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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