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Preconstruction Manager

The Christman Company
Grand Rapids, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 4/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/30/2026
The Christman Company

Job Description:

Build More with Your Career at Christman

Are you interested in becoming an employee-owner with an industry leader that will Build More opportunities in your professional career? The Christman Company is looking for a Preconstruction Manager in any of our Michigan regional offices (Grand Rapids, Lansing or Detroit).

What You Will Do:

As a Preconstruction Manager, you will work closely with the Vice President of Preconstruction to assist in managing the regional preconstruction department, focusing on allocating resources, project strategies, and maintaining a high-performance team. This role focuses on the leadership of specific project assignments, developing long-term relationships with project stakeholders, and is responsible for achieving successful project outcomes and client satisfaction.

What You Will Do:

As Preconstruction Manager, your primary daily responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to:

  • Responsible for preconstruction deliverables to clients.
  • Develops a strategy for each assigned project.
  • Provides support to business sales, team sales, and presentations.
  • Risk management - ensures sound financial deals.
  • Drives cost leadership.
  • Oversees and prepares estimates for projects at all stages.
  • Ensures accuracy of estimates produced.
  • Responsible to ensure that the costing database is current and includes labor and material updates.
  • Oversees the value-added process for each project.
  • Takes lead in preparing guaranteed maximum prices and brings guaranteed maximum prices to closure.
  • Directs, reviews, approves the work of Estimating Engineers, Conceptual Estimators, and Senior Estimators.
  • Drives deadlines and achieves results.
  • Ensures client satisfaction during preconstruction.
  • Attends sales presentations and markets work to existing clients.
  • Enforce and support project planning and logistics and scheduling with other teams.
  • Ensures involvement of subcontractors for pricing.
  • Supports operation team during subcontractor negotiations.
  • Continuously develops staff by mentoring, leading, motivating, and coaching (e.g., Ethics, Diversity, Quality, Development, Safety).
  • Manages successful client relationships.

What You Will Bring To The Team:

Required Education and Experience:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related job field.
  • Ten (10) or more years of experience in construction or related job field.
  • Or Equivalent combination of the above education, training, and experience.

Additional Eligibility Requirements

  • Strong analytical and organizational skills and ability to delegate tasks, motivate colleagues, and manage stakeholder's priorities in a deadline-oriented environment.
  • Recognizes problems or situations that are new or without clear precedent; evaluates alternatives and finds solutions using a systematic multi-step approach.
  • Creates a sense of belonging and ownership among team members; assembles teams with the right mix of skills; coaches and motivates team members; delegates responsibility; promotes mutual support and interactions.
  • Ability to make decisions while analyzing the risks and future impacts of them. Understands how and when to make a choice and how and when to escalate issues to higher levels.
  • Must have excellent written and oral skills.
  • Strong computer knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Why Christman?

Here at Christman, everyone is an owner. Through our employee stock ownership plan, each employee-owner shares in the collective success and wealth of our nationally recognized company and is eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program, including health insurance, 401K contribution, professional development and tuition reimbursement, and much more!

We're a top 100-ranked ENR General Contractor that has been building since 1894. Learn more about how you can grow as a Christman Expert, Leader and Partner and build more with us.

Notice to Recruiting Agencies (Unsolicited Resumes): The Christman Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our applicant tracking system, website, or to any Christman employee/affiliates. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Christman employees or its' affiliates will be considered property of The Christman Company and will be processed accordingly. Christman will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume without an executed agreement and assigned to a specific search.

The Christman family of companies is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Christman Company is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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