Job Title: Manager of Preconstruction
Job Description: Oversee all preconstruction, owner communication once under contract (and earlier if required), communicate with potential subcontractors on various projects to secure bid coverage and to evaluate market conditions, keep bid bid packages current and budget pricing in line with current material/labor conditions, work closely with operations to keep procurement in line with current/future FCI workload
Business Development:
- Business Development to create strategies for target areas/clients to secure backlog
- Develop market strategies and business sectors to attack and best approach to create opportunities
- Establish clear timelines and quarterly areas we need to steer owners to best fit FCI’s construction schedule- including design, preconstruction and into construction
- Work closely with Business Development to develop transition strategies from sales phase to preconstruction to build on owner relationships
- Determine best contract method for each project
- Begin to look at whether it is beneficial to have design under contract to FCI to control costs and message to owner
- Work with the owner to determine if more/less space is necessary and develop a clear understanding of the owner' budget vs. needs.
Preconstruction:
- Establish team at beginning of each project once under contract (DoP, Estimator, PM, Superintendent)
- Establish clear design schedule with A/E and a clear understanding of the budget
- Establish possible unforeseen hurdles, power/utility needs, areas/trades of concern with market conditions, and possible solutions early on
- Work with Estimation through SD/DD/CD for budget estimates as required
- Create/maintain/update bid packages to best encompass our construction process
Procurement:
- Oversee the estimation department from a high level and report to the President for updates, issues, concerns stemming from schedule /project potential /profitability /manpower
- Senior estimator will manage the estimation department, estimation software, estimation processes as they pertain to their bidding practices
- Senior estimator will report to DoP for bid scheduling, budget concerns as applicable, budget updates for
self-performed work as applicable, department concerns
- Lead bi-weekly procurement strategy meetings
- Discuss current company standing (financial and labor) and develop strategies to achieve overall goal(s)
- Clearly communicate company standing and current market conditions to establish areas of concern both
with labor and market forces
