What are the responsibilities and job description for the Preconstruction Engineer - Interiors position at Coakley & Williams Construction?
Preconstruction is responsible for participating in estimating and preconstruction efforts with the goal of securing profitable new work, mitigating risk, and strengthening client relationships.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist in securing new work that meets the company's profitability guidelines while mitigating and/or accounting for risk.
- Develop new and maintain and strengthen existing business relationships with subcontractors as necessary to ensure future business opportunities.
- Team with other members of the estimating department to accomplish preconstruction goals.
- Participate in bid pursuits or preconstruction assignments as established by the leader. Tasks include, but are not limited to, reading and interpreting plans and specifications, performing quantity surveys, producing conceptual and detailed estimates, producing scopes of work, creating bid lists, soliciting subcontractor pricing, analyzing subcontractor pricing, producing clarifications, and value engineering.
- Communicate clearly and effectively with subcontractors to complete all preconstruction duties.
- Provide risk analysis of assigned trades and provide recommendation to Supervisor on final bid price.
- Maintain a knowledge of the market including cost trends, price trends.
- Maintain a knowledge of the local subcontractor market including the specific capabilities, strengths, weaknesses, and reputation of subcontractors across all trades. Use informed judgment in the invitation of subs to bid or use of subcontractors' prices in estimates.
- Take responsibility for management of one or more core estimating elements including but not limited to the subcontractor database, document storage and organization, combining documents, labeling, and hyperlinking, creating document lists, and issuing bid invitations and addenda.
- Use latest technology and software to complete projects as assigned.
- Support and assist Preconstruction Managers as directed by Supervisor.
Knowledge, Experience, and Special Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Business, Engineering, or Related field.
- Fluency in Microsoft Office and Bluebeam.
- LEED Accreditation a plus.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to assess and prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Passionate, self-motivated and dedicated to high-quality work
- Ability to perform duties in a digital/paperless environment.
Job Demands
Individuals should be able to reach above and below, stoop and bend, sit, walk and stand. Individuals should also be able to lift, carry and/or moving items up to 50lbs.
May be exposed to heavy machinery/equipment, hazardous chemicals and extreme weather conditions.
Minimum of 40 hours per week required.
Works hours will vary depending on project specifications, and may
involve weekends and night work.
Additional Note
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work required. They are not exhaustive lists of all duties and responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities, physical job demands and working conditions associated with the job. Successful candidate will seek additional duties to master.
Coakely & Williams Construction, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
