Senior Preconstruction Manager
Kansas City, MO
Full Time
Innovations
Manager/Supervisor
Serves as an integral part of the project development group. Under limited supervision, manages project designs and budgets, from inception through the preconstruction phase, organizes and directs coordination meetings with internal and external budget stakeholders, and continues to serve as a resource throughout the construction phase of the project.
Principal Duties and Accountabilities:
Design / Assist Engineering
Estimating:
Principal Duties and Accountabilities:
Design / Assist Engineering
- Assist Director of Preconstruction Services in establishing and implementing effective preconstruction tools and processes.
- Conceptually finish the design on incomplete decision documents, ensuring competitive and complete proposals.
- Review design documents for evaluation of project, cost impact, and schedule impact. Make recommendations to preconstruction team.
- Generate and/or review engineering calculations by the design engineer.
- Generate value engineering and design options for projects, including consultation with Owners, General Contractors, Architects, and Engineers.
- Assist the Energy Solutions team in performing life cycle cost analysis of systems and options to generate desirable outcomes for potential clients.
- Generate schematic drawings of systems for consultation.
- Manage the design progress on design-assist and design-build projects in terms of scope control, schedule and price impact and coordination.
- Lead the electrical and general coordination on design-assist and design-build projects.
- Serve as a resource for Project Managers and field personnel on design issues throughout the duration of the construction, as needed.
- Provide solutions to engineering applications both internally and externally.
Estimating:
- Generate budget estimates along with scope definition from incomplete design information.
- Lead the development and maintenance of a preliminary estimating method, format and process that meets the project’s preliminary estimating goals.
- Update preliminary estimates until final design is complete. Identify and track scope changes as part of estimate updates.
- Generate and maintain database of estimating information from past projects, as coordinated with estimating staff.
- Partner with the Project Controls team and Project Managers to review general contractor’s project schedule to identify potential issues and get pre-construction activities scheduled.
- In coordination with Project Controls and operations team, develop preliminary mechanical project schedules, soliciting input from the Project Manager and Superintendent as necessary, to identify major work tasks, preconstruction efforts, equipment delivery, phasing issues and design milestones.
- Advise the Project Manager as necessary for updates to the project schedule until preconstruction ends.
- Develop and foster effective relationships with clients who possess decision making authority.
- Take support role in marketing of design-assist and design-build projects as coordinated with regional leadership.
- In partnership with regional or corporate marketing professionals, participate in the development of marketing materials that will aid in business development.
- Assist leaders with the review of contracts on design-assist and design-build projects to ensure acceptable language and contractual obligations as it pertains to our proposal.
- Provide training on design-related topics to other project development and operations professionals, as appropriate.
- Serve as mentor, role model and trainer to other staff.
- Conduct regulatory and code investigations for compliance.
- Aid in project pursuits through the preparation of proposals, from RFP through interview preparation and participation.
- Attend weekly Operations meetings (as required) and weekly Project Development staff meetings.
- Serve as the main resource to Project Managers and other operations staff on the management of scope and budget items.
- Coordinate with Project Managers to perform constructability reviews.
- Maintain direct involvement in the project – from inception to closeout.
- Partner with Project Manager during project closeout to ensure the proper efficiency and performance of the mechanical systems.
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