Collaborative Delivery Preconstruction Manager - Water

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.