The primary responsibility of the Pre-Construction Manager is to lead and manage pre-construction activities from an initial opportunity through to construction kick-off on RES 3rd-party construction opportunities, effectively standing in and acting as the project manager until the opportunity is secured and fully handed over to the selected execution team.
Requirements
- Project Management
- Works cross-functionally with engineering, estimating, procurement, contracts, legal, risk, tax, business development, and operations to take the project from the RFP phase through to construction kick-off.
- Develops the project execution strategy for the proposal. Identifies key stakeholders and personnel needed.
- Reviews proposal price, schedule and other requisite deliverables with input from the construction operations team and support stakeholders.
- Prepares initial construction schedule and cash flow/cancellation deliverables as required.
- Coordinates efforts with estimating, engineering, construction and customer/owner to ensure accurate bidding documents.
- Monitors design scope for changes affecting budget, schedule and construction execution. Identifies the cause of changes and documents and communicates identified changes.
- Provides input and creates content for risk reviews, proposal reviews, and management meetings.
- Leads value engineering and value enhancement efforts as required, including developing items and lists, compiling ideas, and presenting information to the proposal team.
- Reviews Contracts, Exhibits (eg, scopes of work), engineering packages, estimates and proposal packages to ensure consistency and compliance.
- Ensures turnover of a project from Pre-Construction to Construction is appropriately done with the right hand-off meetings, and all information is transferred to the operations team via the Project Kick-off process and Procore.
- Participates in presentations with potential clients, as required, and assists in reviewing and approving contracts before signing.
- Works closely with customers/owners to define project expectations and success goals, including key factors to focus on within the design phase.
- Works with business development to establish or maintain excellent customer relationships.
- Gathers feedback and tracks clarifications during the design process.
- Identifies future projects and collaboration opportunities.
- Facilitates incorporation of constructability, logistics solutions, customer expectations, and critical success factors into project programming and conceptual design activities.
- Supports estimating team members in developing or evaluating technical design aspects of projects, including drawings, specifications, and scheduling.
- Creates assumptions, clarifications, exceptions (ACE) documents, and risk & opportunity log as part of the proposal and estimating process.
- Develops and leads the preparation and presentation of project proposals.
- Facilitates and leads relevant Stage Gate and executive review/approval meetings.
- Acts as (interim) Project Manager on RES 3rd Party Construction projects until the Project Manager has been assigned.
- Tracks and organizes project information, documents, and correspondence.
- Participates in the Project Kick-off process. Leads the SG1b RFP Kickoff meetings and prepares the requisite deliverables to guide internal parties for this meeting.
- Populates and manages required documentation in Procore and Sharepoint.
- Assigns deliverables and follows up on action items.
- Ensures required resources, supplies, subcontracts, and permits are in place to support mobilization.
- Facilitates review of drawings, specifications, and other construction documents and communicates issues, the accuracy of information, and potential risks.
- Acts as the primary point of contact with project owners, third-party engineers, and consultants during the pre-construction phase.
- Learns and understands the project owner's needs, goals, constraints, and requirements; works with the project team to incorporate them into the design and technical specifications.
- Promotes and facilitates open communication and issue resolution both internally and externally.
- Leads the pre-construction team in making critical project decisions at the right time to maintain the project schedule.
- Coordinates, reviews, and provides comments on design documents.
- Manages the bidding and contracting of pre-construction-related work, including geotechnical and geophysical investigation, topographical survey mapping, and utility location/service surveys.
- Coordinates pre-construction site access and site conditions/constructability reviews and reporting. Includes compliance with RES safety program for pre-construction activities.
- Follows safety and security procedures, determines appropriate action, reports potentially unsafe conditions, and adequately uses materials and equipment.
- Ensures the site is ready for mobilization.
- Standardization
- Complies with pre-con processes and procedures with Stage-Gate requirements.
- Partners with the project Kick-off process and procedures.
- Identifies areas for continuous improvement of the process(es).
- Contracts
- Assists in the negotiation of owner contracts and exhibits as needed.
- Works with the contracts and legal team to negotiate and close construction contracts, with a high focus on exhibits and ancillary documentation, including the ability to read and write scopes of work.
- Attends work regularly and punctually, as scheduled or expected. Make oneself available to support meetings and obligations over a wide range of time zones (US Eastern to Pacific).
- Complies with Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct, and Company Policies & Procedures.
- Additional Responsibilities
- Presents, supports, and leads-by-example with a safety and quality-oriented attitude.
- Exhibit RES core values: Passion, Accountability, Collaboration, Excellence.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- Health Savings Account with employer contribution
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 4x pay Basic Life and Voluntary Life
- Short and Long Term Disability
- Accident, Hospital, and Critical Illness
- 401 (k) plan with 6% company match
- 4 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO) and 10 Paid Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement and Green Car Reimbursement
- Volunteer and Charity Matching
- Paid Parental Leave and Paid Sabbatical Leave
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Employee Discounts and Wellness programs
- Wellness Reimbursement
