Pre-Design & Development Project Manager

Basic Function

Responsible for exceeding customer expectations while managing projects from conception through beginning of the construction phase and ensuring that proposals are delivered on time, with aligned scope, schedule, and competitive costs, and to the customers expectations.

Manages the proposal effort to ensure all proposal documents (estimates, project budgets, scope, and the project schedule) are aligned and complete to respond to the RFP. Works in an advisory role with Sales, Estimating, and Project Management toward the goal of project alignment, facilitates the collaboration between the architects, engineers, and other consultants and specialists. The Project Manager also ensures the project complies with all building codes and any other legal or regulatory requirements. When delays or problems occur as they always do the Project Manager is the projects first responder, ready to make the right decision and the changes required to move the project past the issue.

Essential Function(s)

Project Specific

Initiating Phase

• As requested, assist the Business Development team with site feasibility, regulatory research, land acquisition activities, and proposal documents.
• Collaborate with stakeholders
• Assist in developing preconstruction plans that align with project objectives. This may include creating a strategic plan, researching permits and resources.

• Understand the design-build process and bring value engineering solutions to the project.

Planning Phase

• Manage project design with client and design consultants utilizing EXXCEL resources such as estimating, preconstruction, and engineering.
• Prepare the project schedule for all project stages.

• Maintain full understanding of clients needs to ensure potential issues are documented and mitigated to meet schedule, costs, and scope promised to the client.
• Perform value engineering and analysis and contribute to value engineering and alternatives in proposals. May also lead value engineering efforts to serve the client, including developing alternatives, compiling ideas, and presenting information to the client.
• Manage the project proposal process to ensure that RFP requirements are fulfilled, and regulatory requirements are met.

• As requested, assist the Business Development team with prime agreement.

Execution Phase

• Ensure a smooth transition from preconstruction to the construction project team.

Monitoring and Control Phase

• Attend project meetings and receive feedback on project preconstruction success.

• Assist with database of value engineering solutions, including what and why they benefited the client.
• Analyze and monitor the metrics that measure EXXCEL s ability to meet commitments during preconstruction.

Closeout Phase

• Assist with documenting lessons learned at project completion.

Cross-functional

• Provide leadership to teams and assist in continuous improvement.
• Other duties as required to ensure project success.

Education

Degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture, or Construction Management. Construction experience and surveying ability are highly valued. Up-to-date CPR/AED certificate and 30-hour OSHA training. PMP preferred.

The ideal candidate will be a registered architect or engineer.

Skills

• Persuasive communication and negotiating skills.
• Organizational savvy with ability to communicate effectively with clients and understand their needs.
• Information seeking and experienced with Value Engineering principles and practices.
• Quality focused.
• Strong ability to manage processes, planning and priority setting.
• Knowledge of construction principles and best practices required.
• Ability to develop and maintain a CPM schedule.
• Must be able to read and interpret drawings and specifications.
• Ability to perform and be proficient in geometric and mathematical calculations.
• Knowledge and ability to perform layout and surveying.
• Experience with construction safety best practices and OSHA requirements.
• Basic computer systems and software. Procore knowledge a plus.
• Financial Management.