Collaborative Delivery Preconstruction Manager

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

Primary responsibilities: 

• Contribute to proposal and presentations as required.
• Establish and maintain client relationships, leveraging those relationships to assist the Company in preparing for upcoming proposals.
• Coordination with the estimating department lead and specialty estimators to deliver design phase cost estimates.Ability to read drawings, geo-tech reports and specifications. 
• Identify areas of project risk and work with the design team to generate solutions to eliminate or reduce risk to all parties.
• Hold regular progress and milestone meetings with all stakeholders.
• Review engineering deliverables and provide meaningful and well-organized constructability comments in a timely manner. 
• Solicit Subcontractor/Supplier participation.
• Provide owner/engineer with innovation solutions to maintain project budget and objectives.
• Maintain preconstruction phase schedule in P6 and coordinate with operations to develop construction phase schedule. Update the schedule for each milestone and for GMP development.
• Develop and write GMP bid packages. 
• Coordinate all aspects of the bidding phase(s). 
• Proficient in scope analysis, ability to estimate deficiencies as needed. 
• Project RFQ and RFP development.
• Coordinate and establish the project budget (GMP).
• Understanding of project funding mechanisms and requirements to maintain compliance. 
• 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 500 Million. 
• Developing and maintaining long-term beneficial relationships with key vendors and subcontractors. 
• Participate in pre and post-construction review. 
• Maintain 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, outside geographic region, as required to meet the demands of the position including in-person meetings with client and engineers as well as travel to Wharton-Smith’s corporate or regional offices. Up to 25% travel required. 
• 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. 
• Strong understanding and management of clients’ expectations.

Qualifications: 

• 5 years project management 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.
• Proficient with project management, financial, and scheduling software.