Sr. Pre-Construction Manager

Company Overview

Since 1912, Sturgeon Electric Company, Inc., a subsidiary of MYR Group, Inc, has provided comprehensive electrical construction services to clients throughout the western U.S. Sturgeon Electric has two divisions, offering both power line construction and commercial/industrial electrical construction, making it a full-service electrical provider.

The Sr Preconstruction Manager will lead conceptual estimating efforts to produce accurate electrical construction cost budgets and estimates, offer expertise and raise concerns and considerations to improve installation and performance of facility systems and support the Company's project planning goals and initiatives by applying expertise in estimating and cost management. The Sr Preconstruction Manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating and delivering multiple projects, developing innovative ways of applying preconstruction specialty services to address client needs and for proposing and for implementing ideas for continuous improvement of project planning services.

Essential Functions: 

• Prepare cost models for early design concepts
• Derive meaningful cost data from historical cost data, relevant benchmarked projects and assumptions and project-specific factors
• Contribute to the development and implementation of technology systems including historical cost-tracking and benchmarking systems, estimating systems based on models and assemblies and the use of virtual design and construction (BM) in planning activities
• Plan, coordinate and deliver multiple projects
• Develop expertise and leadership in specialty project planning services: value analysis, life cycle costing, constructability analysis, alternatives analysis, LEED, regional market cost factoring, work scope definition and integration of construction scheduling factors into the cost of the work
• Understand requirements of project teams and participate in collaborative problem-solving
• Develop innovative ways of applying preconstruction specialty services to address client needs
• Ensure accuracy of cost estimate data both in care taken with own work and auditing and supervision work of others
• Propose and implement ideas for continuous improvement of project planning services
• Mentor others within the group and provide estimating and preconstruction services for project teams throughout the company
• Collaborate with internal and external project teams
• Regular and predictable attendance
• Other duties as assigned
• Essential functions of this position are to be performed in a Company-designated office or field location
• Understand and comply with the Company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics Policy and other industry-specific professional and ethical standard

Qualifications:

Minimum 5 years of conceptual estimating, cost engineering and modeling experience
Minimum 4 years of recent conceptual estimating experience of projects $1.0 million and larger
Actual experience in electrical project estimating
Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Electrical Engineering or similar discipline; combination of relevant education and experience considered in lieu of degree

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Solid knowledge of building systems

Advanced work planning skills - ability to plan and prioritize individual and team contributions

Advanced time management skills - ability to successfully balance multiple projects while providing on-demand services

Strong communication skills

Solid mathematical and analytical skill

Ability to maintain a positive attitude and professional demeanor and perform well under project constraints and deadlines

Excellent detail orientation skills - ability to successfully ensure accuracy of cost estimate data of own work, and when auditing and supervising work of others

Experience leading estimating teams at various stages of design

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary $143,000- $180,000/year
  • Commensurate with experience, paid weekly. Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. MYR Group reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate. ​Comprehensive be
• nefits package - Medical, Dental, Vision, Teledoc, Hearing, Prescriptions, Mental Health, Employee Assistance Plan (EAP), Short Term Disability, Retiree Coverage, and Life Insurance under LINECo - (Low deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums) - Fifteen Dollar weekly premium for employee or employee plus family coverage.ThrivePass Healt
• h & Wellness Reimbursement Program - Twelve hundred dollars annually for health and wellbeing-related purchases.Annual Paid
• Time Off starting at 15 days plus 10 paid Holidays (our Cultural Celebration Day is a floating holiday).Generous 40
• 1(k) Plan with 100% match up to 6%; immediate vesting, and Annual profit-sharing potential.Superior educati
• onal assistance program (support for educational costs, internal training, and more!). ​Company-paid short and
• long-term disability, life, and accidental death & dismemberment.Company-paid business
• travel accident insurance.Various voluntary plan
• s available including supplemental vision, accident and critical illness, ID theft, group legal, group auto & home, and additional voluntary life insurance plans for employee and dependents.   &nbs

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r subsidiaries are proud to be Equal Opportunity Employers. We promote diversity of thought, culture, and background, which connects our family of brands. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals and in which personnel processes are merit-based and applied without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, or other protected characteristics. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. MYR Group does n

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nsor applicants for work visas. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer. MYR Group, Inc.

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