About Us:

Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $5.8 billion in revenue for 2023, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional and residential related building projects.

Why Clayco?

Best Places to Work – St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, Phoenix Business Journal

ENR – Top Midwest Contractors (#1), Top Design Build Contractors (#4), Top 400 Contractors (#20), ENR – Top Green Builders (#5)

The Role We Want You For

The Senior Preconstruction Manager-Process will overseeing and supporting management with customer focused coordination and preparation of projects within the Preconstruction Department. The Director of Preconstruction will lead participation in competitive bid efforts for both CM and Design Build project delivery formats including estimates beginning at the earliest stages of conceptual design through completed construction documents. Must lead project teams composed of both Clayco personnel and external partners by providing design management, value-based project scoping, risk assessment, and competitive reliable pricing.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Responsible for bidding work accurately, competitively, and on time.
• Review of all RFP or design documents to establish a complete understanding of requested scope of work. Develop RFI lists for project clarifications. Emphasis of work will include more complicated, larger projects.
• Coordination with project team to provide take off and estimating, constructability analyses, value engineering, cost control, scope reviews etc.
• Ability to estimate and “fill in the gaps” for complete pricing when only conceptual design documents are available.
• Take off all materials and prices, identify subcontractor involvement, solicit subcontractor and/or manufacturer prices and estimate direct field labor.
• Assist internal team members who are responsible for building positive working relationships with local and national material suppliers and equipment vendors to provide current pricing of lighting, distribution equipment, low voltage systems, and miscellaneous material pricing.
• Assist internal team members in maintaining positive working relationships with local and national Electrical /Technology/LV System subcontractors to verify market conditions and labor issues.
• Assist internal team members responsible in maintaining current subcontractor and material costs within our estimating software.
• Contribute in creating data to be used for conceptual estimating measures, such as, man-hours and/or cost per lineal foot, per square foot, by system, by spec, by building type, etc.

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture or related
• 10 years of estimating construction projects ($50 million)
• Capability to lead project pursuits in multiple market sectors including Commercial, Industrial, Healthcare, Institutional, and Residential
• Demonstrated knowledge of building construction, materials, systems, market conditions, and trade practices
• Knowledge of estimating and quantity takeoff software
• Experience leading Preconstruction meetings
• Previous supervisory experience managing and mentoring junior staff
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. Experience with Trimble on-screen takeoff software is preferred.
• Ability to review bid documents and offer design critique and/or VE opportunities
• Must work well under pressure and deadlines.
• Must have demonstrated success in leadership, safety awareness, good follow-up skills, coaching, and teamwork
• Effective written/oral communication skills, and interpersonal skills

Some things you should know

• Our clients and projects are nationwide. The broader your knowledge of materials and labor costs, the better.
• No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does
• The right person for this role is a problem solver who can visualize and conceptualize to find best solutions for clients.
• We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high profile jobs
• The pace is fast