Job title – Director of Preconstruction
Business Area – Healthcare
Location – Austin, Texas
Salary – $150,000 – $200,000 + Excellent Benefits
The Business
Hamilton Mayer International is working in partnership with a prestigious US general contractor with revenues around the $6bn mark. This remarkable organization needs no introduction as they have a history in the US construction market, winning many awards spanning over 100 years. This organization is currently looking for a Director of Preconstruction to assist with the executive leadership’s ambitious plans for the state of Texas, where the core market of focus is the healthcare industry.
The Role
- Overseeing a Regional Preconstruction team of 20 personnel
- Targeting preconstruction phases from RFQ valued circa up to $250m
- This role is to be a leader within the preconstruction department who can hold themselves in a corporate environment.
- Ideally, will be able to spin several plates, i.e. preconstruction advisor to the senior leadership team, a mentor to staff and overall compassionate executive with acute soft skills to show empathy where needed.
- Co-ordinate with other divisions to drive the costs of proposals down, leading to increased returns on the project following completion.
- To win contracts whilst minimizing the risk and maximizing gross profit
- Working together with estimators participating in bid reviews for complex projects, ensuring accuracy.
- Advantageous if applicants can also put their hand to operations to lead a project following award.
Key Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a construction related field or similar
- Proficient with project estimating technologies/software
- Must be familiar with large scale preconstruction builds in diverse core markets ($100-200m) with the successful award of hospital contracts being won.
- 20+ years of experience of preconstruction services, with a history of achieving something exceptional.
- Experience of managing a team of 20+ in the Preconstruction field
- A widespread background in project estimating and preconstruction across Healthcare markets