Location: all cities,FL, USA
Responsibilities
Brasfield & Gorrie has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Preconstruction Manager in Orlando, Florida.
Responsibilities and Essential Duties include the following (other duties may be assigned):
* Multiple years of experience in managing the construction or estimating construction costs for water and/or waste water treatment plants or similar facilities.
* Knowledgeable about construction approach of building water and/or waste water treatment plants or similar facilities.
* Experience in leading estimates or major components of estimates.
* Experience in developing costs for self-perform work including, but not limited to, cast-in-place concrete, structure excavation and other earthwork scopes, above and below ground piping systems, and process equipment installation.
* Experience in working in a team of estimators and managing a team of estimators.
* Compile conceptual estimates, including project benchmarks and details.
* Willingness to leverage experience to support the department in other related markets and work types.
* Understand and work in a team to execute multiple delivery methods, including hard bid, negotiated GMP, Design Build, and Construction Management at Risk.
* Work with operations teams on general requirements, including fees, financials, staffing of jobs, and construction schedules.
* Understand pro-forma targets and anticipate unique factors for each job.
* Foster collaboration regarding resources and ideas for continuous improvement with other departments, offices, and regions.
* Partner with associated division/market to assist in managing and forecasting pursuit costs.
* Drive projects forward and understand efforts needed in order to achieve desired results.
* Research, discover, and leverage strategies to win projects.
* Strategically apply preconstruction resources for greatest return on investment.
* Proficiently utilize estimating software tools: P6, BuildingConnected, Procore, Agtek, Hard Dollar, and others.
* Collaborate with clients to understand and extract their true needs.
* Allocate and forecast personnel needs and department capacity.
* Navigate client, designer, and estimating team through budget review.
* Lead teams (designer/client/trades) from design to a target budget.
* Represent the estimating team at job interviews and clearly present estimates to clients.
* Understand federal requirements and their effect on the estimate, i.e. Davis Bacon wages, Buy American, etc.
* Manage, mentor, coach, and develop all estimators on assigned projects. Conduct annual performance reviews.
* Establish and maintain relationships with architects, owners, engineers, subcontractors, designers, clients, and others for potential business development.
* Research emerging trends in preconstruction and apply innovative strategies to continuously improve performance of department.
Education - Skills - Knowledge - Qualifications & Experience
* Bachelor degree in construction, engineering, or related field; Or acceptable construction experience
* 2-5 years of construction experience with 5 years of experience managing progressively larger and more complex estimates/teams
* Proven experience delivering successful results at Senior Estimator level
* Understanding of all aspects of preconstruction
* Proven leadership ability with particular focus on mentoring, training, and motivating teams
* Ability to develop and maintain key long-term relationships (clients, subcontractors, partners, etc.)
* Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills
* Technical writing skills
* Conflict resolution skills and experience with successfully resolving disputes
* Ability to multitask and prioritize resources
* Superior organizational skills
* Self-perform production knowledge
* Construction scheduling experience
* Quantity survey experience
* Proficient knowledge of estimating software
* Experience representing company with industry and community organizations