).
- Manage and/or Prepare bid tabulations/analysis.
- Review and qualify bids for completeness based on the scope of work.
- Ensure every project estimate has been critiqued by a knowledgeable peer.
- Lead multiple projects simultaneously through preconstruction phases from conceptual to GMP.
- Quantify project quantities.
- Periodically meet with owners and design team representatives to review estimates, value engineering, and constructability review.
- Solicit pricing from and manage subcontractors. Be familiar enough with data to determine material and labor requirements and prepare itemized scopes for each trade.
- Able to professionally communicate and perform constructability reviews with owner and architect.
- Actively participate in presentation, interview, & proposal preparation
- Develop conceptual cost models to assist owners and architects with preliminary planning
- Ensure success by reviewing preliminary estimates and studies during preconstruction; monitor design development cost trends in order to detect over-runs and potential problem areas
- Participate in the value engineering process as a solution provider
- Visit the site, making note of geographical features and access to infrastructure
- Participate in the preparation of construction schedule for estimating purposes; request and discuss staffing requirements and logistics plan.
- Take into account all the materials, personnel, and any other resources needed to complete construction.
- Responsible for maintaining relationships with subcontractors and suppliers. These relationships are used to keep track of current pricing and to negotiate better rates for long-term or large-scale projects.
- In addition to monetary costs, must take into account the duration, scope, and potential profitability of a project
Customer Relations:
- Foster client relationships
- Meet or exceed customer expectations while achieving company benchmarks and upholding Corporate Beliefs.
Department Needs:
- Continuous pursuit of process improvement strategies.
- Develop and/or maintain tools required to perform department tasks; master estimate, project databases, cost databases, bid document templates, etc.
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