Spectrum Mechanical is a proud employee-owned company ranked among the top twenty mechanical companies in the nation by Engineering News Record (ENR). We believe in giving back to our employee owners by providing personal and professional development, mentorship and coaching, career growth and leadership development programs. Offering these growth opportunities to our employee owners makes Spectrum Mechanical a GREAT place to work and produces world class service to our customers. We exhibit our Core Values of Trust, Team, Grit and Growth, provide a collaborative team environment and sense of community. The future holds enormous possibilities, we are excited and fully committed to continue on our path of being an exceptional place to work allowing us to build a retirement for our employee owners.
The foreman's responsibility is the overall supervision of his crew to produce the project as per plans and specifications within the established budget.
In addition to the growth and development support and opportunities listed above Spectrum Mechanical offers:

• Shares through Employee Stock Ownership - ESOP
• 401(K) plan
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday pay
• Health, dental & vision insurance
• Short- & long-term disability
• Paid Group Life insurance
• Competitive pay, based on experience

Job SummaryThe Director of Preconstruction will plan, coordinate, and supervise company estimating department providing technical and administrative direction to ensure corporate objectives are met. The Estimating Manager is responsible for evaluating bid specifications and drawings, takeoff and estimating mechanical systems and ensuring that we know everything required to successfully bid and win the project.
Essential Functions

• Develops and maintains customer relationships.
• Maintains customer relationships with industry organizations such as ABA, CASHE, ASHRAE, Etc. and regularly attends their local events.
• Assigns work loads to the estimating team and holds responsibility for accuracy and completeness of estimates.
• Assemble and/or review all estimate packages as needed to provide accurate proposals to our customers.
• Perform technical conceptual estimates on early entry opportunities with owners and general contractors.
• Review take off quantities to ensure accuracy of data used in estimates.
• Ensure pricing databases updated on a cadence based on current market volatility.
• Ensure all estimates are prepared utilizing vendor and subcontractor quotations to properly estimate project without “plug” numbers.
• Prepare and/or review proposal letters, scope qualifications, exclusions and final pricing.
• Assess final estimates for plan and specification compliance.
• Monitor all addenda, scope changes and bid forms to ensure they are processed and incorporated into the estimate in a timely manner.
• Analyze alternative solutions and construction methods to increase competitiveness within our market.
• Develop RFI’s when appropriate.
• Maintain subcontractor and vendor relationships.
• Provide technical direction and assistance to the estimating team.
• Submit all bids on time.
• Follow up on all proposals/bids sent from the department immediately after submission.
• Maintain database on won and lost projects with customer feedback to develop knowledge of current market conditions.
• Maintain the funnel of upcoming work; present potential opportunities to leadership team to strategize based on annual revenue goals and available manpower curve.
• Provide leadership to direct reports with direct training, mentoring and guidance.
• Set performance goals for direct reports and provide annual performance reviews and include formal quarterly check ins.

Job Requirements

• Education and experience requirements include: 4-year engineering degree or equivalent combinations of technical training and related experience with Mechanical (Wet side and Dry side), BMS Controls and Duct work.
• Advance management or technical training preferred.
• Extensive (10 or more, years) experience in similar facility construction estimating and related functions plus thorough knowledge of corporate objective impacting estimating, estimating strategies and techniques, and construction contracts required.
• Excellent organizational, supervisory and decision making/problem solving skills essential.
• Good communicative and interpersonal skills required.
• Ability to estimate all types of projects/contracts, plus ability to coordinate and supervise group work effort essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent Leadership skills.
• Self-Starter and Proactive.
• Strong attention to Detail.
• Good organizational skills.
• Must be able to manage multiple tasks and have excellent follow up skills both internally and externally.
• Must be professional and polished in appearance and speech.
• Ability to form strong customer relationships.
• Ability to use basic computer applications such as Microsoft Office.
• Ability to communicate clearly.
• Knowledge of Construction Industry.

Performance MetricsThis Director of Preconstruction’s performance will be measured on the following:

• Weekly Sales Meeting updates including win/loss and on time bid submission performance.
• Bid accuracy.
• Monthly business development updates.
• Ability to generate new sales through new and existing customers.
• Customer feedback.
• Quarterly performance feedback from supervisor based on annual goals.
• Annual performance review with supervisor.
• Growth of direct reports through structured goals and career paths.

Safety Responsibilities

• Each employee has a responsibility for their own safety, the safety of their co-workers, and the community in which they are operating.
• In the performance of duties and responsibilities, you are expected to observe all safety, health, and loss prevention rules, practices, and procedures, as well as specific instructions related to the safe and efficient performance of your work.
• An effective and viable safety, health, and loss prevention program will be attained only when all employees are safety conscious and keenly aware, both mentally and physically, of the potential hazards of your environment.

This is not an all-encompassing job description but more a brief Summary of duties for the position. Please note, Spectrum works as a team, and you may be asked to help in other areas or with other duties. Thank you for being part of the team!