Preconstruction Manager - Industrial Construction

Our Company views employees as our most valuable asset, and the key to our success.

We are committed to growing a diverse and inclusive culture that inspires, motivates, and continuously improves.

Community involvement, employee empowerment, and strong relationships makes The Weitz Company a great place to work.

The Weitz Company is seeking an Industrial Preconstruction Manager to be located out of our Cedar Rapids, IA office.

Candidates must have previous industrial construction experience.

The Preconstruction Manager is responsible for providing outstanding customer service and setting up medium-size to large, complex, projects up for success through delivery of preconstruction services, development and delivery of preconstruction services.

Value should be provided to customers by leading the project team and design consultants, predicting cost and schedule, advocating for owners and seamlessly transitioning preconstruction services to the operations team.

This role will provide oversight and leadership to assigned internal employees.

• Responsible for accuracy of all estimating, scheduling, strategy and communication throughout preconstruction process
• Review weekly preconstruction process to ensure progress is on schedule; initiate changes to remain on schedule; advise leadership of issues that may pose a cost or schedule impact
• Coordinate building systems and schedules with trade partners, the operations and engineering team and design/build construction team to plan and budget for safety on each project
• Make decisions in a timely manner; understand when to involve upper management in decisions; assess level of risk and consequences associated
• Drive standardization of operating practices, business processes and reporting among business units
• Collaborate with operations, business development, preconstruction team members and other stakeholders to ensure projects are turned over for success with the expected level of profitability, and complete and accurate documentation is given at construction hand-off
• Understand the clients’ needs to manage the process efficiently, ensure timely completion, understand local logistics/subcontractor and supplier market, and how BIM/LEED/LEAN can be best utilized