Specialty Consultants Inc.
Assistant Director of Pre-Construction
Specialty Consultants Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383
SCI, the leading real estate executive search firm, is seeking an Assistant Director of Pre-Construction for a full-service real estate firm specializing in multifamily real estate investments across the southeastern United States.
The Assistant Director of Pre-Construction will work directly for the Director of Pre-Construction, and lead areas such as design management, conceptual budgeting, and project estimating. This individual will be responsible for leading the estimating process within a team environment, maintaining preconstruction project records, subcontractor solicitations, capturing trade scopes, and analyzing assigned projects.
The position can be officed out of Atlanta, GA or Charlotte, NC.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Attend Pre-Bid meetings / meet with clients and designers to develop a thorough understanding of the proposed scope, general conditions, and site plan for each project.
Create preliminary estimates from schematic drawings to help determine if the projects are economically feasible. Provide value engineering and input to help achieve the desired product while maintaining fiscal responsibilities.
Review and break-down preliminary set of plans, make initial spec and blueprint analysis to identify RFI’s. Perform risk analysis inclusive of reviewing sequence of operations, physical constraints of the site, equipment needs.
Develop anticipated project work scopes from preliminary conceptual schematic plans stage; revise and amend through to completion of drawings.
Solicit bids from select trade subcontractors and follow up with RFI’s from subcontractors.
Collect, analyze, and level subcontractor bids for accuracy and compliance to achieve the required scope of work.
Perform quantity survey or “take-off” of select trades and review the work of others.
Review and acceptance of work produced by the PreCon team members.
Lead the cost input of the overall estimate based on the approved work of the team.
Articulate the budget qualifications through final draft.
Assist Project Managers with the buy-out of the project and with establishing budget milestones for achieving compliance with construction in place versus cost to complete.
Maintain construction cost database for use by estimating (ProEst) and construction managers (ProCore) along with other team members in the future.
Participate with interviewing and hiring of additional personnel as required.
Assist Senior Management with establishing best practices, policies, and procedures.
Work with other team members on best practices for quality, purchasing, and safety.
Provide technical assistance in negotiating change orders, contracts, sub-contractor claims, etc., if needed.
Assist corporate management with determining what type of projects to bid, bidding strategies and techniques.
Provide training and technical support to personnel assisting in the preparation of estimates.
Key Requirements
10+ years estimating/preconstruction
Experience with medium-large ($30M+) commercial (multi-family) projects
Prior management of employees, vendors, subcontractors, and consultants is preferred.
Proven experience to function independently in a multi-task environment, as well as part of a team. Comfortable in communicating with all levels of management and employees.
Computer skills for all facets of the estimating process
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Strategy/Planning and Project Management
Industries
Construction
Benefits
Medical insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
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The Assistant Director of Pre-Construction will work directly for the Director of Pre-Construction, and lead areas such as design management, conceptual budgeting, and project estimating. This individual will be responsible for leading the estimating process within a team environment, maintaining preconstruction project records, subcontractor solicitations, capturing trade scopes, and analyzing assigned projects.
The position can be officed out of Atlanta, GA or Charlotte, NC.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Attend Pre-Bid meetings / meet with clients and designers to develop a thorough understanding of the proposed scope, general conditions, and site plan for each project.
Create preliminary estimates from schematic drawings to help determine if the projects are economically feasible. Provide value engineering and input to help achieve the desired product while maintaining fiscal responsibilities.
Review and break-down preliminary set of plans, make initial spec and blueprint analysis to identify RFI’s. Perform risk analysis inclusive of reviewing sequence of operations, physical constraints of the site, equipment needs.
Develop anticipated project work scopes from preliminary conceptual schematic plans stage; revise and amend through to completion of drawings.
Solicit bids from select trade subcontractors and follow up with RFI’s from subcontractors.
Collect, analyze, and level subcontractor bids for accuracy and compliance to achieve the required scope of work.
Perform quantity survey or “take-off” of select trades and review the work of others.
Review and acceptance of work produced by the PreCon team members.
Lead the cost input of the overall estimate based on the approved work of the team.
Articulate the budget qualifications through final draft.
Assist Project Managers with the buy-out of the project and with establishing budget milestones for achieving compliance with construction in place versus cost to complete.
Maintain construction cost database for use by estimating (ProEst) and construction managers (ProCore) along with other team members in the future.
Participate with interviewing and hiring of additional personnel as required.
Assist Senior Management with establishing best practices, policies, and procedures.
Work with other team members on best practices for quality, purchasing, and safety.
Provide technical assistance in negotiating change orders, contracts, sub-contractor claims, etc., if needed.
Assist corporate management with determining what type of projects to bid, bidding strategies and techniques.
Provide training and technical support to personnel assisting in the preparation of estimates.
Key Requirements
10+ years estimating/preconstruction
Experience with medium-large ($30M+) commercial (multi-family) projects
Prior management of employees, vendors, subcontractors, and consultants is preferred.
Proven experience to function independently in a multi-task environment, as well as part of a team. Comfortable in communicating with all levels of management and employees.
Computer skills for all facets of the estimating process
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Strategy/Planning and Project Management
Industries
Construction
Benefits
Medical insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
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