Collaborative Delivery Preconstruction Engineer

Wharton-Smith, Inc. is currently seeking an experienced Collaborative Delivery Preconstruction Engineer to work at our headquarters in the Sanford, FL area. 

Primary responsibilities:

• Works directly with the Preconstruction Services Manager and Operations Managers to manage all aspects from projects from award to GMP
• Management of project documents, correspondence, meeting agendas/minutes, and bidding process. 
• Contribute to proposal and presentations as required 
• Establish and maintain client relationships, leveraging those relationships to assist the Company in preparing for upcoming proposals
• Estimating review on design phase cost estimates 
• Ability to read drawings, geo-tech reports and specifications. 
• Manage areas of identified project risk and work with the design team to generate solutions to eliminate or reduce risk to all parties 
• Attend regular progress and milestone meetings with all stakeholders 
• Review engineering deliverables and provide meaningful and well-organized feedback in a timely manner. 
• Solicit Subcontractor/Supplier participation in bidding 
• Provide owner/engineer with innovation solutions to maintain project budget and objectives. 
• Understanding of preconstruction phase schedule and coordinate with operations to develop construction phase schedule. Experience with P6 is desired. 
• Develop and write GMP bid packages 
• Proficient in scope analysis, ability to estimate deficiencies as needed. 
• Compile project bids to generate the project budget (GMP) 
• Compliance with project funding requirements. 
• Communicate with operations regularly to ensure project schedules meet the needs of the company and all promises made to the owner can be fulfilled. 
• Projects ranging from 4 Million to 300 Million. 
• Developing and maintaining long-term beneficial relationships with key vendors and subcontractors. 
• Participate in pre and post-construction reviews. 
• Assist Manager with maintaining preconstruction project financials including Wharton-Smith costs, subcontract and vendor costs, engineering costs, and billings to the client to maintain healthy cash flow. 

Technical skills:

• Regular travel, within geographic region, as required to meet the demands of the position including in-person meetings with clients and engineers as well as travel to Wharton-Smith’s corporate or regional offices. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Utilize all Wharton-Smith tools to maintain a well-organized and well-documented project, including comprehensive meeting agendas and minutes. 
• Provide weekly reporting on progress of all projects and provide early identification of potential issues or delays.
• Maintain a clear status on all project action items for all team members to access
• Establish and maintain hard deadlines for deliverables. 

Qualifications: 

• 3 years Water/Wastewater construction or design experience. 
• Understanding of funding compliance. 
• Previous experience with Hard Bid or Collaborative Delivery Municipal Water/Wastewater Projects. 
• Ability to understand construction terminology. 
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Valid Driver's License and ability to commute to job sites.