Pre Construction Manager Jobs in Minnesota (NOW HIRING)

The Assistant Pre-Construction Manager will collaborate with a team of designers, project managers, estimators, and subcontractors in the day-to-day management of proposal development and pre-construction activities for Design-Build (DB), Construction Management at Risk (CMAR), Engineer Procure Construct (EPC), Construction, Self-Perform, and Program Management projects. The Assistant Pre-Construction Manager supports the team as part of the pre-sell and positioning, as well as assisting in the development of the project proposal from inception to completion. Responsible for assigned bid packages and scopes of work, and the successful completion of assigned preconstruction efforts on time and within budget.

• Adhere to and administer company's safety programs, trainings, and policies, as well as promote and manage the Safety & Health performance of project team members and subcontractors.
• Establish and maintain relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, and design teams.
• Assist in attracting and recruiting top caliber talent.
• Coordinate and ensure that preliminary construction schedule activities have been developed for the assigned trade. Produce progress estimates at design milestones, evaluate material and system costs, review document progress and coordination, build and maintain subcontractor and vendor relationships.
• Lead development of assigned estimate scopes, and bid tabs to ensure completion, coverage, cost accuracy, subcontractor qualification, and risk assessment. This includes design completeness assessment and indirect cost build-up or assessment.
• Analyze historical cost data during the Design Development and/or bidding period.
• Identify potential risk factors of assigned scopes and communicate to senior preconstruction management.
• Responsible for developing and reviewing variance reports for clear identification of changes to the estimate.
• Create realistic and detailed schedules for all design, approval, estimating and purchasing activities.
• Provide clear scopes of work to all subs/vendors and other trade partners, including prequalification of potential bidders.
• Act as document reviewer and advisor for constructability and value analysis.
• Assist the project team in the transitional process between the project execution team and the preconstruction team and coordinate the follow-up meetings.
• Support internal and external project risk reviews and consult with the Legal Department as required.
• Support project execution team during procurement.
• Assist in the downstream request for proposal (RFP) and bid process and prepare detailed scope of work documents for supplier and subcontractor contracts, including recruiting, prequalifying, evaluating, recommending, and selecting subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Maintenance of estimating database.
• Work with design teams to develop efficient use of BIM tools for estimating support and early cost model development.
• Present reports to internal and external executive management as required.
• Develop, plan and implement process for, and assess that project and subcontractor insurance, taxes/duties, licensures, and bonding are in place per the project requirements.
• Develop the WBS for project cost control, cost reporting, and scheduling as required, in conjunction with the project controls team.
• Understand project permit requirements and regulations.
• Support, lead and participate in project planning, scheduling, estimating, cost development, and establishing critical project objectives.
• Coordinate directly with engineering to establish the development and distribution of engineering deliverables per project schedule and requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

• Bachelor's degree in construction, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field and 3 years direct program/project management experience required or
• Applicable experience may be substituted for degree requirement.
• Strong understanding of all construction disciplines.
• Excellent communications skills and supervisory skills of field construction personnel.
• Must be able to meet company's driving requirements.
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft Suite.