Pre-Construction Manager

We’re seeking an experienced Preconstruction Manager to lead early-stage planning, estimating, budgeting, and bid strategy for commercial construction projects throughout the Kansas City region. This role oversees projects from initial feasibility and design development through final pricing, subcontractor selection, and handoff to the construction team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead preconstruction planning, feasibility assessments, estimating, budgeting, and final bid development.
• Develop conceptual budgets, detailed estimates, guaranteed maximum price (GMP) proposals, and final project pricing.
• Review architectural, structural, civil, and MEP drawings to define scope, assess costs, and identify gaps or conflicts.
• Build project-specific pricing models and evaluate financial risks against current market conditions.
• Lead value-engineering efforts to identify cost-effective design and material alternatives without compromising quality.
• Develop trade scopes, bid packages, subcontractor invitations, and procurement strategies.
• Manage subcontractor and supplier outreach, proposal evaluations, negotiations, and bid comparisons.
• Identify and resolve pricing discrepancies, exclusions, overlapping scopes, and unpriced work.
• Update budgets as designs, client requirements, and project specifications evolve.
• Evaluate construction sequencing, schedules, site constraints, and material lead times during planning.
• Coordinate with clients, architects, engineers, consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Partner with project managers and field leaders to transition approved budgets, scopes, schedules, and pricing assumptions into construction.
• Support client presentations, project interviews, proposals, and business development initiatives.
• Present cost forecasts, estimating assumptions, project risks, and potential savings to leadership and clients.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in preconstruction, estimating, or commercial construction.
• 10+ years of overall commercial construction experience preferred.
• Strong background in conceptual and detailed estimating, budgeting, cost analysis, and value engineering.
• Experience managing projects through multiple design and preconstruction phases.
• Knowledge of Design-Build, Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), negotiated contracts, hard bids, and competitive procurement.
• Ability to interpret architectural, structural, civil, and MEP drawings and specifications.
• Experience developing subcontractor scopes, bid packages, procurement strategies, and project budgets.
• Strong understanding of construction methods, sequencing, scheduling, logistics, and purchasing timelines.
• Proven ability to evaluate, negotiate, and compare subcontractor and supplier proposals.
• Knowledge of labor rates, material costs, subcontractor availability, and construction market trends.
• Proficiency with estimating software, Microsoft Office, and construction management platforms.
• Excellent financial analysis, negotiation, communication, and relationship-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple bids and competing deadlines.
• Must live within commuting distance of Lenexa or the greater Kansas City area, or be able to commute reliably.