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Estimating Manager-Design Build/Preconstruction

Electric - Portland, OR, United States - In-office - posted 2026-10-01

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Salary: USD 138,000 - 182,000 / annual

EC Electric seeks a Design-Build Preconstruction Manager to provide strategic and operational leadership for electrical design-build, design-assist, target value design, conceptual estimating, budgeting, and preconstruction activities across multiple market sectors and regions. Key Responsibilities: - Lead complex design-build and preconstruction efforts from pursuit through project handoff, ensuring alignment of scope, budget, schedule, and client objectives. - Provide leadership, coaching, and mentorship to estimators and project team members while driving accountability, quality, and performance. - Collaborate with clients, design teams, operations, subcontractors, and business development partners to achieve successful project outcomes. - Lead design-build, design-assist, GMP, and conceptual estimating processes, developing accurate budgets, cost models, and pricing strategies throughout project development. - Manage cost, risk, value engineering, constructability reviews, procurement planning, and cost reconciliation to support informed project decisions. - Ensure seamless transition from preconstruction to operations by documenting assumptions, risks, procurement status, and project commitments. - Develop and oversee complete, accurate, and competitive estimates, proposals, budgets, and negotiated project submissions. - Analyze plans, specifications, contracts, and project documents to identify scope gaps, risks, constructability concerns, and cost impacts. - Lead estimate reviews, subcontractor and supplier evaluations, quality control processes, and executive presentations of project recommendations. - Drive continuous improvement through development of estimating standards, cost databases, quality control procedures, and preconstruction best practices. - Monitor market conditions, labor trends, material pricing, and supplier capacity to provide strategic cost and procurement guidance. - Support business development efforts through client presentations, project interviews, pursuit strategies, and RFQ/RFP responses. Requirements: - Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or a related field. - Minimum 12 years of progressively responsible electrical estimating, preconstruction, design management, project management, or field experience supporting commercial and industrial construction, including demonstrated leadership of large design-build or design-assist pursuits. - Proven expertise managing large, complex commercial or industrial construction pursuits and developing successful client relationships. - Experience with Viewpoint software is preferred. - Comfortable managing a team of 2-6 people. Preferred Certifications: - Professional Engineer (PE) license or Engineer in Training (EIT) certification. - Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) certification. - American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE) Certified Professional Estimator (CPE). - Project Management Professional (PMP) or comparable project-management credential. - LEED Accredited Professional, Envision Sustainability Professional, or other relevant sustainability credential. - OSHA 30 or comparable construction-safety training. - Relevant electrical, energy, estimating, scheduling, commissioning, manufacturer, or field-leadership certification.

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