Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Project Management

• Oversee a variety of ground-up construction and renovation projects.
• Collaborate with owners, architects, and internal teams throughout all project phases, from preconstruction to turnover.
• Direct preconstruction activities, including sales, design coordination, budgeting, and bidding processes.
• Provide meaningful contributions to value engineering and propose alternative solutions to optimize project outcomes.
• Reconcile estimates with consultants and design team members.
• Deliver and present conceptual estimates to stakeholders.
• Facilitate communication and feedback among internal departments (Operations, Accounting, etc.), the project owner, and the design team.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, construction managers, consultants, architects, engineers, community representatives, trade unions, and regulatory agencies.

Design Management

• Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to proactively identify and resolve potential issues.
• Build and enhance relationships with owners and architects.
• Actively participate in meetings with owners, architects, subcontractors, and internal teams to align with project criteria.
• Conduct site visits to assess existing conditions.
• Review project documents to ensure completeness and accuracy.

Estimating

• Develop and analyze cost models during preconstruction and bidding phases.
• Maintain a comprehensive cost history database for use in budget and estimate development.
• Stay updated on industry trends in estimating methods, materials, construction techniques, labor costs, and productivity rates.
• Prepare detailed subcontractor bid packages in coordination with project managers.

Scheduling

• Create and monitor preconstruction schedules to track progress.
• Develop preliminary construction schedules, incorporating key milestones and phasing plans.
• Collaborate with the project operations team to refine and finalize schedules for distribution during the bidding process.

Project Setup

• Work with the operations team to define general conditions for each project.
• Coordinate with project teams and owners to plan site logistics and project sequencing.