Preconstruction Manager
Vantage Data Centers
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Denver • California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $160,000 - $175,000 per year
About the role
- Lead the generation of Capital Expenditure Proformas associated with New Site Developments across Vantages portfolio.
- Serving in partnership with New Site Development, you will be on the forefront co-leading project development strategy, business cases, and forecasting revenue ready dates
- Create cost studies at all levels of project development, with heavy focus on conceptual planning and pre-construction phases.
- Partner with the New Site Development (NSD), Construction (CON), Design Management (DM), Design Engineering (DE), Procurement, Power, and Site Selection/Market Development (MKTDEV) teams to ensure that project cost is accurately accounted for.
- Maintain and develop company processes and procedures around our internal project development cost data base to guide future CapEx development decisions.
- Prepare independent internal take-offs, cost estimates, and cash flow/commitment ledgers from conceptual ideas and plans to Construction Document sets.
- Coordinate with internal customers to surface cost and schedule risk associate with perspective projects.
- Serve as a subject matter expert to internal stakeholders on construction and development cost across North American Markets.
- Challenge internal and external data and ensure justification for modifications, inclusions, or exclusions of presented costs to VDC Preconstruction.
- Review complex General Contractor and Major Trade proposals for new projects, assisting local project teams with evaluating cost, scope and schedule impacts of proposals.
- Ensure all project work scope has been included in the project estimates; verify all scope, durations, and assumptions included in each estimate and supports the authorization and release of internal budgets and estimates.
- Work with vertical peers focusing on continuous improvement to our business processes.
- Analyze drawings, specifications, proposals, and other documentation to prepare/review/comment on time, cost, and labor estimates for projects.
- Review quantity take-off as a separate validation of contractor pricing in a manner and level of detail consistent with the project goals.
- Review and implement lessons learned to ensure estimating data is accurate and competitive.
- Understand and handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Develop and maintain relationships with subcontractors / partners.
- Research new products and installation techniques and develop cost roadmaps to ensure competitive pricing related to sustainability, data center design, and other Vantage initiatives.
- Additional duties as assigned by Management
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Quantity Estimating, Accounting, Finance, Economics or relevant functional discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 8 years of related experience
- Experience leading new construction budgeting and pricing efforts for all trade disciplines
- Data Center or MEP estimating experience is strongly preferred
- Project level green and brown field new construction experience is strongly preferred
- Knowledge of all engineering scopes, including electrical, mechanical, structural, and civil
- Expert knowledge and experience of technical processes, engineering standards, state, and federal codes, analyzing data, generating reports for internal and external review and comment
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience using cost/estimating software
- Experience preparing/reviewing contingency evaluation, durations, escalation, reconciliations for estimates
- Ability to interpret construction plans, drawings, sketches, and specifications
- Familiarity with ProCore & Power BI
- Extensive experience using Microsoft Office software tools, such as MS Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Word, to be utilized in managing and reporting estimate throughput, status, and labor allocation
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- life and AD&D
- short and long-term disability coverage
- paid time off
- employee assistance
- participation in a 401k program that includes company match
- many other additional voluntary benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Capital Expenditure Proformascost estimatingquantity take-offbudgetingdata analysisproject managementconstruction planningsustainabilityMEP estimatingengineering standards
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationrelationship buildingproblem-solvingorganizational skillsattention to detailadaptabilitycollaborationcritical thinkingtime management
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Construction ManagementBachelor’s degree in Quantity EstimatingBachelor’s degree in AccountingBachelor’s degree in FinanceBachelor’s degree in Economics