COMPANY OVERVIEW
Moss is a national privately held construction firm providing innovative solutions resulting in award-winning projects. With regional offices across the United States, Moss focuses on construction management, solar EPC, design-build, and public-private partnerships. The company’s diverse portfolio encompasses a wide range of sectors, including luxury high-rise residential, landmark mixed-use developments, hospitality, K-12 and higher education, justice, solar energy and battery storage, and sports. Moss is ranked by Engineering News-Record as one of the nation’s top 65 general contractors, and the 3rd ranked solar EPC nationwide. Moss prides itself on a strong entrepreneurial culture that honors safety, quality, client engagement and employee development. Its employees consistently rank Moss as one of the best places to work.
REPORTING STRUCTURE
This position reports to the Regional Director or above.
JOB OVERVIEW
This full-time position is responsible for facilitating a comprehensive GMP Contract (Final Estimate) turnover to the Operations Team by understanding the client’s expectations, developing a plan to ensure those expectations are met and effectively communicating the plan and expectations to the Precon Team.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
Successfully Manage a Design Build Project from Concept to Final Contract Award
From Concept Drawings and above, ability to "Fill in the Gaps" for missing information from drawings and design documents (All Trades)
Review detailed estimates (All Trades) on multiple projects
Review Drawings for missing information and write RFI's for submittal to Architects & Engineers, by Trade
From Trade Contractors’ proposal, develop bid tab sheets for multiple trades to ensure accurate scope
Understand the client’s expectations and communicate them to the Precon team. From these expectations develop a plan to ensure Precon meets these expectations
Develop comprehensive qualifications and assumptions from bid tabs of Trade Contractors
Provide Cost Savings suggestions by Trade (All Trades)
Communicate with Operations Team regarding site logistics/GR’s/GC’s to be incorporated into estimate
Meet and present to Owners & A/E Team to discuss design & pricing and be able to explain the cost variances and, if required, recommend solutions to bring the project back within budget
Document Review & RFIs: Provide Completeness Reviews & Constructability of Design Documents (Drawings & Specs.)
Ensure historical data is provided to Precon Department to incorporate into Precon Dashboard
Manage Staff on multiple projects to deliver complete and comprehensive budgets, interval budgets and
GMP
Coach and develop staff to advance their careers and incorporate training on a regular basis
With the approval of the Director, facilitate a complete GMP turnover to the Operations Team
Attend design meetings during the preconstruction phase and successfully steer the design team to meet the client’s coals and manage the budget
Focus on Risk Management regarding qualifications, scope and constructability issues
QUALIFICATIONS
Graduate from College/University; 4-Year BS Degree in related field
Minimum of Ten (10) Years’ previous experience in Preconstruction
Ability to successfully self-manage work assigned with very little direction
Working knowledge of constructability details and ability to recognize cost-saving opportunities (All Trades)
Proven Track Record of Successfully Managing Multiple Projects
Excellent Sales & Presentation Skills
High Level knowledge of local (and in some cases, national) Trade Contractors
Ability to Manage multiple projects with Estimating Team ensuring a successful outcome
Knowledge of Summary level and detailed level pricing, by Trade
Ability to “Fill the Gaps” for missing information from any level of design documents (All Trades)
Ability to review Drawings for missing information and write RFI's for submittal to Architects & Engineers, by Trade
Detailed knowledge of All Trade Specific Scope Responsibilities & Unit Pricing without having specific information on Design Documents
Knowledge of Historical Data on various project types
Expert knowledge of unit pricing for ALL trades
Ability to communicate internally & externally with Operations, Precon Staff, Trade Contractors & Owners, A/E
Ability to communicate and manage Trade Contractors for Scope-specific Proposals
Ability to provide multiple progressive estimates with cost variance reconciliation between deliverables
JOB TITLE: CHIEF PRECONSTRUCTION MANAGER
JOB LOCATION: TAMPA, FL
CLASSIFICATION: FULL TIME – EXEMPT – SALARIED
REPORTS TO: REGIONAL DIRECTOR
Moss is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Skills Required
- Four-year bachelor's degree in a related field
- At least 10 years of previous preconstruction experience
- Ability to self-manage assigned work with minimal direction
- Working knowledge of constructability details and cost-saving opportunities across all trades
- Proven track record managing multiple projects
- Excellent sales and presentation skills
- High-level knowledge of local and, where applicable, national trade contractors
- Ability to manage multiple projects with an estimating team
- Knowledge of summary-level and detailed-level pricing by trade
- Ability to identify missing information in design documents across all trades
- Ability to review drawings and write trade-specific RFIs for architects and engineers
- Detailed knowledge of trade-specific scope responsibilities and unit pricing
- Knowledge of historical data across various project types
- Expert knowledge of unit pricing across all trades
- Ability to communicate with operations, preconstruction staff, trade contractors, owners, and architects/engineers
- Ability to manage trade contractors and obtain scope-specific proposals
- Ability to produce progressive estimates and reconcile cost variances between deliverables
What We Do
Moss is a national, privately held construction firm that provides design/build, general construction, and construction management services for commercial, residential, and institutional projects, with a strong focus on renewable energy.
