Preconstruction Manager
Job Locations
US-MI-Detroit
Requisition ID
2026-13265
Category
Preconstruction
Overview
Do you consider yourself to be a highly technical, strong communicator with the desire to work in a team environment on complex projects? Gilbane is seeking a Preconstruction Manager to lead the design/preconstruction phase of the project for multiple projects or a single complex project. Coordinates seamlessly with the assigned Project Executive and serves as the proxy Project Executive as required until the project commences on site.
Who are we?
As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!
We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Who are you?
You are a coach/leader who leads with an inclusive and empathetic mindset. You provide feedback and guidance to help others excel in their current or future roles. You determine priorities, delegate work, and effectively communicate progress. You establish measures to assess the impact, quality, and timeliness of results while praising successes and sharing lessons learned. You build high performing teams by attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining talented individuals through motivation and discipline to maximize impact on the organization and the individual.
You leverage business insights by understanding industry trends, local market/economic conditions, and Gilbane's business model to make critical decisions and create competitive advantage. You deploy a strategic mindset when considering solutions to long-term opportunities and risks that may develop in the future.
Your core values match Gilbane's: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.
What's in it for you?
Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.
Responsibilities
Manages estimating, value management, variance tracking, market input
Leads logistics, schedule and VDC
Coordinates design schedule and deliverables
Identifies and mitigates project risks in the design phase
Identifies and executes fee enhancement strategies
Manages the preconstruction deliverables in accordance with detailed knowledge of the contract
Engages with and supports Purchasing, Economic Inclusion, VDC, IDC (as applicable), and Safety during design
Leads estimating team, purchasing team, and operations teams to ensure Gilbane provides estimating and purchasing resources to each project to efficiently develop estimates, conduct value management, coordination reviews, GMP development and assists with buyout
Ensures continuity in process execution from the pursuit phase of projects through the execution of the GMP and trade partner buyout
Aligns schedule, logistics, site services, staffing, general conditions, and fee pro at each deliverable
Aligns Operations, Estimating and Purchasing on the bid-packaging strategy for maximum fee enhancement, DOSB engagement, risk mitigation, and construction performance
Collaborates with Operations in the buyout phase of the project, scheduling and guiding the Purchase and Award schedule
Co-leads the GMP development and execution with the Operations (Project Executive, Project Manager, etc.) lead on each project following the GMP baseline
Manages our design partners on each project (On Design-build Projects, qualified to serve as the Design Manager) including aligning design deliverable expectations, cost trending, and schedules
Meets client expectations both written in the contract and verbal expectations
Represents the Gilbane team in the presentation of each preconstruction deliverable including concise C-suite level communication
Represents Gilbane at Owner and Designer meetings throughout the design phase of the project
Maintains a working knowledge of market conditions including escalation and long-lead procurement elements in order to inform projects and clients of project impacting developments
Leads and collaborates with scheduling to build and maintain an accurate design phase schedule including utilizing pull plan sessions for mutual adoption of critical milestones
Coordinates the development of constructability reviews with operations and estimating during the design phase
Manages Preconstruction Engineers including their technical leadership development
Participates in the pursuit phase, including writing RFP responses (related to preconstruction), forming project approaches, and participating in the interviews
Monitors Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) for preconstruction project... For full info follow application link.
Gilbane is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status.
