About this role
Takco is urgently seeking a pre-construction person with minimum 5 years' experience working for a general contractor estimator.
Role Summary
Owns the accurate and timely development of budgets, bids, and cost models to support profitable project acquisition and controlled execution.
• Preconstruction – Core Responsibilities
• 1. Lead Commercial & Industrial Bidding
• Manage the full bidding process for commercial and industrial projects to ensure accurate pricing, proper risk coverage, and alignment with company goals.
• Review drawings and specifications to clearly define project scope and identify potential risks and develop complete trade scopes to ensure all work is fully covered and properly bid.
• 2. Subcontractor Outreach & Qualification
• Identify and solicit qualified subcontractors for each trade based on project needs and ensure enough subcontractor participation to determine fair market price and competitive estimate.
• Review subcontractor proposals to confirm that scope requirements are complete and verify inclusions, exclusions, and clarifications on contractor proposals to find and eliminate scope gaps and overlap.
• 3. Estimate Development & Pricing
• Compare subcontractor bids to ensure pricing is complete and consistent and select qualified low bidders for each trade based on scope coverage, pricing, schedule capability, and reliability.
• Prepare accurate, competitive, and executable project estimates including direct costs, general conditions, contingencies, and company fee targets.
• 4. Risk Review & Award Preparation
• Confirm that each bid is complete, defensible, and ready for award by identifying scope gaps, design conflicts, and schedule concerns.
• Prepare clarifications, assumptions, and exclusions for client submission and present finalized bids for leadership approval and client delivery.
• Preconstruction – Additional Responsibilities
• 1. Prepare conceptual through GMP estimates with leadership
• 2. Maintain cost histories and unit pricing
• 3. Support awarded project turnover to operations
Success Profile
• Detail driven
• Schedule disciplined
• Margin focused
Experience Profile
• Minimum 3 years’ experience within the preconstruction department of a General Contractor
• Takco is providing intermediate preconstruction personnel with the opportunity to advance their careers and path to leadership.
Salary
• $100,000 to $135,000
• Takco provides 80% insurance after 3 months
• Paid Holidays, 1 week vacation after 1 year, 2 weeks after 2 years, 3 weeks after 5 years. Substantial bonus packages for qualified candidates