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Assistant Pre-Construction Manager - Construction

Burns & McDonnell

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Compensation
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Location
Fort Worth, TX
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Assistant Pre-Construction Manager collaborates with designers, project managers, estimators, and subcontractors on proposal development and pre-construction activities. The role supports pre-sell positioning and proposal development, manages assigned bid packages and scopes of work, and helps complete preconstruction efforts on time and within budget. It also supports estimating, scheduling, procurement, project risk reviews, and coordination between preconstruction and project execution teams.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Construction Disciplines, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveSupervisory Skills, nice to haveMicrosoft Suite, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Construction or Related, required3 Years Project Management Experience, requiredDriving Requirements, required

Full job description

Description

The Assistant Pre-Construction Manager will collaborate with a team of designers, project managers, estimators, and subcontractors in the day-to-day management of proposal development and pre-construction activities for Design-Build (DB), Construction Management at Risk (CMAR), Engineer Procure Construct (EPC), Construction, Self-Perform, and Program Management projects. The Assistant Pre-Construction Manager supports the team as part of the pre-sell and positioning, as well as assisting in the development of the project proposal from inception to completion. Responsible for assigned bid packages and scopes of work, and the successful completion of assigned preconstruction efforts on time and within budget.

  • Adhere to and administer company’s safety programs, trainings, and policies, as well as promote and manage the Safety & Health performance of project team members and subcontractors.

  • Establish and maintain relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, and design teams.

  • Assist in attracting and recruiting top caliber talent.

  • Coordinate and ensure that preliminary construction schedule activities have been developed for the assigned trade. Produce progress estimates at design milestones, evaluate material and system costs, review document progress and coordination, build and maintain subcontractor and vendor relationships.

  • Lead development of assigned estimate scopes, and bid tabs to ensure completion, coverage, cost accuracy, subcontractor qualification, and risk assessment. This includes design completeness assessment and indirect cost build-up or assessment.

  • Analyze historical cost data during the Design Development and/or bidding period.

  • Identify potential risk factors of assigned scopes and communicate to senior preconstruction management.

  • Responsible for developing and reviewing variance reports for clear identification of changes to the estimate.

  • Create realistic and detailed schedules for all design, approval, estimating and purchasing activities.

  • Provide clear scopes of work to all subs/vendors and other trade partners, including prequalification of potential bidders.

  • Act as document reviewer and advisor for constructability and value analysis.

  • Assist the project team in the transitional process between the project execution team and the preconstruction team and coordinate the follow-up meetings.

  • Support internal and external project risk reviews and consult with the Legal Department as required.

  • Support project execution team during procurement.

  • Assist in the downstream request for proposal (RFP) and bid process and prepare detailed scope of work documents for supplier and subcontractor contracts, including recruiting, prequalifying, evaluating, recommending, and selecting subcontractors, and suppliers.

  • Maintenance of estimating database.

  • Work with design teams to develop efficient use of BIM tools for estimating support and early cost model development.

  • Present reports to internal and external executive management as required.

  • Develop, plan and implement process for, and assess that project and subcontractor insurance, taxes/duties, licensures, and bonding are in place per the project requirements.

  • Develop the WBS for project cost control, cost reporting, and scheduling as required, in conjunction with the project controls team.

  • Understand project permit requirements and regulations.

  • Support, lead and participate in project planning, scheduling, estimating, cost development, and establishing critical project objectives.

  • Coordinate directly with engineering to establish the development and distribution of engineering deliverables per project schedule and requirements.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

  • Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in construction, engineering, construction management, or related field and 3 years direct program/project management experience is required.

  • Applicable experience may be substituted for degree requirement, required.

  • Strong understanding of all construction disciplines.

  • Excellent communications skills and supervisory skills of field construction personnel.

  • Must be able to meet company's driving requirements

  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft Suite.

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.

EEO/Disabled/Veterans

Job Construction Services

Primary Location US-TX-Dallas

Other Locations US-TX-Fort Worth

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 20 % of the Time

Req ID: 265396

Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-MF #CDB N/A

How this job compares

Set against the 3,026 open Construction Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$120–175K/yr81 salary ranges
  • Texas median$20–25/hr23 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 318 open Construction Management jobs in Texas and 3,026 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — less than three in four Construction Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 8 years, across 2,412 postings).
Education
789 of the 3,026 open Construction Management jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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