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Preconstruction Engineer - Interiors

Coakley & Williams Construction
United States, Maryland, Bethesda
Mar 12, 2025
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Department
910
Location
Main Office
Position Type
Full Time
Salary
Requisition
2025-16
Date
2025.03.11
Description

Preconstruction is responsible for
participating in estimating and preconstruction efforts with the goal of
securing profitable new work, mitigating risk, and strengthening client
relationships.

Essential
Duties & Responsibilities



  • Assist
    in securing new work that meets the company's profitability guidelines
    while mitigating and/or accounting for risk.
  • Develop new
    and maintain and strengthen existing business relationships with subcontractors
    as necessary to ensure future business opportunities.
  • Team
    with other members of the estimating department to accomplish
    preconstruction goals.
  • Participate
    in bid pursuits or preconstruction assignments as established by the
    leader. Tasks include, but are not limited to, reading and interpreting
    plans and specifications, performing quantity surveys, producing
    conceptual and detailed estimates, producing scopes of work, creating bid lists,
    soliciting subcontractor pricing, analyzing subcontractor pricing,
    producing clarifications, and value engineering.
  • Communicate
    clearly and effectively with subcontractors to complete all
    preconstruction duties.
  • Provide
    risk analysis of assigned trades and provide recommendation to Supervisor on
    final bid price.
  • Maintain
    a knowledge of the market including cost trends, price trends.
  • Maintain
    a knowledge of the local subcontractor market including the specific
    capabilities, strengths, weaknesses, and reputation of subcontractors
    across all trades. Use informed judgment in the invitation of subs to bid
    or use of subcontractors' prices in estimates.
  • Take
    responsibility for management of one or more core estimating elements
    including but not limited to the subcontractor database, document storage
    and organization, combining documents, labeling, and hyperlinking,
    creating document lists, and issuing bid invitations and addenda.
  • Use latest technology and software to complete
    projects as assigned.
  • Support and assist Preconstruction Managers as
    directed by Supervisor.


Knowledge,
Experience, and Special Skills Required



  • Bachelor's
    Degree in Construction Management, Business, Engineering, or Related
    field.
  • Fluency
    in Microsoft Office and Bluebeam.
  • LEED Accreditation
    a plus.
  • Strong
    written and verbal communications skills
  • Ability
    to assess and prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands.
  • Excellent
    organizational and interpersonal skills.
  • Passionate,
    self-motivated and dedicated to high-quality work
  • Ability to perform duties in a
    digital/paperless environment.


Job
Demands

Individuals
should be able to reach above and below, stoop and bend, sit, walk and stand.
Individuals should also be able to lift, carry and/or moving items up to 50lbs.

May be
exposed to heavy machinery/equipment, hazardous chemicals and extreme weather
conditions.

Minimum of 40 hours per week required. Works hours will vary depending on project specifications, and may
involve weekends and night work.

Additional
Note

The
above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the
work required. They are not exhaustive
lists of all duties and responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities,
physical job demands and working conditions associated with the job. Successful candidate will seek additional
duties to master.

Skills
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