Pre-Construction Manager - CCG Business Solutions, LLC

CCG Talent Management is a business solutions company. We provide business consulting and talent placement services. Our team understands the principles of connecting purpose to business and career placement. A client of CCG is currently seeking a Pre-Construction Manager.

The Pre-Construction Manager is responsible for business development, marketing, finding, and obtaining bid opportunities. Develops accurate, competitive, and profitable bid proposals for a variety of complex and large projects. Calculates the cost of electrical construction based on reviewing and evaluating available documents, develop strong relationships with clients, vendors and subcontractors. Sets goals for the marketplace and forecasts market conditions. Ensures that the company’s best interests are represented including regional workforce stability, regional profitability, and cost control.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for business development and product-services marketing.
• Reviews bid opportunities to determine competitive advantages.
• Finds and selects jobs to bid utilizing Go-No/Go process. Evaluates bid documents to determine profitability to the
company. Reviews bid documents and communicates consistently with clients. to define scope of work. Prepares bid
documents including specific scope letter for each project.
• May oversee and manage estimating staff.
• Attends estimating/sales meetings, project meetings, meets with customers/clients to discuss bid status, present proposals,
negotiate bids, and present/solve problem issues. Performs job walks to observe any field conditions that may affect the construction, impact the prospective bid, and/or pre-construction designs and build services. Meets with general contractors and site personnel, as needed.
• Prepares bid documents, “Blue Sheets” and “Evaluations” estimate recapitulations with adjustments for buy-outs, labor rate, productivity, etc. Prepares project specific bid proposals describing scope and other requested information such as qualifications and exclusions. Provides “Value Engineering” cost savings suggestions and alternatives. Prepares budget pricing. Ensures Company policies and guidelines are followed.
• Manages preconstruction activities during the design phase on design-build & design-assist projects.
• Reviews and evaluates bids prepared by others.
• Reviews and evaluates project plans and specifications, bid documents, and other relevant project documents to identify
what is needed for a project and to create a bid proposal.
• Analyzes project for value engineering options while considering specific job conditions that may affect labor and material
to be purchased and installed.
• Identifies any inconsistent issues, conflicts, and other problems in the bid documents. Prepares “RFI” questions to resolve
conflicts and problems and ensures RFI responses, or lack thereof, are contemplated in the final proposal accordingly.
• Requests material and equipment quotes from vendors and equipment suppliers. Reviews the quotes to confirm
adherence to quote request and accuracy. Develops and maintains a positive relationship with vendors. Stays current with
new products, means, and methods.
• Designs electrical service systems for projects including building and pre-construction services.
• Attend various industry related networking events, client activities, charitable functions, etc. which may take place at
varying times of the day and/or days of the week.
• Prepares project teams and market collateral (e.g. PowerPoint presentations, printer collateral, etc.) for project interviews
and leads presentations in the project interview process.
• Maintains Accubid ensuring that pricing and labor units are up to date.
• Facilitates turnover meetings to operations team upon award of a project.
• Manages design process for design/build and design assist projects.
• Develops relationships with industry professionals to assist in our regional exposure and sales effort.
• Works closely with operations team to assist in the smooth transition of information from preconstruction to construction
activities.
• Follows up with clients to ensure commitments are being met.
• Completes prequalification packages.
• Assembles technical proposal, including but not limited to narratives, project experience, resumes, project approaches, etc.
• Assists project team in the preparation and participates in project interviews.
• Active role in Industry related events and organizations to help further Bergelectric’s relationship with industrypartners
• Keeps Company management, project management, clients, general contractors, and all others involved in projects current
on bid progress.
• Maintains personal relationships with peers and key decision makers at clients, architectural and engineering firms and
trade partners to support the successful outcome of pursuits.
• Manges some aspects of design during design build/design assist process.
• Manages budget updates during design build/design assist process.
• Controls cost during design process on design build/design assist process.
• Work with RVP to establish set goals.
• Plans and executes marketing of clients and engineers.
• This role may be required to travel up to 50% of the time, depending on the needs within the region.
 

REQUIREMENTS: • BA/BS Degree in construction, electrical design and theory, or degree in related field; and 4 years of experience as an Electrical Estimator or similar area; or equivalent combination of education and experience. • Field experience is a preferred mean of education and experience. • Ability to use computer and other computer related equipment and appropriate software such as Adobe Acrobat, REVU, Navis Works, SketchUp, MS Office 365, Office Bluebeam, Berg Sales, and Accubid to access and input information. Uses counting devices, measure devices (architectural and engineering scales), tracer, ALCAN cable design, etc. • Has the ability to understand legal requirements, including reviewing contracts, pre-qualifications packages, labor laws, prevailing wage compliance, small business or minority owned business conditions. • Maintains knowledge of the latest trends and software for the industry. • Understanding of electrical materials, equipment, installation methods, codes, engineering practices, design drawings and specifications of construction trades such as architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, electrical, etc. Familiar with construction terms and symbols. Knowledge of construction trends and opportunities. Knowledge of local clients, vendors, distributors, general contractors, engineers, architects a plus. • Ability to perform conceptual estimates based on narrative information. • Strong communication skills, including the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions verbally and/or in writing from management, employees, clients, contractors, and others. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to create and interpret graphs. An understanding of basic accounting principles. • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Salary: USD $130,000 - $175,000 / yr

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