Req ID: 7958
Travel: Up to 25%
Number of Openings: 1

Achieve more in your career with the nation’s leading specialty concrete contractor. At Baker Construction, you’ll be part of a team that prioritizes people, invests in their development, and offers unparalleled opportunities for professional growth. In this role, you’ll be integral to building the future of our country and our company. You’ll collaborate across diverse teams, have a hand in significant projects, and dive headfirst into complex challenges with the best in the industry. If you are driven to do more and have the grit to follow through, you’ll have everything you need to define your career on your terms.

Make a meaningful impact with a team that values ambition and rewards initiative. Apply today and be more with Baker.

Summary

The Preconstruction Manager is responsible for monitoring the construction marketplace. Determines cost associated with the building process. In addition to cost estimating, handles the bidding process. Responsible for managing multiple functions preceding the construction phase including any combination of activities such as estimating, marketing, business development, scheduling, contracts, etc.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Preconstruction Manager will perform the following duties in a safe, productive, and effective manner:

Maintains relationships with existing clients and monitors level of customer satisfaction
Continues prospecting activities with existing clients
Develops and nurtures business relationships with targeted prospective clients
Develops and submits customized proposals to address targeted opportunities
Maintains communications with corporate
Assists with negotiating business agreements into closed sales
Ensures consistency between proposals and final contractual agreements
Delivers, defines, and discusses the project and contracted agreements with operations and administration
Collaborates with the estimators to ensure a complete estimate, including:
- Assembling of quantities in pricing format to reflect bid form requirements
- Creating baseline job duration
- Determining what special equipment might be job specific
- Applying the best value vendors/subs to the estimate
- Identifying to whom we are bidding and prepares appropriate bid form, bid proposal letter and/or qualifications
- Ensures “Standard Conditions” are included in every proposal
- Reviews with Operations for productivity/manpower, etc.
- Packages and sends proposal on time
Communicates with clients during bid process to ensure appropriate BCCI positioning in the marketplace
Supervises, trains, evaluates, and develops direct reports to ensure maximum returns on investment
Addresses complaints appropriately
Provides guidance, direction, coaching, and support to direct reports to maximize individual and overall department performance
- Responsible for holding timely performance appraisals and progress reviews
- Assists direct reports in developing sort and long-term goals that align with department and Company mission and strategy
- Ensures direct reports receive appropriate training that aligns with career development plans. Training may be remedial, ‘maintenance’, or geared to promotion.
Takes appropriate action to develop direct reports including, but not limited to, preparing and monitoring career development plans, promotions, demotions, lateral moves, corrective action, and progressive discipline.
Recommends that direct reports receive timely and appropriate compensation
Collaborates with HR to ensure compliance with all employment laws, and related Company policies; may be responsible for conducting training or coordinating workshops related to such compliance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years’ related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
Line and Grade experience
ACI Finisher Technician
Proficiency with computers and Microsoft software programs such as Word and Excel
Vista, Timberline, and P6 preferred

The following competencies are needed to successfully perform this job:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business documents, technical procedures, financial reports, and legal documents
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures
Ability to understand and work with contracts, specifications, drawings, and scope of work
Strong financial, insurance, and bonding knowledge of the company
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
Understanding of Cost Accounting financial and bonding documents
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
Ability to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of fellow co-workers and mesh them together to create successful teams
Ability to define problems, collect information, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Ability to develop construction schedules via the critical path method

At Baker Construction, we welcome those who are driven to make things happen. Your tenacity will be rewarded with great pay, excellent benefits, and opportunities to make your mark. This is an opportunity to own your future while working alongside co-workers who are united in our purpose to build better structures and better lives. Go further with an industry leader that puts people first, honors its word, and has the grit to achieve greatness.

Baker is an EOE Disability/Veterans Employer.

Applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities who require a reasonable accommodation for any or part of the application process may make their requests known by emailing [email protected] or calling 1-513-539-4000 and asking for HR.