Overview
Are you ready to move your career forward, and start the BEST job of your life? Haskell is committed to providing you with the resources to help you grow and discover your potential. We promote an environment that encourages innovative ideas and allows you to develop the best “how” to get the job done.
At Haskell, we Create Things That Matter and have prioritized our team members' experiences. One of our company pillars is to “Provide Team Members the BEST Job of Their Lives” and we manifest that in a variety of ways. Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) creates stock ownership for our full-time team members. As an employee-owned company with an ownership culture, we work together for the benefit of our clients and each other.
In this role you will manage a team of Preconstruction professionals to develop an internal estimate, engage subcontractors, analyze bids, and compile an estimate. You will lead the development of and adherence to precon standards and processes as well as manage the development of personnel.
Job Responsibilities:
- Pre-Estimate:
- Participates in design review meetings. Reviews and monitors scope, cost, and constructability during design development.
- Participates or leads the Estimate Plan meeting. Ensures that the strategy developed in the Estimate Plan is achievable within the time and resource constraints, considers multiple viewpoints to generate the win-strategy, and evaluates risks in a corporately responsible manner.
- Estimate Development:
- When in the lead estimator role, leads a team of estimators assigned to a proposal.
- Ensures estimating team has the necessary tools, information, and resources to accomplish the goals of the estimate plan. If any are lacking, responsible for filling the voids prior to estimate submission.
- Engages proposal leader or design manager if design milestones are not met.
- Engages in specific RFIs if estimate lead requires support.
- Ability to identify risk issues and their order of magnitude.
- Ability to create conceptual estimates.
- Conducts final review of clarifications document.
- Ensures estimate is compliant with RFP documents.
- Conducts precon-only estimate reviews prior to ops reviews.
- Participates in ops estimate review meetings.
- Assess Value Engineering options on a basis of cost, schedule, and constructability. Provide recommendation on best solution.
- Subcontractor Management:
- Builds and maintains subcontractor relationships.
- Develops overarching subcontractor search and communication strategy and ensures consistency in sub engagement teams adhering to that strategy. Ensures that at least 3 quotes are received per bid package, unless otherwise agreed to by the proposal leader.
- Verifies that only qualified subcontractors are considered in final subcontractor selection.
- Meets with local subcontractors as needed.
- Organizes, leads or participates in pre-bid meetings, if required.
- In conjunction with the Director of Preconstruction, develops process flows when necessary and ensures adherence of team members.
- Manages the development of standardized documents and ensures use of those documents.
- Ensures subcontract market has a positive experience with Haskell during the preconstruction phase. Identifies and communicates opportunities for improvement if necessary.
- Identifies subcontractors who have a competitive advantage and develops key relationships to employ those advantages.
- Works with the Business Diversity Coordinator when proposing on federal or public sector agency projects to develop a Small and/or WMBE business participation engagement plan that complies with project requirements.
- Ensures selected subcontractor is a corporately responsible selection.
- Assists the Project Director with the development of the Risk Register.
- Assists with the contract manual/bid book development.
- Post Estimate:
- Ensures that the budget submitted to accounting complies with corporate cost coding standards.
- Participates in scope review meetings, if applicable.
- Assists in subcontractor selection.
- Responsible for compiling lessons learned for the precon phase, if applicable.
- Participates in lessons learned meeting at project close. Understands budget underruns and overruns, and communicates those lessons learned to the precon department.
- Ensures successful handoff from preconstruction to project team.
- May assist the Project Management team with buy out.
- May assist the Project Management team with change orders.
- Database Maintenance:
- Responsible for development and ensures maintenance of preferred subcontractor database.
- Responsible for development and ensures maintenance of bid forms and bid packages database.
- Responsible for development and ensures maintenance of cost history database.
- Assists with the maintenance of the estimating database.
- Training:
- Trains Preconstruction staff, APMs, PMs, and other personnel as needed.
- Responsible for development and maintenance of training program.
- Conducts or assists with employee performance reviews and participates with employee career development.
- Travel:
- Meets with local subcontractors, attends bid walks, and attends conferences as necessary.
- Visits active construction projects as appropriate.
- Expected travel 10-25% of time.
- Misc:
- Manages preconstruction resources.
- Coordinates with preconstruction professionals from other project delivery groups to ensure consistency in systems, methods, processes, and standards. Receives and shares best practices across groups.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in accredited construction related curriculum, such as Civil Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent plus 7 years of experience; or 10 years of relevant experience in the construction industry.
Specific Knowledge, Skills, License, Certifications:
- Experience in estimating, scheduling, budget/cost control, construction, external & internal client relationships, strong subcontractor & vendor relationships/knowledge, computer skills, interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of estimating software (preference for Beck Destini, Accubid, Bluebeam, InSite, etc.)
- Excellent computer skills and familiarity with Microsoft Office suite programs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to understand owner/engineer requirements with ability to work with conceptual information.
- Strong organizational and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated success in managing preconstruction pursuits.
- Ability to train others and monitor their work for quality and completeness.
- Demonstrated success in managing support staff.
- Knowledge of industry standard bid practice.
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal clients, external clients, and subcontractors.
Haskell offers a very robust and comprehensive benefits package! Some of our offerings are:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Company provided hospital indemnity, accident and critical care plans
- Retirement savings plan (401k) with company discretionary matching contributions
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Paid time off and nine company holidays
- Professional development and training opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career
- Flexible work hours and remote work options
- Employee assistance programs for physical and mental well-being
- Opportunities for growth and advancement within the organization
- AND many more!
Environmental Factors and/or Physical Requirements:
While performing the duties of this job, this position is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; and the ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-50 pounds. Requires good hand-eye coordination, and arm, hand and finger dexterity, including the ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application/form information. The associate frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.
Haskell will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. The job description will be reviewed periodically as duties and responsibilities change with business necessities. Essential and marginal job functions are subject to modification.
Haskell is a Drug-Free Workplace.
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